diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c1619f644..20b68efb34 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Intallation guide
 # Dependencies
 
 - **NodeJs 8.11.x** For ease of update, use nvm: https://github.com/creationix/nvm
-- **Elasticsearch 5.5.x** https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/install-elasticsearch.html (Make sure to have 5.5, some sections of the instructions use 5.x which would install a different version)
+- **ElasticSearch 5.5.x** https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/install-elasticsearch.html (Make sure to have 5.5, some sections of the instructions use 5.x which would install a different version). Please note that ElasticSearch requires java.
 - **MongoDB 3.4.x** https://docs.mongodb.com/v3.4/installation/ (there are known issues with 3.6, please ensure 3.4)
 - **Yarn** https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install
 - **pdftotext** 0.67.0 https://poppler.freedesktop.org/
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ $ export PORT=3000
 
 Again, please notice that there is no need to export any value for a normal installation and only do so if you are certain you need different defaults.  If these values are not correctly overridden, Uwazi will fail to run properly.
 
+For production environments, you may need to activate your system's sendmail so user's receive sign up and password recovery notifications.
+
+Alternatively, you can use a custom SMTP configuration to send these emails. Find this option in settings > collection.
+
 ### Upgrading Uwazi and data migrations
 
 Updating Uwazi is pretty straight forward using git:
diff --git a/app/react/App/App.js b/app/react/App/App.js
index f7b000523d..0249c4344d 100644
--- a/app/react/App/App.js
+++ b/app/react/App/App.js
@@ -11,17 +11,19 @@ import { TranslateForm } from 'app/I18N';
 import { loadIcons } from 'UI/Icon/library';
 import { Icon } from 'UI';
 
+import './scss/styles.scss';
+
 import Menu from './Menu';
 import SiteName from './SiteName';
 import Confirm from './Confirm';
-
-import './scss/styles.scss';
+import GoogleAnalytics from './GoogleAnalytics';
 
 loadIcons();
 
 class App extends Component {
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
+    // change fetch to use api and test it properly
     this.fetch = props.fetch || fetch;
     this.state = { showmenu: false, confirmOptions: {} };
   }
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ class App extends Component {
 
   renderTools() {
     return React.Children.map(this.props.children, (child) => {
+      //condition not tested
       if (child.type.renderTools) {
         return child.type.renderTools();
       }
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ class App extends Component {
             <Confirm {...this.state.confirmOptions}/>
             <TranslateForm/>
             {this.props.children}
+            <GoogleAnalytics/>
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/app/react/App/GoogleAnalytics.js b/app/react/App/GoogleAnalytics.js
index 28af5ccc2a..eae1763b4a 100644
--- a/app/react/App/GoogleAnalytics.js
+++ b/app/react/App/GoogleAnalytics.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ export function trackPage() {
   }
 }
 
-export default class GoogleAnalytics extends Component {
+export class GoogleAnalytics extends Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
     if (!props.analyticsTrackingId || !isClient) {
@@ -47,3 +48,5 @@ export function mapStateToProps({ settings }) {
     analyticsTrackingId: settings.collection.get('analyticsTrackingId')
   };
 }
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps)(GoogleAnalytics);
diff --git a/app/react/App/Root.js b/app/react/App/Root.js
index 3f22cec9da..89311a2c2e 100644
--- a/app/react/App/Root.js
+++ b/app/react/App/Root.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import serialize from 'serialize-javascript';
-import GoogleAnalytics from './GoogleAnalytics';
-import { store } from 'app/store';
 
 class Root extends Component {
   renderInitialData() {
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@ class Root extends Component {
       ];
     }
 
-    const analyticsTrackingId = store.getState().settings.collection.get('analyticsTrackingId');
     return (
       <html>
         <head>
@@ -66,7 +63,6 @@ class Root extends Component {
             href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto+Mono:100,300,400,500,700|Roboto+Slab:100,300,400,700|Roboto:100,300,400,500,700,900"
           />
           <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/public/favicon.ico"/>
-          <GoogleAnalytics analyticsTrackingId={analyticsTrackingId}/>
         </head>
         <body>
           <div id="root" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: this.props.content }} />
diff --git a/app/react/App/specs/GoogleAnalytics.spec.js b/app/react/App/specs/GoogleAnalytics.spec.js
index 4c21acfe3f..df820f3158 100644
--- a/app/react/App/specs/GoogleAnalytics.spec.js
+++ b/app/react/App/specs/GoogleAnalytics.spec.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 
 import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
 
-import GoogleAnalytics, { trackPage } from '../GoogleAnalytics';
+import { GoogleAnalytics, trackPage } from '../GoogleAnalytics';
 
 describe('GoogleAnalytics', () => {
   let component;