diff --git a/lemur/__init__.py b/lemur/__init__.py
index 1cdb3468..769e0cec 100644
--- a/lemur/__init__.py
+++ b/lemur/__init__.py
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ LEMUR_BLUEPRINTS = (
 )
 
 
-def create_app(config=None):
-    app = factory.create_app(app_name=__name__, blueprints=LEMUR_BLUEPRINTS, config=config)
+def create_app(config_path=None):
+    app = factory.create_app(app_name=__name__, blueprints=LEMUR_BLUEPRINTS, config=config_path)
     configure_hook(app)
     return app
 
diff --git a/lemur/manage.py b/lemur/manage.py
index 184b9aa6..9161109b 100755
--- a/lemur/manage.py
+++ b/lemur/manage.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ from lemur.pending_certificates.models import PendingCertificate  # noqa
 from lemur.dns_providers.models import DnsProvider  # noqa
 
 manager = Manager(create_app)
-manager.add_option('-c', '--config', dest='config')
+manager.add_option('-c', '--config', dest='config_path', required=False)
 
 migrate = Migrate(create_app)
 
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ class LemurServer(Command):
         # run startup tasks on an app like object
         validate_conf(current_app, REQUIRED_VARIABLES)
 
-        app.app_uri = 'lemur:create_app(config="{0}")'.format(current_app.config.get('CONFIG_PATH'))
+        app.app_uri = 'lemur:create_app(config_path="{0}")'.format(current_app.config.get('CONFIG_PATH'))
 
         return app.run()
 
diff --git a/lemur/tests/conftest.py b/lemur/tests/conftest.py
index b3dad8b2..43fa7163 100644
--- a/lemur/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/lemur/tests/conftest.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def app(request):
     Creates a new Flask application for a test duration.
     Uses application factory `create_app`.
     """
-    _app = create_app(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/conf.py')
+    _app = create_app(config_path=os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/conf.py')
     ctx = _app.app_context()
     ctx.push()
 
diff --git a/requirements-docs.txt b/requirements-docs.txt
index 8c5e5fcc..46567146 100644
--- a/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 acme==0.31.0
 alabaster==0.7.12         # via sphinx
 alembic-autogenerate-enums==0.0.2
-alembic==1.0.7
+alembic==1.0.8
 amqp==2.4.2
 aniso8601==5.1.0
 arrow==0.13.1
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ babel==2.6.0              # via sphinx
 bcrypt==3.1.6
 billiard==3.5.0.5
 blinker==1.4
-boto3==1.9.106
-botocore==1.12.106
+boto3==1.9.107
+botocore==1.12.107
 celery[redis]==4.2.1
 certifi==2018.11.29
 certsrv==2.1.1
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jinja2==2.10
 jmespath==0.9.4
 josepy==1.1.0
 jsonlines==1.2.0
-kombu==4.4.0
+kombu==4.3.0
 lockfile==0.12.2
 mako==1.0.7
 markupsafe==1.1.1
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ sphinx==1.8.4
 sphinxcontrib-httpdomain==1.7.0
 sphinxcontrib-websupport==1.1.0  # via sphinx
 sqlalchemy-utils==0.33.11
-sqlalchemy==1.2.18
+sqlalchemy==1.3.0
 tabulate==0.8.3
 urllib3==1.24.1
 vine==1.2.0
diff --git a/requirements-tests.txt b/requirements-tests.txt
index 84c59d0d..55e38cbf 100644
--- a/requirements-tests.txt
+++ b/requirements-tests.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ asn1crypto==0.24.0        # via cryptography
 atomicwrites==1.3.0       # via pytest
 attrs==19.1.0             # via pytest
 aws-xray-sdk==0.95        # via moto
-boto3==1.9.106            # via moto
+boto3==1.9.107            # via moto
 boto==2.49.0              # via moto
-botocore==1.12.106        # via boto3, moto, s3transfer
+botocore==1.12.107        # via boto3, moto, s3transfer
 certifi==2018.11.29       # via requests
 cffi==1.12.2              # via cryptography
 chardet==3.0.4            # via requests
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 7ef88b52..9b27f604 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ gunicorn
 hvac # required for the vault destination plugin
 inflection
 jinja2
+kombu==4.3.0 # kombu 4.4.0 requires redis 3
 lockfile
 marshmallow-sqlalchemy
 marshmallow
@@ -45,4 +46,4 @@ six
 SQLAlchemy-Utils
 tabulate
 xmltodict
-pyyaml>=4.2b1 #high severity alert
\ No newline at end of file
+pyyaml>=4.2b1 #high severity alert
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3f300822..aa9e664a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 acme==0.31.0
 alembic-autogenerate-enums==0.0.2
-alembic==1.0.7            # via flask-migrate
+alembic==1.0.8            # via flask-migrate
 amqp==2.4.2               # via kombu
 aniso8601==5.1.0          # via flask-restful, relativetimebuilder
 arrow==0.13.1
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ asyncpool==1.0
 bcrypt==3.1.6             # via flask-bcrypt, paramiko
 billiard==3.5.0.5         # via celery
 blinker==1.4              # via flask-mail, flask-principal, raven
-boto3==1.9.106
-botocore==1.12.106
+boto3==1.9.107
+botocore==1.12.107
 celery[redis]==4.2.1
 certifi==2018.11.29
 certsrv==2.1.1
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jinja2==2.10
 jmespath==0.9.4           # via boto3, botocore
 josepy==1.1.0             # via acme
 jsonlines==1.2.0          # via cloudflare
-kombu==4.4.0              # via celery
+kombu==4.3.0
 lockfile==0.12.2
 mako==1.0.7               # via alembic
 markupsafe==1.1.1         # via jinja2, mako
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ retrying==1.3.3
 s3transfer==0.2.0         # via boto3
 six==1.12.0
 sqlalchemy-utils==0.33.11
-sqlalchemy==1.2.18        # via alembic, flask-sqlalchemy, marshmallow-sqlalchemy, sqlalchemy-utils
+sqlalchemy==1.3.0         # via alembic, flask-sqlalchemy, marshmallow-sqlalchemy, sqlalchemy-utils
 tabulate==0.8.3
 urllib3==1.24.1           # via botocore, requests
 vine==1.2.0               # via amqp