diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/GeneratePersonalAccessToken.php b/app/Console/Commands/GeneratePersonalAccessToken.php
index 098d9678ad..c5f531213c 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/GeneratePersonalAccessToken.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/GeneratePersonalAccessToken.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use App\Models\User;
 use Laravel\Passport\TokenRepository;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Factory as ValidationFactory;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
 class GeneratePersonalAccessToken extends Command
 {
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/LdapSync.php b/app/Console/Commands/LdapSync.php
index bd91c2bf25..1856bf10fc 100755
--- a/app/Console/Commands/LdapSync.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/LdapSync.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use App\Models\Setting;
 use App\Models\Ldap;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Models\Location;
-use Log;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class LdapSync extends Command
 {
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class LdapSync extends Command
                         try {
                             $ldap_manager = Ldap::findLdapUsers($item['manager'], -1, $this->option('filter'));
                         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                            \Log::warning("Manager lookup caused an exception: " . $e->getMessage() . ". Falling back to direct username lookup");
+                            Log::warning("Manager lookup caused an exception: " . $e->getMessage() . ". Falling back to direct username lookup");
                             // Hail-mary for Okta manager 'shortnames' - will only work if
                             // Okta configuration is using full email-address-style usernames
                             $ldap_manager = [
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/LdapTroubleshooter.php b/app/Console/Commands/LdapTroubleshooter.php
index 8c28318866..5bb3cdd366 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/LdapTroubleshooter.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/LdapTroubleshooter.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Console\Commands;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use App\Models\Setting;
 use Exception;
-use Crypt;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt;
 
 /**
  * Check if a given ip is in a network
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class LdapTroubleshooter extends Command
             $output[] = "-x";
             $output[] = "-b ".escapeshellarg($settings->ldap_basedn);
             $output[] = "-D ".escapeshellarg($settings->ldap_uname);
-            $output[] = "-w ".escapeshellarg(\Crypt::Decrypt($settings->ldap_pword));
+            $output[] = "-w ".escapeshellarg(Crypt::Decrypt($settings->ldap_pword));
             $output[] = escapeshellarg(parenthesized_filter($settings->ldap_filter));
             if($settings->ldap_tls) {
                 $this->line("# adding STARTTLS option");
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/MoveUploadsToNewDisk.php b/app/Console/Commands/MoveUploadsToNewDisk.php
index 798ab99874..a27b06feed 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/MoveUploadsToNewDisk.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/MoveUploadsToNewDisk.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Console\Commands;
 
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class MoveUploadsToNewDisk extends Command
 {
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class MoveUploadsToNewDisk extends Command
                     $new_url = Storage::disk('public')->url('uploads/'.$public_type.'/'.$filename, $filename);
                     $this->info($type_count.'. PUBLIC: '.$filename.' was copied to '.$new_url);
                 } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                    \Log::debug($e);
+                    Log::debug($e);
                     $this->error($e);
                 }
             }
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ class MoveUploadsToNewDisk extends Command
                         $new_url = Storage::url($private_type . '/' . $filename, $filename);
                         $this->info($type_count . '. PRIVATE: ' . $filename . ' was copied to ' . $new_url);
                     } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                        \Log::debug($e);
+                        Log::debug($e);
                         $this->error($e);
                     }
                 }
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ class MoveUploadsToNewDisk extends Command
                                 unlink($filename);
                                 $public_delete_count++;
                             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                                \Log::debug($e);
+                                Log::debug($e);
                                 $this->error($e);
                             }
                         }
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ class MoveUploadsToNewDisk extends Command
                                 unlink($filename);
                                 $private_delete_count++;
                             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                                \Log::debug($e);
+                                Log::debug($e);
                                 $this->error($e);
                             }
                         }
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/ObjectImportCommand.php b/app/Console/Commands/ObjectImportCommand.php
index c89018400a..8370e7c050 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/ObjectImportCommand.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/ObjectImportCommand.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Console\Commands;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 ini_set('max_execution_time', env('IMPORT_TIME_LIMIT', 600)); //600 seconds = 10 minutes
 ini_set('memory_limit', env('IMPORT_MEMORY_LIMIT', '500M'));
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ class ObjectImportCommand extends Command
 
         // This $logFile/useFiles() bit is currently broken, so commenting it out for now
         // $logFile = $this->option('logfile');
-        // \Log::useFiles($logFile);
+        // Log::useFiles($logFile);
         $this->comment('======= Importing Items from '.$filename.' =========');
         $importer->import();
 
@@ -112,10 +113,10 @@ class ObjectImportCommand extends Command
     public function log($string, $level = 'info')
     {
         if ($level === 'warning') {
-            \Log::warning($string);
+            Log::warning($string);
             $this->comment($string);
         } else {
-            \Log::Info($string);
+            Log::Info($string);
             if ($this->option('verbose')) {
                 $this->comment($string);
             }
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/PaveIt.php b/app/Console/Commands/PaveIt.php
index 9ccb5bf7f3..09c846ea68 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/PaveIt.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/PaveIt.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Console\Commands;
 use App\Models\Asset;
 use App\Models\CustomField;
 use Schema;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 
 class PaveIt extends Command
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/RecryptFromMcrypt.php b/app/Console/Commands/RecryptFromMcrypt.php
index 805774a517..33c8ae65c9 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/RecryptFromMcrypt.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/RecryptFromMcrypt.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class RecryptFromMcrypt extends Command
                 $this->comment('INFO: No LDAP password found. Skipping... ');
             } else {
                 $decrypted_ldap_pword = $mcrypter->decrypt($settings->ldap_pword);
-                $settings->ldap_pword = \Crypt::encrypt($decrypted_ldap_pword);
+                $settings->ldap_pword = Crypt::encrypt($decrypted_ldap_pword);
                 $settings->save();
             }
             /** @var CustomField[] $custom_fields */
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class RecryptFromMcrypt extends Command
                         // Try to decrypt the payload using the legacy app key
                         try {
                             $decrypted_field = $mcrypter->decrypt($asset->{$columnName});
-                            $asset->{$columnName} = \Crypt::encrypt($decrypted_field);
+                            $asset->{$columnName} = Crypt::encrypt($decrypted_field);
                             $this->comment($decrypted_field);
                         } catch (\Exception $e) {
                             $errors[] = ' - ERROR: Could not decrypt field ['.$encrypted_field->name.']: '.$e->getMessage();
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/RestoreDeletedUsers.php b/app/Console/Commands/RestoreDeletedUsers.php
index 4bf26a544d..c01e6319de 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/RestoreDeletedUsers.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/RestoreDeletedUsers.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use App\Models\Asset;
 use App\Models\License;
 use App\Models\User;
 use Artisan;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 
 class RestoreDeletedUsers extends Command
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/RestoreFromBackup.php b/app/Console/Commands/RestoreFromBackup.php
index 2133b22be1..1cc9b280e1 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/RestoreFromBackup.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/RestoreFromBackup.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Console\Commands;
 
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use ZipArchive;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class SQLStreamer {
     private $input;
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ class SQLStreamer {
         while (($buffer = fgets($this->input, SQLStreamer::$buffer_size)) !== false) {
             $bytes_read += strlen($buffer);
             if ($this->reading_beginning_of_line) {
-                // \Log::debug("Buffer is: '$buffer'");
+                // Log::debug("Buffer is: '$buffer'");
                 $cleaned_buffer = $this->parse_sql($buffer);
                 if ($this->output) {
                     $bytes_written = fwrite($this->output, $cleaned_buffer);
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ class RestoreFromBackup extends Command
     {
         $dir = getcwd();
         if( $dir != base_path() ) { // usually only the case when running via webserver, not via command-line
-            \Log::debug("Current working directory is: $dir, changing directory to: ".base_path());
+            Log::debug("Current working directory is: $dir, changing directory to: ".base_path());
             chdir(base_path()); // TODO - is this *safe* to change on a running script?!
         }
         //
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ class RestoreFromBackup extends Command
                 continue;
             }
             if (@pathinfo($raw_path, PATHINFO_EXTENSION) == 'sql') {
-                \Log::debug("Found a sql file!");
+                Log::debug("Found a sql file!");
                 $sqlfiles[] = $raw_path;
                 $sqlfile_indices[] = $i;
                 continue;
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ class RestoreFromBackup extends Command
                 $bytes_read = 0;
                 while (($buffer = fgets($sql_contents, SQLStreamer::$buffer_size)) !== false) {
                     $bytes_read += strlen($buffer);
-                    // \Log::debug("Buffer is: '$buffer'");
+                    // Log::debug("Buffer is: '$buffer'");
                     $bytes_written = fwrite($pipes[0], $buffer);
 
                     if ($bytes_written === false) {
@@ -425,13 +426,13 @@ class RestoreFromBackup extends Command
                 $bytes_read = $sql_importer->line_aware_piping();
             }
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::error("Error during restore!!!! ".$e->getMessage());
+            Log::error("Error during restore!!!! ".$e->getMessage());
             // FIXME - put these back and/or put them in the right places?!
             $err_out = fgets($pipes[1]);
             $err_err = fgets($pipes[2]);
-            \Log::error("Error OUTPUT: ".$err_out);
+            Log::error("Error OUTPUT: ".$err_out);
             $this->info($err_out);
-            \Log::error("Error ERROR : ".$err_err);
+            Log::error("Error ERROR : ".$err_err);
             $this->error($err_err);
             throw $e;
         }
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/SendUpcomingAuditReport.php b/app/Console/Commands/SendUpcomingAuditReport.php
index 40ebb64c50..7c81a37d3a 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/SendUpcomingAuditReport.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/SendUpcomingAuditReport.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use App\Models\Recipients\AlertRecipient;
 use App\Models\Setting;
 use App\Notifications\SendUpcomingAuditNotification;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 
 class SendUpcomingAuditReport extends Command
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/SyncAssetCounters.php b/app/Console/Commands/SyncAssetCounters.php
index b3bc15776e..2e2bb18f3b 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/SyncAssetCounters.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/SyncAssetCounters.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Console\Commands;
 
 use App\Models\Asset;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class SyncAssetCounters extends Command
 {
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ class SyncAssetCounters extends Command
                         $asset->save();
                         $bar->advance();
 
-                        \Log::debug('Asset: '.$asset->id.' has '.$asset->checkin_counter.' checkins, '.$asset->checkout_counter.' checkouts, and '.$asset->requests_counter.' requests');
+                        Log::debug('Asset: '.$asset->id.' has '.$asset->checkin_counter.' checkins, '.$asset->checkout_counter.' checkouts, and '.$asset->requests_counter.' requests');
 
                     }
 
diff --git a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
index e76d8e5dae..2b8eaa3627 100644
--- a/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
+++ b/app/Exceptions/Handler.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use App\Helpers\Helper;
 use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
 use Illuminate\Auth\AuthenticationException;
 use ArieTimmerman\Laravel\SCIMServer\Exceptions\SCIMException;
-use Log;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Throwable;
 use JsonException;
 use Carbon\Exceptions\InvalidFormatException;
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ class Handler extends ExceptionHandler
     public function report(Throwable $exception)
     {
         if ($this->shouldReport($exception)) {
-            if (class_exists(\Log::class)) {
-                \Log::error($exception);
+            if (class_exists(Log::class)) {
+                Log::error($exception);
             }
             return parent::report($exception);
         }
diff --git a/app/Helpers/Helper.php b/app/Helpers/Helper.php
index 397c6b55e4..b1e2fac746 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/Helper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/Helper.php
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ use App\Models\Depreciation;
 use App\Models\Setting;
 use App\Models\Statuslabel;
 use App\Models\License;
-use Crypt;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\DecryptException;
-use Image;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
+use Intervention\Image\ImageManagerStatic as Image;
 
 class Helper
 {
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@ class Helper
 
         if ($index >= $total_colors) {
 
-            \Log::info('Status label count is '.$index.' and exceeds the allowed count of 266.');
+            Log::info('Status label count is '.$index.' and exceeds the allowed count of 266.');
             //patch fix for array key overflow (color count starts at 1, array starts at 0)
             $index = $index - $total_colors - 1;
 
@@ -1015,7 +1016,7 @@ class Helper
 
 
         try {
-            $tmp_date = new \Carbon($date);
+            $tmp_date = new Carbon($date);
 
             if ($type == 'datetime') {
                 $dt['datetime'] = $tmp_date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
@@ -1032,7 +1033,7 @@ class Helper
             return $dt['formatted'];
 
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::warning($e);
+            Log::warning($e);
             return $date.' (Invalid '.$type.' value.)';
         }
 
@@ -1345,7 +1346,7 @@ class Helper
     public static function isDemoMode() {
         if (config('app.lock_passwords') === true) {
             return true;
-            \Log::debug('app locked!');
+            Log::debug('app locked!');
         }
         
         return false;
@@ -1438,7 +1439,7 @@ class Helper
 
         foreach (self::$language_map as $legacy => $new) {
             if ($language_code == $legacy) {
-                \Log::debug('Current language is '.$legacy.', using '.$new.' instead');
+                Log::debug('Current language is '.$legacy.', using '.$new.' instead');
                 return $new;
             }
         }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Accessories/AccessoriesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Accessories/AccessoriesController.php
index 6ef6fb9933..5fa1bc851a 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Accessories/AccessoriesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Accessories/AccessoriesController.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
 use Redirect;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /** This controller handles all actions related to Accessories for
  * the Snipe-IT Asset Management application.
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ class AccessoriesController extends Controller
             try {
                 Storage::disk('public')->delete('accessories'.'/'.$accessory->image);
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                \Log::debug($e);
+                Log::debug($e);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Accessories/AccessoriesFilesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Accessories/AccessoriesFilesController.php
index f0de6354f7..75fa0b2f12 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Accessories/AccessoriesFilesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Accessories/AccessoriesFilesController.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use App\Models\Accessory;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Symfony\Accessory\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class AccessoriesFilesController extends Controller
 {
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ class AccessoriesFilesController extends Controller
                 try {
                     Storage::delete('accessories/'.$log->filename);
                 } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                    \Log::debug($e);
+                    Log::debug($e);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ class AccessoriesFilesController extends Controller
     public function show($accessoryId = null, $fileId = null, $download = true)
     {
 
-        \Log::debug('Private filesystem is: '.config('filesystems.default'));
+        Log::debug('Private filesystem is: '.config('filesystems.default'));
         $accessory = Accessory::find($accessoryId);
 
 
@@ -129,8 +130,8 @@ class AccessoriesFilesController extends Controller
             $file = 'private_uploads/accessories/'.$log->filename;
 
             if (Storage::missing($file)) {
-                \Log::debug('FILE DOES NOT EXISTS for '.$file);
-                \Log::debug('URL should be '.Storage::url($file));
+                Log::debug('FILE DOES NOT EXISTS for '.$file);
+                Log::debug('URL should be '.Storage::url($file));
 
                 return response('File '.$file.' ('.Storage::url($file).') not found on server', 404)
                     ->header('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Account/AcceptanceController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Account/AcceptanceController.php
index b33d83cdd0..4dedacfa7a 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Account/AcceptanceController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Account/AcceptanceController.php
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ use App\Notifications\AcceptanceAssetAcceptedNotification;
 use App\Notifications\AcceptanceAssetDeclinedNotification;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use App\Http\Controllers\SettingsController;
 use Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade\Pdf;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\Types\Compound;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class AcceptanceController extends Controller
 {
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class AcceptanceController extends Controller
             ];
 
             if ($pdf_view_route!='') {
-                \Log::debug($pdf_filename.' is the filename, and the route was specified.');
+                Log::debug($pdf_filename.' is the filename, and the route was specified.');
                 $pdf = Pdf::loadView($pdf_view_route, $data);
                 Storage::put('private_uploads/eula-pdfs/' .$pdf_filename, $pdf->output());
             }
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ class AcceptanceController extends Controller
             ];
 
             if ($pdf_view_route!='') {
-                \Log::debug($pdf_filename.' is the filename, and the route was specified.');
+                Log::debug($pdf_filename.' is the filename, and the route was specified.');
                 $pdf = Pdf::loadView($pdf_view_route, $data);
                 Storage::put('private_uploads/eula-pdfs/' .$pdf_filename, $pdf->output());
             }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ActionlogController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ActionlogController.php
index c0c8a997d7..91425281ee 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ActionlogController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ActionlogController.php
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use App\Helpers\Helper;
 use App\Models\Actionlog;
-use Response;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 class ActionlogController extends Controller
 {
     public function displaySig($filename)
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class ActionlogController extends Controller
 
         $contents = file_get_contents($file, false, stream_context_create(['http' => ['ignore_errors' => true]]));
         if ($contents === false) {
-            \Log::warn('File '.$file.' not found');
+            Log::warning('File '.$file.' not found');
             return false;
         } else {
             return Response::make($contents)->header('Content-Type', $filetype);
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AccessoriesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AccessoriesController.php
index 7dcee93204..7ccc528ca0 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AccessoriesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AccessoriesController.php
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ use App\Http\Transformers\SelectlistTransformer;
 use App\Models\Accessory;
 use App\Models\Company;
 use App\Models\User;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Http\Requests\ImageUploadRequest;
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetMaintenancesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetMaintenancesController.php
index 4b47c323c2..1ecb3be257 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetMaintenancesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetMaintenancesController.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use App\Http\Transformers\AssetMaintenancesTransformer;
 use App\Models\Asset;
 use App\Models\AssetMaintenance;
 use App\Models\Company;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetModelsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetModelsController.php
index e77c648b34..f1fa5369d1 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetModelsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetModelsController.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use App\Models\AssetModel;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Http\Requests\ImageUploadRequest;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * This class controls all actions related to asset models for
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ class AssetModelsController extends Controller
             try {
                 Storage::disk('public')->delete('assetmodels/'.$assetmodel->image);
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                \Log::info($e);
+                Log::info($e);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
index 79ab6f9fd5..49e7905d77 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use App\Models\Setting;
 use App\Models\User;
 use \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Http\Requests\ImageUploadRequest;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ use Slack;
 use Str;
 use TCPDF;
 use Validator;
-use Route;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ComponentsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ComponentsController.php
index 9202b10b71..4cf8173eac 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ComponentsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ComponentsController.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use App\Events\ComponentCheckedIn;
 use App\Models\Asset;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class ComponentsController extends Controller
 {
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ class ComponentsController extends Controller
             // actually checked out.
             $component_assets->assigned_qty = $qty_remaining_in_checkout;
 
-            \Log::debug($component_asset_id.' - '.$qty_remaining_in_checkout.' remaining in record '.$component_assets->id);
+            Log::debug($component_asset_id.' - '.$qty_remaining_in_checkout.' remaining in record '.$component_assets->id);
             
             \DB::table('components_assets')->where('id',
                 $component_asset_id)->update(['assigned_qty' => $qty_remaining_in_checkout]);
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ConsumablesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ConsumablesController.php
index d6e3350ddc..956a176580 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ConsumablesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ConsumablesController.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Http\Requests\ImageUploadRequest;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class ConsumablesController extends Controller
 {
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ class ConsumablesController extends Controller
         if (!$user = User::find($request->input('assigned_to'))) {
             // Return error message
             return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('error', null, 'No user found'));
-            \Log::debug('No valid user');
+            Log::debug('No valid user');
         }
 
         // Update the consumable data
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/DepartmentsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/DepartmentsController.php
index f211089b93..485e614b25 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/DepartmentsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/DepartmentsController.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use App\Http\Transformers\DepartmentsTransformer;
 use App\Http\Transformers\SelectlistTransformer;
 use App\Models\Company;
 use App\Models\Department;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Http\Requests\ImageUploadRequest;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GroupsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GroupsController.php
index 3fa7ca48f0..f1eafd49dc 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GroupsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/GroupsController.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Http\Transformers\GroupsTransformer;
 use App\Models\Group;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 
 
 class GroupsController extends Controller
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php
index 2d7e2f7d78..d57c7a0c8f 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ImportController.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use League\Csv\Reader;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\Exception\FileException;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class ImportController extends Controller
 {
@@ -159,10 +160,10 @@ class ImportController extends Controller
 
         // Run a backup immediately before processing
         if ($request->get('run-backup')) {
-            \Log::debug('Backup manually requested via importer');
+            Log::debug('Backup manually requested via importer');
             Artisan::call('snipeit:backup', ['--filename' => 'pre-import-backup-'.date('Y-m-d-H:i:s')]);
         } else {
-            \Log::debug('NO BACKUP requested via importer');
+            Log::debug('NO BACKUP requested via importer');
         }
 
         $import = Import::find($import_id);
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LabelsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LabelsController.php
index 6576ec0373..126fe99438 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LabelsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LabelsController.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use App\Http\Transformers\LabelsTransformer;
 use App\Models\Labels\Label;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\ItemNotFoundException;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 
 class LabelsController extends Controller
 {
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LicenseSeatsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LicenseSeatsController.php
index 5e79c49b23..317b098768 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LicenseSeatsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LicenseSeatsController.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use App\Models\Asset;
 use App\Models\License;
 use App\Models\LicenseSeat;
 use App\Models\User;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
 class LicenseSeatsController extends Controller
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ProfileController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ProfileController.php
index ef56ed5370..b6752dd1ed 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ProfileController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ProfileController.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use Laravel\Passport\TokenRepository;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Factory as ValidationFactory;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
 use App\Models\CustomField;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
 class ProfileController extends Controller
 {
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/SettingsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/SettingsController.php
index a481d67944..d9059988f2 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/SettingsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/SettingsController.php
@@ -33,18 +33,18 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
         $settings = Setting::getSettings();
 
         if ($settings->ldap_enabled!='1') {
-            \Log::debug('LDAP is not enabled cannot test.');
+            Log::debug('LDAP is not enabled cannot test.');
             return response()->json(['message' => 'LDAP is not enabled, cannot test.'], 400);
         }
 
-        \Log::debug('Preparing to test LDAP connection');
+        Log::debug('Preparing to test LDAP connection');
 
         $message = []; //where we collect together test messages
         try {
             $connection = Ldap::connectToLdap();
             try {
                 $message['bind'] = ['message' => 'Successfully bound to LDAP server.'];
-                \Log::debug('attempting to bind to LDAP for LDAP test');
+                Log::debug('attempting to bind to LDAP for LDAP test');
                 Ldap::bindAdminToLdap($connection);
                 $message['login'] = [
                     'message' => 'Successfully connected to LDAP server.',
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
 
                 return response()->json($message, 200);
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                \Log::debug('Bind failed');
-                \Log::debug("Exception was: ".$e->getMessage());
+                Log::debug('Bind failed');
+                Log::debug("Exception was: ".$e->getMessage());
                 return response()->json(['message' => $e->getMessage()], 400);
                 //return response()->json(['message' => $e->getMessage()], 500);
             }
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug('Connection failed but we cannot debug it any further on our end.');
+            Log::debug('Connection failed but we cannot debug it any further on our end.');
             return response()->json(['message' => $e->getMessage()], 500);
         }
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
     {
 
         if (Setting::getSettings()->ldap_enabled != '1') {
-            \Log::debug('LDAP is not enabled. Cannot test.');
+            Log::debug('LDAP is not enabled. Cannot test.');
             return response()->json(['message' => 'LDAP is not enabled, cannot test.'], 400);
         }
 
@@ -104,39 +104,39 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
 
         $validator = Validator::make($request->all(), $rules);
         if ($validator->fails()) {
-            \Log::debug('LDAP Validation test failed.');
+            Log::debug('LDAP Validation test failed.');
             $validation_errors = implode(' ',$validator->errors()->all());
             return response()->json(['message' => $validator->errors()->all()], 400);
         }
         
 
 
-        \Log::debug('Preparing to test LDAP login');
+        Log::debug('Preparing to test LDAP login');
         try {
             $connection = Ldap::connectToLdap();
             try {
                 Ldap::bindAdminToLdap($connection);
-                \Log::debug('Attempting to bind to LDAP for LDAP test');
+                Log::debug('Attempting to bind to LDAP for LDAP test');
                 try {
                     $ldap_user = Ldap::findAndBindUserLdap($request->input('ldaptest_user'), $request->input('ldaptest_password'));
                     if ($ldap_user) {
-                        \Log::debug('It worked! '. $request->input('ldaptest_user').' successfully binded to LDAP.');
+                        Log::debug('It worked! '. $request->input('ldaptest_user').' successfully binded to LDAP.');
                         return response()->json(['message' => 'It worked! '. $request->input('ldaptest_user').' successfully binded to LDAP.'], 200);
                     }
                     return response()->json(['message' => 'Login Failed. '. $request->input('ldaptest_user').' did not successfully bind to LDAP.'], 400);
 
                 } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                    \Log::debug('LDAP login failed');
+                    Log::debug('LDAP login failed');
                     return response()->json(['message' => $e->getMessage()], 400);
                 }
 
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                \Log::debug('Bind failed');
+                Log::debug('Bind failed');
                 return response()->json(['message' => $e->getMessage()], 400);
                 //return response()->json(['message' => $e->getMessage()], 500);
             }
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug('Connection failed');
+            Log::debug('Connection failed');
             return response()->json(['message' => $e->getMessage()], 500);
         }
 
@@ -181,19 +181,19 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
 
             $file_parts = explode('.', $file);
             $extension = end($file_parts);
-            \Log::debug($extension);
+            Log::debug($extension);
 
             // Only generated barcodes would have a .png file extension
             if ($extension == 'png') {
-                \Log::debug('Deleting: '.$file);
+                Log::debug('Deleting: '.$file);
 
 
                 try {
                     Storage::disk('public')->delete($file);
-                    \Log::debug('Deleting: '.$file);
+                    Log::debug('Deleting: '.$file);
                     $file_count++;
                 } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                    \Log::debug($e);
+                    Log::debug($e);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/UsersController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/UsersController.php
index a95c899879..5a37c50e1b 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/UsersController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/UsersController.php
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ use App\Models\Company;
 use App\Models\License;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Notifications\CurrentInventory;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-use App\Http\Requests\ImageUploadRequest;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
@@ -559,7 +558,7 @@ class UsersController extends Controller
                     try {
                         Storage::disk('public')->delete('avatars/' . $user->avatar);
                     } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                        \Log::debug($e);
+                        Log::debug($e);
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AssetMaintenancesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AssetMaintenancesController.php
index b5a50925ea..c9ffea9a4c 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AssetMaintenancesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AssetMaintenancesController.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use App\Helpers\Helper;
 use App\Models\Asset;
 use App\Models\AssetMaintenance;
 use App\Models\Company;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Slack;
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AssetModelsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AssetModelsController.php
index 8d387f968f..d094010201 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AssetModelsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AssetModelsController.php
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
 use Redirect;
-use Request;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Storage;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * This class controls all actions related to asset models for
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ class AssetModelsController extends Controller
             try {
                 Storage::disk('public')->delete('models/'.$model->image);
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                \Log::info($e);
+                Log::info($e);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetCheckinController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetCheckinController.php
index 30ffd8bba2..076dcff399 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetCheckinController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetCheckinController.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class AssetCheckinController extends Controller
 {
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ class AssetCheckinController extends Controller
         $asset->location_id = $asset->rtd_location_id;
 
         if ($request->filled('location_id')) {
-            \Log::debug('NEW Location ID: '.$request->get('location_id'));
+            Log::debug('NEW Location ID: '.$request->get('location_id'));
             $asset->location_id = $request->get('location_id');
 
             if ($request->get('update_default_location') == 0){
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
index cd138f7102..c6228e11c5 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
         }
 
         if ($success) {
-            \Log::debug(e($asset->asset_tag));
+            Log::debug(e($asset->asset_tag));
             return redirect()->route('hardware.index')
                 ->with('success-unescaped', trans('admin/hardware/message.create.success_linked', ['link' => route('hardware.show', $asset->id), 'id', 'tag' => e($asset->asset_tag)]));
                
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/ForgotPasswordController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/ForgotPasswordController.php
index cb661eabde..a7322e7e59 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/ForgotPasswordController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/ForgotPasswordController.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\SendsPasswordResetEmails;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 class ForgotPasswordController extends Controller
 {
     /*
@@ -79,16 +79,16 @@ class ForgotPasswordController extends Controller
                 )
             );
         } catch(\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::info('Password reset attempt: User '.$request->input('username').'failed with exception: '.$e );
+            Log::info('Password reset attempt: User '.$request->input('username').'failed with exception: '.$e );
         }
 
         // Prevent timing attack to enumerate users.
         usleep(500000 + random_int(0, 1500000));
 
         if ($response === \Password::RESET_LINK_SENT) {
-            \Log::info('Password reset attempt: User '.$request->input('username').' WAS found, password reset sent');
+            Log::info('Password reset attempt: User '.$request->input('username').' WAS found, password reset sent');
         } else {
-            \Log::info('Password reset attempt: User matching username '.$request->input('username').' NOT FOUND or user is inactive');
+            Log::info('Password reset attempt: User matching username '.$request->input('username').' NOT FOUND or user is inactive');
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php
index 896ca11ff5..aa685b21a8 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
-use Log;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Redirect;
 
 /**
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class LoginController extends Controller
                     Auth::login($user);
                 } else {
                     $username = $saml->getUsername();
-                    \Log::debug("SAML user '$username' could not be found in database.");
+                    Log::debug("SAML user '$username' could not be found in database.");
                     $request->session()->flash('error', trans('auth/message.signin.error'));
                     $saml->clearData();
                 }
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class LoginController extends Controller
                 $s->save();
 
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                \Log::debug('There was an error authenticating the SAML user: '.$e->getMessage());
+                Log::debug('There was an error authenticating the SAML user: '.$e->getMessage());
                 throw $e;
             }
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class LoginController extends Controller
 
             // Better logging
             if (empty($samlData)) {
-                \Log::debug("SAML page requested, but samlData seems empty.");
+                Log::debug("SAML page requested, but samlData seems empty.");
             }
         }
 
@@ -268,12 +268,12 @@ class LoginController extends Controller
 
         //If the environment is set to ALWAYS require SAML, return access denied
         if (config('app.require_saml')) {
-            \Log::debug('require SAML is enabled in the .env - return a 403');
+            Log::debug('require SAML is enabled in the .env - return a 403');
             return view('errors.403');
         }
 
         if (Setting::getSettings()->login_common_disabled == '1') {
-            \Log::debug('login_common_disabled is set to 1 - return a 403');
+            Log::debug('login_common_disabled is set to 1 - return a 403');
             return view('errors.403');
         }
 
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ class LoginController extends Controller
      *
      * @param Request $request
      *
-     * @return Redirect
+     * @return Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
      */
     public function logout(Request $request)
     {
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/ResetPasswordController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/ResetPasswordController.php
index e7a0fb1af8..fe1b331289 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/ResetPasswordController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/ResetPasswordController.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use App\Models\Setting;
 use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\ResetsPasswords;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class ResetPasswordController extends Controller
 {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class ResetPasswordController extends Controller
         $credentials =  $request->only('email', 'token');
 
         if (is_null($this->broker()->getUser($credentials))) {
-            \Log::debug('Password reset form FAILED - this token is not valid.');
+            Log::debug('Password reset form FAILED - this token is not valid.');
             return redirect()->route('password.request')->with('error', trans('passwords.token'));
         }
 
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ class ResetPasswordController extends Controller
 
         $request->validate($this->rules(), $request->all(), $this->validationErrorMessages());
 
-        \Log::debug('Checking if '.$request->input('username').' exists');
+        Log::debug('Checking if '.$request->input('username').' exists');
         // Check to see if the user even exists - we'll treat the response the same to prevent user sniffing
         if ($user = User::where('username', '=', $request->input('username'))->where('activated', '1')->whereNotNull('email')->first()) {
-            \Log::debug($user->username.' exists');
+            Log::debug($user->username.' exists');
 
 
             // handle the password validation rules set by the admin settings
@@ -112,17 +112,17 @@ class ResetPasswordController extends Controller
 
             // Check if the password reset above actually worked
             if ($response == \Password::PASSWORD_RESET) {
-                \Log::debug('Password reset for '.$user->username.' worked');
+                Log::debug('Password reset for '.$user->username.' worked');
                 return redirect()->guest('login')->with('success', trans('passwords.reset'));
             }
 
-            \Log::debug('Password reset for '.$user->username.' FAILED - this user exists but the token is not valid');
+            Log::debug('Password reset for '.$user->username.' FAILED - this user exists but the token is not valid');
             return redirect()->back()->withInput($request->only('email'))->with('success', trans('passwords.reset'));
 
         }
 
 
-        \Log::debug('Password reset for '.$request->input('username').' FAILED - user does not exist or does not have an email address - but make it look like it succeeded');
+        Log::debug('Password reset for '.$request->input('username').' FAILED - user does not exist or does not have an email address - but make it look like it succeeded');
         return redirect()->guest('login')->with('success', trans('passwords.reset'));
 
     }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/SamlController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/SamlController.php
index b6218988ea..f583d4bda4 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/SamlController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/SamlController.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Services\Saml;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-use Log;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * This controller provides the endpoint for SAML communication and metadata.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class SamlController extends Controller
         $metadata = $this->saml->getSPMetadata();
 
         if (empty($metadata)) {
-            \Log::debug('SAML metadata is empty - return a 403');
+            Log::debug('SAML metadata is empty - return a 403');
             return response()->view('errors.403', [], 403);
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/CategoriesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/CategoriesController.php
index 5844b54dc8..d7e83b43d8 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/CategoriesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/CategoriesController.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 use App\Helpers\Helper;
 use App\Http\Requests\ImageUploadRequest;
 use App\Models\Category as Category;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Str;
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/CompaniesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/CompaniesController.php
index 6c4072362f..63205a598d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/CompaniesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/CompaniesController.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use App\Http\Requests\ImageUploadRequest;
 use App\Models\Company;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * This controller handles all actions related to Companies for
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ final class CompaniesController extends Controller
             try {
                 Storage::disk('public')->delete('companies'.'/'.$company->image);
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                \Log::debug($e);
+                Log::debug($e);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Components/ComponentsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Components/ComponentsController.php
index 34c9aed16b..33ebde6456 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Components/ComponentsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Components/ComponentsController.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * This class controls all actions related to Components for
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ class ComponentsController extends Controller
             try {
                 Storage::disk('public')->delete('components/'.$component->image);
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                \Log::debug($e);
+                Log::debug($e);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Components/ComponentsFilesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Components/ComponentsFilesController.php
index 55ae7f61b6..a7d42bb072 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Components/ComponentsFilesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Components/ComponentsFilesController.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use App\Models\Component;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class ComponentsFilesController extends Controller
 {
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ class ComponentsFilesController extends Controller
                 try {
                     Storage::delete('components/'.$log->filename);
                 } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                    \Log::debug($e);
+                    Log::debug($e);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ class ComponentsFilesController extends Controller
      */
     public function show($componentId = null, $fileId = null)
     {
-        \Log::debug('Private filesystem is: '.config('filesystems.default'));
+        Log::debug('Private filesystem is: '.config('filesystems.default'));
         $component = Component::find($componentId);
 
         // the component is valid
@@ -126,8 +127,8 @@ class ComponentsFilesController extends Controller
             $file = 'private_uploads/components/'.$log->filename;
 
             if (Storage::missing($file)) {
-                \Log::debug('FILE DOES NOT EXISTS for '.$file);
-                \Log::debug('URL should be '.Storage::url($file));
+                Log::debug('FILE DOES NOT EXISTS for '.$file);
+                Log::debug('URL should be '.Storage::url($file));
 
                 return response('File '.$file.' ('.Storage::url($file).') not found on server', 404)
                     ->header('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Consumables/ConsumablesFilesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Consumables/ConsumablesFilesController.php
index 977261edcd..35a4ae841e 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Consumables/ConsumablesFilesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Consumables/ConsumablesFilesController.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use App\Models\Consumable;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Symfony\Consumable\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 class ConsumablesFilesController extends Controller
 {
     /**
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class ConsumablesFilesController extends Controller
                 try {
                     Storage::delete('consumables/'.$log->filename);
                 } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                    \Log::debug($e);
+                    Log::debug($e);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ class ConsumablesFilesController extends Controller
             $file = 'private_uploads/consumables/'.$log->filename;
 
             if (Storage::missing($file)) {
-                \Log::debug('FILE DOES NOT EXISTS for '.$file);
-                \Log::debug('URL should be '.Storage::url($file));
+                Log::debug('FILE DOES NOT EXISTS for '.$file);
+                Log::debug('URL should be '.Storage::url($file));
 
                 return response('File '.$file.' ('.Storage::url($file).') not found on server', 404)
                     ->header('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php
index c0e9454d62..c716fff368 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\Access\AuthorizesRequests;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\DispatchesJobs;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Validation\ValidatesRequests;
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/CustomFieldsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/CustomFieldsController.php
index 23ea9da34b..94b45552fd 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/CustomFieldsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/CustomFieldsController.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use App\Models\CustomField;
 use App\Models\CustomFieldset;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-use Redirect;
 
 /**
  * This controller handles all actions related to Custom Asset Fields for
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/DepartmentsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/DepartmentsController.php
index 2d456c0a4a..62823098ba 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/DepartmentsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/DepartmentsController.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use App\Models\Department;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class DepartmentsController extends Controller
 {
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ class DepartmentsController extends Controller
             try {
                 Storage::disk('public')->delete('departments'.'/'.$department->image);
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                \Log::debug($e);
+                Log::debug($e);
             }
         }
         $department->delete();
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/GoogleAuthController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/GoogleAuthController.php
index a93fcd1fc2..6f5d02fde9 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/GoogleAuthController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/GoogleAuthController.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Laravel\Socialite\Facades\Socialite;
 use Laravel\Socialite\Two\InvalidStateException;
 use App\Models\Setting;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class GoogleAuthController extends Controller
 {
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ class GoogleAuthController extends Controller
     {
         try {
             $socialUser = Socialite::driver('google')->user();
-            \Log::debug('Google user found in Google Workspace');
+            Log::debug('Google user found in Google Workspace');
         } catch (InvalidStateException $exception) {
-            \Log::debug('Google user NOT found in Google Workspace');
+            Log::debug('Google user NOT found in Google Workspace');
             return redirect()->route('login')
                 ->withErrors(
                     [
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class GoogleAuthController extends Controller
 
 
         if ($user) {
-            \Log::debug('Google user '.$socialUser->getEmail().' found in Snipe-IT');
+            Log::debug('Google user '.$socialUser->getEmail().' found in Snipe-IT');
             $user->update([
                 'avatar'   => $socialUser->avatar,
             ]);
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class GoogleAuthController extends Controller
             return redirect()->route('home');
         }
 
-        \Log::debug('Google user '.$socialUser->getEmail().' NOT found in Snipe-IT');
+        Log::debug('Google user '.$socialUser->getEmail().' NOT found in Snipe-IT');
         return redirect()->route('login')
             ->withErrors(
                 [
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/GroupsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/GroupsController.php
index 544ebb34ed..bfc8907524 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/GroupsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/GroupsController.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 use App\Helpers\Helper;
 use App\Models\Group;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 
 /**
  * This controller handles all actions related to User Groups for
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseCheckinController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseCheckinController.php
index 367ff3f1d9..be71dfc4d2 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseCheckinController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseCheckinController.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class LicenseCheckinController extends Controller
 {
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ class LicenseCheckinController extends Controller
             $user_seat->assigned_to = null;
 
             if ($user_seat->save()) {
-                \Log::debug('Checking in '.$license->name.' from user '.$user_seat->username);
+                Log::debug('Checking in '.$license->name.' from user '.$user_seat->username);
                 $user_seat->logCheckin($user_seat->user, trans('admin/licenses/general.bulk.checkin_all.log_msg'));
             }
         }
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ class LicenseCheckinController extends Controller
             $asset_seat->asset_id = null;
 
             if ($asset_seat->save()) {
-                \Log::debug('Checking in '.$license->name.' from asset '.$asset_seat->asset_tag);
+                Log::debug('Checking in '.$license->name.' from asset '.$asset_seat->asset_tag);
                 $asset_seat->logCheckin($asset_seat->asset, trans('admin/licenses/general.bulk.checkin_all.log_msg'));
                 $count++;
             }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseCheckoutController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseCheckoutController.php
index d61a1ad819..d3887d365c 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseCheckoutController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseCheckoutController.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use App\Models\License;
 use App\Models\LicenseSeat;
 use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class LicenseCheckoutController extends Controller
 {
@@ -155,16 +156,16 @@ class LicenseCheckoutController extends Controller
 
     public function bulkCheckout($licenseId) {
 
-        \Log::debug('Checking out '.$licenseId.' via bulk');
+        Log::debug('Checking out '.$licenseId.' via bulk');
         $license = License::findOrFail($licenseId);
         $this->authorize('checkin', $license);
         $avail_count = $license->getAvailSeatsCountAttribute();
 
         $users = User::whereNull('deleted_at')->where('autoassign_licenses', '=', 1)->with('licenses')->get();
-        \Log::debug($avail_count.' will be assigned');
+        Log::debug($avail_count.' will be assigned');
 
         if ($users->count() > $avail_count) {
-            \Log::debug('You do not have enough free seats to complete this task, so we will check out as many as we can. ');
+            Log::debug('You do not have enough free seats to complete this task, so we will check out as many as we can. ');
         }
 
         // If the license is valid, check that there is an available seat
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ class LicenseCheckoutController extends Controller
 
             // Check to make sure this user doesn't already have this license checked out to them
             if ($user->licenses->where('id', '=', $licenseId)->count()) {
-                \Log::debug($user->username.' already has this license checked out to them. Skipping... ');
+                Log::debug($user->username.' already has this license checked out to them. Skipping... ');
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ class LicenseCheckoutController extends Controller
                 $avail_count--;
                 $assigned_count++;
                 $licenseSeat->logCheckout(trans('admin/licenses/general.bulk.checkout_all.log_msg'), $user);
-                \Log::debug('License '.$license->name.' seat '.$licenseSeat->id.' checked out to '.$user->username);
+                Log::debug('License '.$license->name.' seat '.$licenseSeat->id.' checked out to '.$user->username);
             }
 
             if ($avail_count ==  0) {
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseFilesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseFilesController.php
index 037d78d230..fa18e8cf48 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseFilesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseFilesController.php
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Http\Requests\UploadFileRequest;
 use App\Models\Actionlog;
 use App\Models\License;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
-use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class LicenseFilesController extends Controller
 {
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ class LicenseFilesController extends Controller
      * @param int $licenseId
      * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
      * @throws \Illuminate\Auth\Access\AuthorizationException
-     *@author [A. Gianotto] [<snipe@snipe.net>]
+     * @author [A. Gianotto] [<snipe@snipe.net>]
      * @since [v1.0]
      * @todo Switch to using the AssetFileRequest form request validator.
      */
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ class LicenseFilesController extends Controller
                     try {
                         Storage::delete('licenses/'.$log->filename);
                     } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                        \Log::debug($e);
+                        Log::debug($e);
                     }
                 }
                 
@@ -121,8 +120,8 @@ class LicenseFilesController extends Controller
             $file = 'private_uploads/licenses/'.$log->filename;
 
             if (Storage::missing($file)) {
-                \Log::debug('NOT EXISTS for '.$file);
-                \Log::debug('NOT EXISTS URL should be '.Storage::url($file));
+                Log::debug('NOT EXISTS for '.$file);
+                Log::debug('NOT EXISTS URL should be '.Storage::url($file));
 
                 return response('File '.$file.' ('.Storage::url($file).') not found on server', 404)
                     ->header('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/LocationsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/LocationsController.php
index 897d127580..938c76fe12 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/LocationsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/LocationsController.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use App\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * This controller handles all actions related to Locations for
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ class LocationsController extends Controller
             try {
                 Storage::disk('public')->delete('locations/'.$location->image);
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                \Log::error($e);
+                Log::error($e);
             }
         }
         $location->delete();
@@ -341,8 +342,8 @@ class LocationsController extends Controller
                 }
             }
 
-            \Log::debug('Success count: '.$success_count);
-            \Log::debug('Error count: '.$error_count);
+            Log::debug('Success count: '.$success_count);
+            Log::debug('Error count: '.$error_count);
             // Complete success
             if ($success_count == count($locations_raw_array)) {
                 return redirect()
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ManufacturersController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ManufacturersController.php
index c927a5affb..18054e635a 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ManufacturersController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ManufacturersController.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Redirect;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * This controller handles all actions related to Manufacturers for
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ class ManufacturersController extends Controller
             try {
                 Storage::disk('public')->delete('manufacturers/'.$manufacturer->image);
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                \Log::info($e);
+                Log::info($e);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php
index f97ac6d38d..b34e8b7e5a 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use App\Http\Requests\ImageUploadRequest;
-use App\Models\Asset;
 use App\Models\Setting;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Notifications\CurrentInventory;
@@ -11,10 +10,6 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
-use Image;
-use Redirect;
-use View;
 
 /**
  * This controller handles all actions related to User Profiles for
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ReportsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ReportsController.php
index c1ae800342..8e957117aa 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ReportsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ReportsController.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use League\Csv\Reader;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\StreamedResponse;
 use League\Csv\EscapeFormula;
 use App\Http\Requests\CustomAssetReportRequest;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 
 /**
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ class ReportsController extends Controller
 
         \Debugbar::disable();
         $response = new StreamedResponse(function () {
-            \Log::debug('Starting streamed response');
+            Log::debug('Starting streamed response');
 
             // Open output stream
             $handle = fopen('php://output', 'w');
@@ -259,16 +260,16 @@ class ReportsController extends Controller
 
             ];
             $executionTime = microtime(true) - $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'];
-            \Log::debug('Starting headers: '.$executionTime);
+            Log::debug('Starting headers: '.$executionTime);
             fputcsv($handle, $header);
             $executionTime = microtime(true) - $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'];
-            \Log::debug('Added headers: '.$executionTime);
+            Log::debug('Added headers: '.$executionTime);
 
             $actionlogs = Actionlog::with('item', 'user', 'target', 'location')
                 ->orderBy('created_at', 'DESC')
                 ->chunk(20, function ($actionlogs) use ($handle) {
                     $executionTime = microtime(true) - $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'];
-                \Log::debug('Walking results: '.$executionTime);
+                Log::debug('Walking results: '.$executionTime);
                 $count = 0;
 
                 foreach ($actionlogs as $actionlog) {
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ class ReportsController extends Controller
             // Close the output stream
             fclose($handle);
             $executionTime = microtime(true) - $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'];
-            \Log::debug('-- SCRIPT COMPLETED IN '.$executionTime);
+            Log::debug('-- SCRIPT COMPLETED IN '.$executionTime);
         }, 200, [
             'Content-Type' => 'text/csv',
             'Content-Disposition' => 'attachment; filename="activity-report-'.date('Y-m-d-his').'.csv"',
@@ -425,8 +426,8 @@ class ReportsController extends Controller
         \Debugbar::disable();
         $customfields = CustomField::get();
         $response = new StreamedResponse(function () use ($customfields, $request) {
-            \Log::debug('Starting streamed response');
-            \Log::debug('CSV escaping is set to: '.config('app.escape_formulas'));
+            Log::debug('Starting streamed response');
+            Log::debug('CSV escaping is set to: '.config('app.escape_formulas'));
 
             // Open output stream
             $handle = fopen('php://output', 'w');
@@ -627,10 +628,10 @@ class ReportsController extends Controller
             }
 
             $executionTime = microtime(true) - $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'];
-            \Log::debug('Starting headers: '.$executionTime);
+            Log::debug('Starting headers: '.$executionTime);
             fputcsv($handle, $header);
             $executionTime = microtime(true) - $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'];
-            \Log::debug('Added headers: '.$executionTime);
+            Log::debug('Added headers: '.$executionTime);
 
             $assets = Asset::select('assets.*')->with(
                 'location', 'assetstatus', 'company', 'defaultLoc', 'assignedTo',
@@ -732,11 +733,11 @@ class ReportsController extends Controller
                 $assets->onlyTrashed();
             }
 
-            \Log::debug($assets->toSql());
+            Log::debug($assets->toSql());
             $assets->orderBy('assets.id', 'ASC')->chunk(20, function ($assets) use ($handle, $customfields, $request) {
             
                 $executionTime = microtime(true) - $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'];
-                \Log::debug('Walking results: '.$executionTime);
+                Log::debug('Walking results: '.$executionTime);
                 $count = 0;
 
                 $formatter = new EscapeFormula("`");
@@ -996,14 +997,14 @@ class ReportsController extends Controller
                     }
 
                     $executionTime = microtime(true) - $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'];
-                    \Log::debug('-- Record '.$count.' Asset ID:'.$asset->id.' in '.$executionTime);
+                    Log::debug('-- Record '.$count.' Asset ID:'.$asset->id.' in '.$executionTime);
                 }
             });
 
             // Close the output stream
             fclose($handle);
             $executionTime = microtime(true) - $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT'];
-            \Log::debug('-- SCRIPT COMPLETED IN '.$executionTime);
+            Log::debug('-- SCRIPT COMPLETED IN '.$executionTime);
         }, 200, [
             'Content-Type' => 'text/csv',
             'Content-Disposition' => 'attachment; filename="custom-assets-report-'.date('Y-m-d-his').'.csv"',
@@ -1141,23 +1142,23 @@ class ReportsController extends Controller
         $this->authorize('reports.view');
 
         if (!$acceptance = CheckoutAcceptance::pending()->find($request->input('acceptance_id'))) {
-            \Log::debug('No pending acceptances');
+            Log::debug('No pending acceptances');
             // Redirect to the unaccepted assets report page with error
             return redirect()->route('reports/unaccepted_assets')->with('error', trans('general.bad_data'));
         }
 
         $assetItem = $acceptance->checkoutable;
 
-        \Log::debug(print_r($assetItem, true));
+        Log::debug(print_r($assetItem, true));
 
         if (is_null($acceptance->created_at)){
-            \Log::debug('No acceptance created_at');
+            Log::debug('No acceptance created_at');
             return redirect()->route('reports/unaccepted_assets')->with('error', trans('general.bad_data'));
         } else {
             $logItem_res = $assetItem->checkouts()->where('created_at', '=', $acceptance->created_at)->get();
 
             if ($logItem_res->isEmpty()){
-                \Log::debug('Acceptance date mismatch');
+                Log::debug('Acceptance date mismatch');
                 return redirect()->route('reports/unaccepted_assets')->with('error', trans('general.bad_data'));
             }
             $logItem = $logItem_res[0];
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Users/BulkUsersController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Users/BulkUsersController.php
index ca1e2a4897..d028560607 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Users/BulkUsersController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Users/BulkUsersController.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Password;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class BulkUsersController extends Controller
 {
@@ -323,18 +324,18 @@ class BulkUsersController extends Controller
         foreach ($users_to_merge as $user_to_merge) {
 
             foreach ($user_to_merge->assets as $asset) {
-                \Log::debug('Updating asset: '.$asset->asset_tag . ' to '.$merge_into_user->id);
+                Log::debug('Updating asset: '.$asset->asset_tag . ' to '.$merge_into_user->id);
                 $asset->assigned_to = $request->input('merge_into_id');
                 $asset->save();
             }
 
             foreach ($user_to_merge->licenses as $license) {
-                \Log::debug('Updating license pivot: '.$license->id . ' to '.$merge_into_user->id);
+                Log::debug('Updating license pivot: '.$license->id . ' to '.$merge_into_user->id);
                 $user_to_merge->licenses()->updateExistingPivot($license->id, ['assigned_to' => $merge_into_user->id]);
             }
 
             foreach ($user_to_merge->consumables as $consumable) {
-                \Log::debug('Updating consumable pivot: '.$consumable->id . ' to '.$merge_into_user->id);
+                Log::debug('Updating consumable pivot: '.$consumable->id . ' to '.$merge_into_user->id);
                 $user_to_merge->consumables()->updateExistingPivot($consumable->id, ['assigned_to' => $merge_into_user->id]);
             }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Users/UsersController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Users/UsersController.php
index b0874cb569..2876505dd5 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Users/UsersController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Users/UsersController.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use App\Models\Group;
 use App\Models\Setting;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Notifications\WelcomeNotification;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Password;
diff --git a/app/Http/Livewire/Importer.php b/app/Http/Livewire/Importer.php
index 0a6c52f096..23283b583b 100644
--- a/app/Http/Livewire/Importer.php
+++ b/app/Http/Livewire/Importer.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use Livewire\Component;
 use App\Models\Import;
 use Storage;
 
-use Log;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\Access\AuthorizesRequests;
 
 
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ class Importer extends Component
     public function updating($name, $new_import_type)
     {
         if ($name == "activeFile.import_type") {
-            \Log::debug("WE ARE CHANGING THE import_type!!!!! TO: " . $new_import_type);
-            \Log::debug("so, what's \$this->>field_map at?: " . print_r($this->field_map, true));
+            Log::debug("WE ARE CHANGING THE import_type!!!!! TO: " . $new_import_type);
+            Log::debug("so, what's \$this->>field_map at?: " . print_r($this->field_map, true));
             // go through each header, find a matching field to try and map it to.
             foreach ($this->activeFile->header_row as $i => $header) {
                 // do we have something mapped already?
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ class Importer extends Component
     {
         // TODO: why don't we just do File::find($id)? This seems dumb.
         foreach($this->files as $file) {
-            \Log::debug("File id is: ".$file->id);
+            Log::debug("File id is: ".$file->id);
             if($id == $file->id) {
                 if(Storage::delete('private_uploads/imports/'.$file->file_path)) {
                     $file->delete();
diff --git a/app/Http/Livewire/LoginForm.php b/app/Http/Livewire/LoginForm.php
index f4fe02f28f..8c8dd603b1 100644
--- a/app/Http/Livewire/LoginForm.php
+++ b/app/Http/Livewire/LoginForm.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 namespace App\Http\Livewire;
 
 use Livewire\Component;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class LoginForm extends Component
 {
@@ -39,13 +40,12 @@ class LoginForm extends Component
         } 
 
         $whatever = $this->validateOnly($fields);
-        //\Log::info(print_r($whatever,true));
 
         $errors = $this->getErrorBag();
 
         $this->can_submit = $this->username !== "" && $this->password !== "" && !$errors->has('username') && !$errors->has('password') ; // wait, what?
         
-        \Log::info("Oy - can we submit yet?!".$this->can_submit);
+        Log::info("Oy - can we submit yet?!".$this->can_submit);
     }
     
     /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/AssetCountForSidebar.php b/app/Http/Middleware/AssetCountForSidebar.php
index fa439f7753..636c04713d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/AssetCountForSidebar.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/AssetCountForSidebar.php
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 namespace App\Http\Middleware;
 
 use App\Models\Asset;
-use Auth;
 use Closure;
 use App\Models\Setting;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 class AssetCountForSidebar
 {
     /**
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ class AssetCountForSidebar
             $settings = Setting::getSettings();
             view()->share('settings', $settings);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug($e);
+            Log::debug($e);
         }
 
         try {
@@ -41,77 +40,77 @@ class AssetCountForSidebar
             }
             view()->share('total_assets', $total_assets);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug($e);
+            Log::debug($e);
         }
 
         try {
             $total_rtd_sidebar = Asset::RTD()->count();
             view()->share('total_rtd_sidebar', $total_rtd_sidebar);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug($e);
+            Log::debug($e);
         }
 
         try {
             $total_deployed_sidebar = Asset::Deployed()->count();
             view()->share('total_deployed_sidebar', $total_deployed_sidebar);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug($e);
+            Log::debug($e);
         }
 
         try {
             $total_archived_sidebar = Asset::Archived()->count();
             view()->share('total_archived_sidebar', $total_archived_sidebar);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug($e);
+            Log::debug($e);
         }
 
         try {
             $total_pending_sidebar = Asset::Pending()->count();
             view()->share('total_pending_sidebar', $total_pending_sidebar);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug($e);
+            Log::debug($e);
         }
 
         try {
             $total_undeployable_sidebar = Asset::Undeployable()->count();
             view()->share('total_undeployable_sidebar', $total_undeployable_sidebar);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug($e);
+            Log::debug($e);
         }
 
         try {
             $total_byod_sidebar = Asset::where('byod', '=', '1')->count();
             view()->share('total_byod_sidebar', $total_byod_sidebar);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug($e);
+            Log::debug($e);
         }
 
         try {
             $total_due_for_audit = Asset::DueForAudit($settings)->count();
             view()->share('total_due_for_audit', $total_due_for_audit);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug($e);
+            Log::debug($e);
         }
 
         try {
             $total_overdue_for_audit = Asset::OverdueForAudit()->count();
             view()->share('total_overdue_for_audit', $total_overdue_for_audit);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug($e);
+            Log::debug($e);
         }
 
         try {
             $total_due_for_checkin = Asset::DueForCheckin($settings)->count();
             view()->share('total_due_for_checkin', $total_due_for_checkin);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug($e);
+            Log::debug($e);
         }
 
         try {
             $total_overdue_for_checkin = Asset::OverdueForCheckin()->count();
             view()->share('total_overdue_for_checkin', $total_overdue_for_checkin);
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug($e);
+            Log::debug($e);
         }
 
         view()->share('total_due_and_overdue_for_checkin', ($total_due_for_checkin + $total_overdue_for_checkin));
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/CheckForDebug.php b/app/Http/Middleware/CheckForDebug.php
index 6b6bd6ba8b..85311cf539 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/CheckForDebug.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/CheckForDebug.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Middleware;
 
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Closure;
 
 class CheckForDebug
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/CheckForTwoFactor.php b/app/Http/Middleware/CheckForTwoFactor.php
index 2b72deb8a9..d6e9faa0eb 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/CheckForTwoFactor.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/CheckForTwoFactor.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Http\Middleware;
 
 use App\Models\Setting;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Closure;
 
 class CheckForTwoFactor
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/CheckLocale.php b/app/Http/Middleware/CheckLocale.php
index d0dbcffaaf..412a423f22 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/CheckLocale.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/CheckLocale.php
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ namespace App\Http\Middleware;
 use App\Models\Setting;
 use Closure;
 use \App\Helpers\Helper;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 class CheckLocale
 {
     private function warn_legacy_locale($language, $source)
     {
         if ($language != Helper::mapLegacyLocale($language)) {
-            \Log::warning("$source $language and should be updated to be ".Helper::mapLegacyLocale($language));
+            Log::warning("$source $language and should be updated to be ".Helper::mapLegacyLocale($language));
         }
     }
     /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/CheckUserIsActivated.php b/app/Http/Middleware/CheckUserIsActivated.php
index 9872e99541..352e55a4d8 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/CheckUserIsActivated.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/CheckUserIsActivated.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Middleware;
 
 use Closure;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 
 class CheckUserIsActivated
 {
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/ImageUploadRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/ImageUploadRequest.php
index 59af9259f4..c75454d0f3 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/ImageUploadRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/ImageUploadRequest.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use App\Http\Traits\ConvertsBase64ToFiles;
 use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 use Intervention\Image\Exception\NotReadableException;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class ImageUploadRequest extends Request
 {
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ class ImageUploadRequest extends Request
                 $ext = $image->guessExtension();
                 $file_name = $type.'-'.$form_fieldname.'-'.$item->id.'-'.str_random(10).'.'.$ext;
 
-                \Log::info('File name will be: '.$file_name);
-                \Log::debug('File extension is: '.$ext);
+                Log::info('File name will be: '.$file_name);
+                Log::debug('File extension is: '.$ext);
 
                 if (($image->getMimeType() == 'image/vnd.microsoft.icon') || ($image->getMimeType() == 'image/x-icon') || ($image->getMimeType() == 'image/avif') || ($image->getMimeType() == 'image/webp')) {
                     // If the file is an icon, webp or avif, we need to just move it since gd doesn't support resizing
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class ImageUploadRequest extends Request
                     try {
                         Storage::disk('public')->put($path . '/' . $file_name, $cleanSVG);
                     } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                        \Log::debug($e);
+                        Log::debug($e);
                     }
                 } else {
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class ImageUploadRequest extends Request
                         })->orientate();
 
                     } catch(NotReadableException $e) {
-                        \Log::debug($e);
+                        Log::debug($e);
                         $validator = \Validator::make([], []);
                         $validator->errors()->add($form_fieldname, trans('general.unaccepted_image_type', ['mimetype' => $image->getClientMimeType()]));
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class ImageUploadRequest extends Request
                     try {
                          Storage::disk('public')->delete($path.'/'.$item->{$form_fieldname});
                     } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                        \Log::debug('Could not delete old file. '.$path.'/'.$file_name.' does not exist?');
+                        Log::debug('Could not delete old file. '.$path.'/'.$file_name.' does not exist?');
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ class ImageUploadRequest extends Request
 
         // If the user isn't uploading anything new but wants to delete their old image, do so
         } elseif ($this->input('image_delete') == '1') {
-            \Log::debug('Deleting image');
+            Log::debug('Deleting image');
             try {
                 Storage::disk('public')->delete($path.'/'.$item->{$db_fieldname});
                     $item->{$db_fieldname} = null;
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                \Log::debug($e);
+                Log::debug($e);
             }
 
         }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/ItemImportRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/ItemImportRequest.php
index d360beaf29..2ea0839c93 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/ItemImportRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/ItemImportRequest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Requests;
 use App\Models\Import;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class ItemImportRequest extends FormRequest
 {
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ class ItemImportRequest extends FormRequest
 
     public function log($string)
     {
-        \Log::Info($string);
+        Log::Info($string);
     }
 
     public function progress($count)
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/UploadFileRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/UploadFileRequest.php
index ee5624e3d1..d91d0bf0b8 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/UploadFileRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/UploadFileRequest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Requests;
 
 use enshrined\svgSanitize\Sanitizer;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class UploadFileRequest extends Request
 {
@@ -44,11 +45,11 @@ class UploadFileRequest extends Request
         $file_name = $name_prefix.'-'.str_random(8).'-'.str_slug(basename($file->getClientOriginalName(), '.'.$extension)).'.'.$file->guessExtension();
 
 
-        \Log::debug("Your filetype IS: ".$file->getMimeType());
+        Log::debug("Your filetype IS: ".$file->getMimeType());
         // Check for SVG and sanitize it
         if ($file->getMimeType() === 'image/svg+xml') {
-            \Log::debug('This is an SVG');
-            \Log::debug($file_name);
+            Log::debug('This is an SVG');
+            Log::debug($file_name);
 
             $sanitizer = new Sanitizer();
             $dirtySVG = file_get_contents($file->getRealPath());
@@ -57,13 +58,13 @@ class UploadFileRequest extends Request
             try {
                 Storage::put($dirname.$file_name, $cleanSVG);
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                \Log::debug('Upload no workie :( ');
-                \Log::debug($e);
+                Log::debug('Upload no workie :( ');
+                Log::debug($e);
             }
 
         } else {
             $put_results = Storage::put($dirname.$file_name, file_get_contents($file));
-            \Log::debug("Here are the '$put_results' (should be 0 or 1 or true or false or something?)");
+            Log::debug("Here are the '$put_results' (should be 0 or 1 or true or false or something?)");
         }
         return $file_name;
     }
diff --git a/app/Http/Traits/ConvertsBase64ToFiles.php b/app/Http/Traits/ConvertsBase64ToFiles.php
index aed8fc0dfb..704610ddbf 100644
--- a/app/Http/Traits/ConvertsBase64ToFiles.php
+++ b/app/Http/Traits/ConvertsBase64ToFiles.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 trait ConvertsBase64ToFiles
 {
@@ -63,13 +64,13 @@ trait ConvertsBase64ToFiles
 
                 $uploadedFile = new UploadedFile($tempFilePath, $filename, null, null, true);
 
-                \Log::debug("Trait: uploadedfile ". $tempFilePath);
+                Log::debug("Trait: uploadedfile ". $tempFilePath);
                 $this->offsetUnset($key);                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
-                \Log::debug("Trait: encoded field \"$key\" removed" );
+                Log::debug("Trait: encoded field \"$key\" removed" );
                 
                 //Inserting new file  to $this-files does not work so have to deal this after
                 $this->offsetSet($key,$uploadedFile);
-                \Log::debug("Trait:  field \"$key\" inserted as UplodedFile" );
+                Log::debug("Trait:  field \"$key\" inserted as UplodedFile" );
     
             }, null, false);
         });
diff --git a/app/Http/Traits/MigratesLegacyAssetLocations.php b/app/Http/Traits/MigratesLegacyAssetLocations.php
index 13b464d0ca..ffc08893f9 100644
--- a/app/Http/Traits/MigratesLegacyAssetLocations.php
+++ b/app/Http/Traits/MigratesLegacyAssetLocations.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Http\Traits;
 
 use App\Models\Asset;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 trait MigratesLegacyAssetLocations
 {
@@ -17,17 +18,17 @@ trait MigratesLegacyAssetLocations
     private function migrateLegacyLocations(Asset $asset): void
     {
         if ($asset->rtd_location_id == '0') {
-            \Log::debug('Manually override the RTD location IDs');
-            \Log::debug('Original RTD Location ID: ' . $asset->rtd_location_id);
+            Log::debug('Manually override the RTD location IDs');
+            Log::debug('Original RTD Location ID: ' . $asset->rtd_location_id);
             $asset->rtd_location_id = '';
-            \Log::debug('New RTD Location ID: ' . $asset->rtd_location_id);
+            Log::debug('New RTD Location ID: ' . $asset->rtd_location_id);
         }
 
         if ($asset->location_id == '0') {
-            \Log::debug('Manually override the location IDs');
-            \Log::debug('Original Location ID: ' . $asset->location_id);
+            Log::debug('Manually override the location IDs');
+            Log::debug('Original Location ID: ' . $asset->location_id);
             $asset->location_id = '';
-            \Log::debug('New Location ID: ' . $asset->location_id);
+            Log::debug('New Location ID: ' . $asset->location_id);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Transformers/ActionlogsTransformer.php b/app/Http/Transformers/ActionlogsTransformer.php
index ca0f6296ee..9000f9a01d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Transformers/ActionlogsTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Http/Transformers/ActionlogsTransformer.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\DecryptException;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class ActionlogsTransformer
 {
@@ -87,17 +88,17 @@ class ActionlogsTransformer
 
                                     if ($this->clean_field($fieldata->old!='')) {
                                         try {
-                                            $enc_old = \Crypt::decryptString($this->clean_field($fieldata->old));
+                                            $enc_old = Crypt::decryptString($this->clean_field($fieldata->old));
                                         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                                            \Log::debug('Could not decrypt old field value - maybe the key changed?');
+                                            Log::debug('Could not decrypt old field value - maybe the key changed?');
                                         }
                                     }
 
                                     if ($this->clean_field($fieldata->new!='')) {
                                         try {
-                                            $enc_new = \Crypt::decryptString($this->clean_field($fieldata->new));
+                                            $enc_new = Crypt::decryptString($this->clean_field($fieldata->new));
                                         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                                            \Log::debug('Could not decrypt new field value - maybe the key changed?');
+                                            Log::debug('Could not decrypt new field value - maybe the key changed?');
                                         }
                                     }
 
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ class ActionlogsTransformer
             'action_date'   => ($actionlog->action_date) ? Helper::getFormattedDateObject($actionlog->action_date, 'datetime'): Helper::getFormattedDateObject($actionlog->created_at, 'datetime'),
         ];
 
-//        \Log::info("Clean Meta is: ".print_r($clean_meta,true));
+//        Log::info("Clean Meta is: ".print_r($clean_meta,true));
         //dd($array);
 
         return $array;
diff --git a/app/Http/Transformers/AssetsTransformer.php b/app/Http/Transformers/AssetsTransformer.php
index 8a3fea0d00..eeb10eb0d2 100644
--- a/app/Http/Transformers/AssetsTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Http/Transformers/AssetsTransformer.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use App\Models\Setting;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 
 class AssetsTransformer
 {
diff --git a/app/Importer/AssetImporter.php b/app/Importer/AssetImporter.php
index e001a383ad..594ca58f0d 100644
--- a/app/Importer/AssetImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/AssetImporter.php
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ class AssetImporter extends ItemImporter
 
                 if ($customFieldValue) {
                     if ($customField->field_encrypted == 1) {
-                        $this->item['custom_fields'][$customField->db_column_name()] = \Crypt::encrypt($customFieldValue);
-                        $this->log('Custom Field '.$customField->name.': '.\Crypt::encrypt($customFieldValue));
+                        $this->item['custom_fields'][$customField->db_column_name()] = Crypt::encrypt($customFieldValue);
+                        $this->log('Custom Field '.$customField->name.': '.Crypt::encrypt($customFieldValue));
                     } else {
                         $this->item['custom_fields'][$customField->db_column_name()] = $customFieldValue;
                         $this->log('Custom Field '.$customField->name.': '.$customFieldValue);
diff --git a/app/Importer/Importer.php b/app/Importer/Importer.php
index 961f4af52c..c7b0e96820 100644
--- a/app/Importer/Importer.php
+++ b/app/Importer/Importer.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use League\Csv\Reader;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 abstract class Importer
 {
@@ -323,9 +324,9 @@ abstract class Importer
         // If the full name and username is empty, bail out--we need this to extract first name (at the very least)
         if ((empty($user_array['username'])) && (empty($user_array['full_name'])) && (empty($user_array['first_name']))) {
             $this->log('Insufficient user data provided (Full name, first name or username is required) - skipping user creation.');
-            \Log::debug('User array: ');
-            \Log::debug(print_r($user_array, true));
-            \Log::debug(print_r($row, true));
+            Log::debug('User array: ');
+            Log::debug(print_r($user_array, true));
+            Log::debug(print_r($row, true));
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ abstract class Importer
         $user->activated = 1;
         $user->password = $this->tempPassword;
 
-        \Log::debug('Creating a user with the following attributes: '.print_r($user_array, true));
+        Log::debug('Creating a user with the following attributes: '.print_r($user_array, true));
 
         if ($user->save()) {
             $this->log('User '.$user_array['username'].' created');
diff --git a/app/Importer/LocationImporter.php b/app/Importer/LocationImporter.php
index 47a157aa7f..3b1b65b08f 100644
--- a/app/Importer/LocationImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/LocationImporter.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Importer;
 
 use App\Models\Location;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * When we are importing users via an Asset/etc import, we use createOrFetchUser() in
@@ -76,15 +77,15 @@ class LocationImporter extends ItemImporter
             }
         }
 
-        \Log::debug('Item array is: ');
-        \Log::debug(print_r($this->item, true));
+        Log::debug('Item array is: ');
+        Log::debug(print_r($this->item, true));
 
 
         if ($editingLocation) {
-            \Log::debug('Updating existing location');
+            Log::debug('Updating existing location');
             $location->update($this->sanitizeItemForUpdating($location));
         } else {
-            \Log::debug('Creating location');
+            Log::debug('Creating location');
             $location->fill($this->sanitizeItemForStoring($location));
         }
 
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ class LocationImporter extends ItemImporter
             return $location;
 
         } else {
-            \Log::debug($location->getErrors());
+            Log::debug($location->getErrors());
             return $location->errors;
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Importer/UserImporter.php b/app/Importer/UserImporter.php
index 263287e3b3..2cb6abd659 100644
--- a/app/Importer/UserImporter.php
+++ b/app/Importer/UserImporter.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use App\Models\Department;
 use App\Models\Setting;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Notifications\WelcomeNotification;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * This is ONLY used for the User Import. When we are importing users
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ class UserImporter extends ItemImporter
         if ($user) {
 
             if (! $this->updating) {
-                \Log::debug('A matching User '.$this->item['name'].' already exists.  ');
+                Log::debug('A matching User '.$this->item['name'].' already exists.  ');
                 return;
             }
             $this->log('Updating User');
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ class UserImporter extends ItemImporter
                 ->where('assigned_to', $user->id)
                 ->update(['location_id' => $user->location_id]);
             
-            // \Log::debug('UserImporter.php Updated User ' . print_r($user, true));
+            // Log::debug('UserImporter.php Updated User ' . print_r($user, true));
             return;
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Listeners/CheckoutableListener.php b/app/Listeners/CheckoutableListener.php
index 9768f2b956..4bc367f025 100644
--- a/app/Listeners/CheckoutableListener.php
+++ b/app/Listeners/CheckoutableListener.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use App\Notifications\CheckoutLicenseSeatNotification;
 use GuzzleHttp\Exception\ClientException;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Notification;
 use Exception;
-use Log;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class CheckoutableListener
 {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class CheckoutableListener
      */    
     public function onCheckedIn($event)
     {
-        \Log::debug('onCheckedIn in the Checkoutable listener fired');
+        Log::debug('onCheckedIn in the Checkoutable listener fired');
 
         if ($this->shouldNotSendAnyNotifications($event->checkoutable)) {
             return;
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class CheckoutableListener
                 break;
         }
 
-        \Log::debug('Notification class: '.$notificationClass);
+        Log::debug('Notification class: '.$notificationClass);
 
         return new $notificationClass($event->checkoutable, $event->checkedOutTo, $event->checkedInBy, $event->note);  
     }
diff --git a/app/Listeners/LogFailedLogin.php b/app/Listeners/LogFailedLogin.php
index 9ce326219d..e26251edce 100644
--- a/app/Listeners/LogFailedLogin.php
+++ b/app/Listeners/LogFailedLogin.php
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 namespace App\Listeners;
 
 use Carbon\Carbon;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Auth\Events\Failed;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class LogFailedLogin
 {
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ class LogFailedLogin
                 ]
             );
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug($e);
+            Log::debug($e);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Listeners/LogListener.php b/app/Listeners/LogListener.php
index 0345ac1341..57eee03f17 100644
--- a/app/Listeners/LogListener.php
+++ b/app/Listeners/LogListener.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use App\Models\Actionlog;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Models\LicenseSeat;
 use App\Events\UserMerged;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class LogListener
 {
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ class LogListener
     public function onCheckoutAccepted(CheckoutAccepted $event)
     {
 
-        \Log::debug('event passed to the onCheckoutAccepted listener:');
+        Log::debug('event passed to the onCheckoutAccepted listener:');
         $logaction = new Actionlog();
         $logaction->item()->associate($event->acceptance->checkoutable);
         $logaction->target()->associate($event->acceptance->assignedTo);
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ class LogListener
         ];
 
         // Add a record to the users being merged FROM
-        \Log::debug('Users merged: '.$event->merged_from->id .' ('.$event->merged_from->username.') merged into '. $event->merged_to->id. ' ('.$event->merged_to->username.')');
+        Log::debug('Users merged: '.$event->merged_from->id .' ('.$event->merged_from->username.') merged into '. $event->merged_to->id. ' ('.$event->merged_to->username.')');
         $logaction = new Actionlog();
         $logaction->item_id = $event->merged_from->id;
         $logaction->item_type = User::class;
diff --git a/app/Listeners/LogSuccessfulLogin.php b/app/Listeners/LogSuccessfulLogin.php
index 3bfb3b6ffe..d6d9c618f2 100644
--- a/app/Listeners/LogSuccessfulLogin.php
+++ b/app/Listeners/LogSuccessfulLogin.php
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 namespace App\Listeners;
 
 use Carbon\Carbon;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Auth\Events\Login;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 class LogSuccessfulLogin
 {
     /**
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class LogSuccessfulLogin
                 ]
             );
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            \Log::debug($e);
+            Log::debug($e);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/Asset.php b/app/Models/Asset.php
index f31b872841..09dae1a1c3 100644
--- a/app/Models/Asset.php
+++ b/app/Models/Asset.php
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ use App\Models\Traits\Acceptable;
 use App\Models\Traits\Searchable;
 use App\Presenters\Presentable;
 use AssetPresenter;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
diff --git a/app/Models/Company.php b/app/Models/Company.php
index aac002bdcd..e0e1b8e872 100644
--- a/app/Models/Company.php
+++ b/app/Models/Company.php
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ namespace App\Models;
 
 use App\Models\Traits\Searchable;
 use App\Presenters\Presentable;
-use Auth;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
 use Watson\Validating\ValidatingTrait;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 /**
  * Model for Companies.
  *
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@ final class Company extends SnipeModel
                 }
 
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                \Log::warning($e);
+                Log::warning($e);
             }
         }
 
 
         if (Auth::user()) {
-            \Log::warning('Companyable is '.$companyable);
+            Log::warning('Companyable is '.$companyable);
             $current_user_company_id = Auth::user()->company_id;
             $companyable_company_id = $companyable->company_id;
             return $current_user_company_id == null || $current_user_company_id == $companyable_company_id || Auth::user()->isSuperUser();
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ final class Company extends SnipeModel
             return $query;
         } else {
             $f = function ($q) {
-                \Log::debug('scopeCompanyablesDirectly firing ');
+                Log::debug('scopeCompanyablesDirectly firing ');
                 static::scopeCompanyablesDirectly($q);
             };
 
diff --git a/app/Models/Labels/Label.php b/app/Models/Labels/Label.php
index b727c1cb18..8ea92d2e42 100644
--- a/app/Models/Labels/Label.php
+++ b/app/Models/Labels/Label.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
 use TCPDF;
 use TCPDF_STATIC;
 use TypeError;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * Model for Labels.
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ abstract class Label
         try {
             $pdf->write1DBarcode($value, $type, $x, $y, $width, $height, null, ['stretch'=>true]);
         } catch (\Exception|TypeError $e) {
-            \Log::debug('The 1D barcode ' . $value . ' is not compliant with the barcode type '. $type);
+            Log::debug('The 1D barcode ' . $value . ' is not compliant with the barcode type '. $type);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Models/Ldap.php b/app/Models/Ldap.php
index ae1f163dda..3f44389a76 100644
--- a/app/Models/Ldap.php
+++ b/app/Models/Ldap.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use App\Models\User;
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Input;
-use Log;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /***********************************************
  * TODOS:
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ class Ldap extends Model
         $filter = Setting::getSettings()->ldap_filter; //FIXME - this *does* respect the ldap filter, but I believe that AdLdap2 did *not*.
         $filterQuery = "({$filter}({$filterQuery}))";
 
-        \Log::debug('Filter query: '.$filterQuery);
+        Log::debug('Filter query: '.$filterQuery);
 
         if (! $ldapbind = @ldap_bind($connection, $userDn, $password)) {
-            \Log::debug("Status of binding user: $userDn to directory: (directly!) ".($ldapbind ? "success" : "FAILURE"));
+            Log::debug("Status of binding user: $userDn to directory: (directly!) ".($ldapbind ? "success" : "FAILURE"));
             if (! $ldapbind = self::bindAdminToLdap($connection)) {
                 /*
                  * TODO PLEASE:
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class Ldap extends Model
                  * Let's definitely fix this at the next refactor!!!!
                  *
                  */
-                \Log::debug("Status of binding Admin user: $userDn to directory instead: ".($ldapbind ? "success" : "FAILURE"));
+                Log::debug("Status of binding Admin user: $userDn to directory instead: ".($ldapbind ? "success" : "FAILURE"));
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class Ldap extends Model
 		if ( $ldap_username ) {
 			// Lets return some nicer messages for users who donked their app key, and disable LDAP
 			try {
-				$ldap_pass = \Crypt::decrypt(Setting::getSettings()->ldap_pword);
+				$ldap_pass = Crypt::decrypt(Setting::getSettings()->ldap_pword);
 			} catch (Exception $e) {
 				throw new Exception('Your app key has changed! Could not decrypt LDAP password using your current app key, so LDAP authentication has been disabled. Login with a local account, update the LDAP password and re-enable it in Admin > Settings.');
 			}
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class Ldap extends Model
             if ($user->save()) {
                 return $user;
             } else {
-                \Log::debug('Could not create user.'.$user->getErrors());
+                Log::debug('Could not create user.'.$user->getErrors());
                 throw new Exception('Could not create user: '.$user->getErrors());
             }
         }
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ class Ldap extends Model
                 $ldap_controls = [['oid' => LDAP_CONTROL_PAGEDRESULTS, 'iscritical' => false, 'value' => ['size'=> $count == -1||$count>$page_size ? $page_size : $count, 'cookie' => $cookie]]];
             //}
             $search_results = ldap_search($ldapconn, $base_dn, $filter, [], 0, /* $page_size */ -1, -1, LDAP_DEREF_NEVER, $ldap_controls); // TODO - I hate the @, and I hate that we get a full page even if we ask for 10 records. Can we use an ldap_control?
-            \Log::debug("LDAP search executed successfully.");
+            Log::debug("LDAP search executed successfully.");
             if (! $search_results) {
                 return redirect()->route('users.index')->with('error', trans('admin/users/message.error.ldap_could_not_search').ldap_error($ldapconn)); // TODO this is never called in any routed context - only from the Artisan command. So this redirect will never work.
             }
@@ -332,9 +332,9 @@ class Ldap extends Model
             if (isset($controls[LDAP_CONTROL_PAGEDRESULTS]['value']['cookie'])) {
                 // You need to pass the cookie from the last call to the next one
                 $cookie = $controls[LDAP_CONTROL_PAGEDRESULTS]['value']['cookie'];
-                \Log::debug("okay, at least one more page to go!!!");
+                Log::debug("okay, at least one more page to go!!!");
             } else {
-                \Log::debug("okay, we're out of pages - no cookie (or empty cookie) was passed");
+                Log::debug("okay, we're out of pages - no cookie (or empty cookie) was passed");
                 $cookie = '';
             }
             // Empty cookie means last page
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ class Ldap extends Model
             // Add results to result set
             $global_count += $results['count'];
             $result_set = array_merge($result_set, $results);
-            \Log::debug("Total count is: $global_count");
+            Log::debug("Total count is: $global_count");
 
         } while ($cookie !== null && $cookie != '' && ($count == -1 || $global_count < $count)); // some servers don't even have pagination, and some will give you more results than you asked for, so just see if you have enough.
 
diff --git a/app/Models/License.php b/app/Models/License.php
index 8ed68990c9..d8bc3f03b1 100755
--- a/app/Models/License.php
+++ b/app/Models/License.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use App\Helpers\Helper;
 use App\Models\Traits\Searchable;
 use App\Presenters\Presentable;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
diff --git a/app/Models/Location.php b/app/Models/Location.php
index 9f4c551264..67131902a1 100755
--- a/app/Models/Location.php
+++ b/app/Models/Location.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use App\Models\SnipeModel;
 use App\Models\Traits\Searchable;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Presenters\Presentable;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
diff --git a/app/Models/Loggable.php b/app/Models/Loggable.php
index 9e9355ea74..f855b41253 100644
--- a/app/Models/Loggable.php
+++ b/app/Models/Loggable.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Models;
 use App\Models\Setting;
 use App\Notifications\AuditNotification;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 trait Loggable
 {
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ trait Loggable
 //            try {
 //                $target->notify(new static::$checkinClass($params));
 //            } catch (\Exception $e) {
-//                \Log::debug($e);
+//                Log::debug($e);
 //            }
 //
 //        }
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ trait Loggable
 //            try {
 //                $recipient->notify(new static::$checkinClass($params));
 //            } catch (\Exception $e) {
-//                \Log::debug($e);
+//                Log::debug($e);
 //            }
 //
 //        }
diff --git a/app/Models/Setting.php b/app/Models/Setting.php
index c7e67d24d4..30600aea56 100755
--- a/app/Models/Setting.php
+++ b/app/Models/Setting.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\App;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use App\Helpers\Helper;
 use Watson\Validating\ValidatingTrait;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 
 /**
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ class Setting extends Model
 
             return $usercount > 0 && $settingsCount > 0;
         } catch (\Throwable $th) {
-            \Log::debug('User table and settings table DO NOT exist or DO NOT have records');
+            Log::debug('User table and settings table DO NOT exist or DO NOT have records');
             // Catch the error if the tables dont exit
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/app/Models/Traits/Acceptable.php b/app/Models/Traits/Acceptable.php
index 967d878fae..f0d1442ed3 100644
--- a/app/Models/Traits/Acceptable.php
+++ b/app/Models/Traits/Acceptable.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Models\Traits;
 
 use App\Models\User;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 /**
  * This trait allows models to have a callback after their checkout gets accepted or declined.
  *
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ trait Acceptable
      */
     public function acceptedCheckout(User $acceptedBy, $signature, $filename = null)
     {
-        \Log::debug('acceptedCheckout in Acceptable trait fired, tho it doesn\'t do anything?');
+        Log::debug('acceptedCheckout in Acceptable trait fired, tho it doesn\'t do anything?');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Models/User.php b/app/Models/User.php
index 1b203eebd6..26bf5bb27f 100644
--- a/app/Models/User.php
+++ b/app/Models/User.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Models;
 use App\Http\Traits\UniqueUndeletedTrait;
 use App\Models\Traits\Searchable;
 use App\Presenters\Presentable;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Auth\Authenticatable;
 use Illuminate\Auth\Passwords\CanResetPassword;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Access\Authorizable as AuthorizableContract;
diff --git a/app/Notifications/CheckinAccessoryNotification.php b/app/Notifications/CheckinAccessoryNotification.php
index f83bff2c64..7e033f1870 100644
--- a/app/Notifications/CheckinAccessoryNotification.php
+++ b/app/Notifications/CheckinAccessoryNotification.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use NotificationChannels\GoogleChat\Section;
 use NotificationChannels\GoogleChat\Widgets\KeyValue;
 use NotificationChannels\MicrosoftTeams\MicrosoftTeamsChannel;
 use NotificationChannels\MicrosoftTeams\MicrosoftTeamsMessage;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class CheckinAccessoryNotification extends Notification
 {
@@ -61,14 +62,14 @@ class CheckinAccessoryNotification extends Notification
          * Only send notifications to users that have email addresses
          */
         if ($this->target instanceof User && $this->target->email != '') {
-            \Log::debug('The target is a user');
+            Log::debug('The target is a user');
 
             if ($this->item->checkin_email()) {
                 $notifyBy[] = 'mail';
             }
         }
 
-        \Log::debug('checkin_email on this category is '.$this->item->checkin_email());
+        Log::debug('checkin_email on this category is '.$this->item->checkin_email());
 
         return $notifyBy;
     }
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ class CheckinAccessoryNotification extends Notification
      */
     public function toMail()
     {
-        \Log::debug('to email called');
+        Log::debug('to email called');
 
         return (new MailMessage)->markdown('notifications.markdown.checkin-accessory',
             [
diff --git a/app/Notifications/CheckinAssetNotification.php b/app/Notifications/CheckinAssetNotification.php
index f62108c50b..54b96777fe 100644
--- a/app/Notifications/CheckinAssetNotification.php
+++ b/app/Notifications/CheckinAssetNotification.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use NotificationChannels\GoogleChat\Section;
 use NotificationChannels\GoogleChat\Widgets\KeyValue;
 use NotificationChannels\MicrosoftTeams\MicrosoftTeamsChannel;
 use NotificationChannels\MicrosoftTeams\MicrosoftTeamsMessage;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 class CheckinAssetNotification extends Notification
 {
     use Queueable;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class CheckinAssetNotification extends Notification
             $notifyBy[] = MicrosoftTeamsChannel::class;
         }
         if (Setting::getSettings()->webhook_selected == 'slack' || Setting::getSettings()->webhook_selected == 'general' ) {
-            \Log::debug('use webhook');
+            Log::debug('use webhook');
             $notifyBy[] = 'slack';
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Notifications/CheckoutAccessoryNotification.php b/app/Notifications/CheckoutAccessoryNotification.php
index 1ced92f706..803b697e86 100644
--- a/app/Notifications/CheckoutAccessoryNotification.php
+++ b/app/Notifications/CheckoutAccessoryNotification.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use NotificationChannels\GoogleChat\Section;
 use NotificationChannels\GoogleChat\Widgets\KeyValue;
 use NotificationChannels\MicrosoftTeams\MicrosoftTeamsChannel;
 use NotificationChannels\MicrosoftTeams\MicrosoftTeamsMessage;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class CheckoutAccessoryNotification extends Notification
 {
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ class CheckoutAccessoryNotification extends Notification
      */
     public function toMail()
     {
-        \Log::debug($this->item->getImageUrl());
+        Log::debug($this->item->getImageUrl());
         $eula = $this->item->getEula();
         $req_accept = $this->item->requireAcceptance();
 
diff --git a/app/Notifications/CheckoutAssetNotification.php b/app/Notifications/CheckoutAssetNotification.php
index 6ed3707d64..1c8c901b52 100644
--- a/app/Notifications/CheckoutAssetNotification.php
+++ b/app/Notifications/CheckoutAssetNotification.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use NotificationChannels\GoogleChat\Section;
 use NotificationChannels\GoogleChat\Widgets\KeyValue;
 use NotificationChannels\MicrosoftTeams\MicrosoftTeamsChannel;
 use NotificationChannels\MicrosoftTeams\MicrosoftTeamsMessage;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 class CheckoutAssetNotification extends Notification
 {
     use Queueable;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class CheckoutAssetNotification extends Notification
 
         if (Setting::getSettings()->webhook_selected == 'slack' || Setting::getSettings()->webhook_selected == 'general' ) {
 
-            \Log::debug('use webhook');
+            Log::debug('use webhook');
             $notifyBy[] = 'slack';
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Notifications/CheckoutConsumableNotification.php b/app/Notifications/CheckoutConsumableNotification.php
index 71bf64f362..6746795f2c 100644
--- a/app/Notifications/CheckoutConsumableNotification.php
+++ b/app/Notifications/CheckoutConsumableNotification.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use NotificationChannels\GoogleChat\Section;
 use NotificationChannels\GoogleChat\Widgets\KeyValue;
 use NotificationChannels\MicrosoftTeams\MicrosoftTeamsChannel;
 use NotificationChannels\MicrosoftTeams\MicrosoftTeamsMessage;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class CheckoutConsumableNotification extends Notification
 {
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ class CheckoutConsumableNotification extends Notification
      */
     public function toMail()
     {
-        \Log::debug($this->item->getImageUrl());
+        Log::debug($this->item->getImageUrl());
         $eula = $this->item->getEula();
         $req_accept = $this->item->requireAcceptance();
 
diff --git a/app/Notifications/RequestAssetCancelation.php b/app/Notifications/RequestAssetCancelation.php
index fa3546bbc8..6c06ede3ca 100644
--- a/app/Notifications/RequestAssetCancelation.php
+++ b/app/Notifications/RequestAssetCancelation.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use App\Models\Setting;
 use Illuminate\Notifications\Messages\MailMessage;
 use Illuminate\Notifications\Messages\SlackMessage;
 use Illuminate\Notifications\Notification;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class RequestAssetCancelation extends Notification
 {
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ class RequestAssetCancelation extends Notification
         $notifyBy = [];
 
         if (Setting::getSettings()->webhook_endpoint != '') {
-            \Log::debug('use webhook');
+            Log::debug('use webhook');
             $notifyBy[] = 'slack';
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Observers/AccessoryObserver.php b/app/Observers/AccessoryObserver.php
index ddf29681be..661d00b4c2 100644
--- a/app/Observers/AccessoryObserver.php
+++ b/app/Observers/AccessoryObserver.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Observers;
 
 use App\Models\Accessory;
 use App\Models\Actionlog;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 
 class AccessoryObserver
 {
diff --git a/app/Observers/AssetObserver.php b/app/Observers/AssetObserver.php
index 8fcf2485a3..242102c4e8 100644
--- a/app/Observers/AssetObserver.php
+++ b/app/Observers/AssetObserver.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Observers;
 use App\Models\Actionlog;
 use App\Models\Asset;
 use App\Models\Setting;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 
 class AssetObserver
diff --git a/app/Observers/ComponentObserver.php b/app/Observers/ComponentObserver.php
index a8bb386e8e..44bf819353 100644
--- a/app/Observers/ComponentObserver.php
+++ b/app/Observers/ComponentObserver.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Observers;
 
 use App\Models\Actionlog;
 use App\Models\Component;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 
 class ComponentObserver
 {
diff --git a/app/Observers/ConsumableObserver.php b/app/Observers/ConsumableObserver.php
index 1f0c777dcc..08c56d2ee2 100644
--- a/app/Observers/ConsumableObserver.php
+++ b/app/Observers/ConsumableObserver.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Observers;
 
 use App\Models\Actionlog;
 use App\Models\Consumable;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 
 class ConsumableObserver
 {
diff --git a/app/Observers/LicenseObserver.php b/app/Observers/LicenseObserver.php
index 0628020965..de4863fafa 100644
--- a/app/Observers/LicenseObserver.php
+++ b/app/Observers/LicenseObserver.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Observers;
 
 use App\Models\Actionlog;
 use App\Models\License;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 
 class LicenseObserver
 {
diff --git a/app/Observers/UserObserver.php b/app/Observers/UserObserver.php
index 5c565768d3..c7c2a460cb 100644
--- a/app/Observers/UserObserver.php
+++ b/app/Observers/UserObserver.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Observers;
 
 use App\Models\Actionlog;
 use App\Models\User;
-use Auth;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 
 class UserObserver
 {
diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index dcd8d01275..367a42b5a1 100644
--- a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use App\Observers\SettingObserver;
 use Illuminate\Routing\UrlGenerator;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * This service provider handles setting the observers on models
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
             if (strpos(env('APP_URL'), 'https') === 0) {
                 $url->forceScheme('https');
             } else {
-                \Log::debug("'APP_FORCE_TLS' is set to true, but 'APP_URL' does not start with 'https://'. Will not force TLS on connections.");
+                Log::debug("'APP_FORCE_TLS' is set to true, but 'APP_URL' does not start with 'https://'. Will not force TLS on connections.");
             }
         }
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
             if ($url_parts && array_key_exists('scheme', $url_parts) && array_key_exists('host', $url_parts)) { // check for the *required* parts of a bare-minimum URL
                 \URL::forceRootUrl(config('app.url'));
             } else {
-                \Log::error("Your APP_URL in your .env is misconfigured - it is: ".config('app.url').". Many things will work strangely unless you fix it.");
+                Log::error("Your APP_URL in your .env is misconfigured - it is: ".config('app.url').". Many things will work strangely unless you fix it.");
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Providers/ValidationServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/ValidationServiceProvider.php
index 4646b3c78b..690af759c7 100644
--- a/app/Providers/ValidationServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/ValidationServiceProvider.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace App\Providers;
 use App\Models\CustomField;
 use App\Models\Department;
 use App\Models\Setting;
-use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
diff --git a/app/Services/Saml.php b/app/Services/Saml.php
index b34501366a..d66cedcea8 100644
--- a/app/Services/Saml.php
+++ b/app/Services/Saml.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use OneLogin\Saml2\IdPMetadataParser as OneLogin_Saml2_IdPMetadataParser;
 use OneLogin\Saml2\Settings as OneLogin_Saml2_Settings;
 use OneLogin\Saml2\Utils as OneLogin_Saml2_Utils;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 /**
  * SAML Singleton that builds the settings and loads the onelogin/php-saml library.
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ class Saml
             $this->_auth = new OneLogin_Saml2_Auth($this->_settings);
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             if ( $this->isEnabled() ) { // $this->loadSettings() initializes this to true if SAML is enabled by settings.
-                \Log::warning('Trying OneLogin_Saml2_Auth failed. Setting SAML enabled to false. OneLogin_Saml2_Auth error message is: '.  $e->getMessage());
+                Log::warning('Trying OneLogin_Saml2_Auth failed. Setting SAML enabled to false. OneLogin_Saml2_Auth error message is: '.  $e->getMessage());
             }
             $this->_enabled = false;
         }
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index 8c65caea5d..727a6343a2 100755
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ return [
         'Cache' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache::class,
         'Config' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config::class,
         'Cookie' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cookie::class,
-        'Crypt' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt::class,
+        'Crypt' => Illuminate\Support\FacadesCrypt::class,
         'Date' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\Date::class,
         'DB' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB::class,
         'Eloquent' => Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model::class,
diff --git a/config/logging.php b/config/logging.php
index 7cb5d86039..afaf09ed27 100644
--- a/config/logging.php
+++ b/config/logging.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 use Monolog\Handler\NullHandler;
 use Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler;
 use Monolog\Handler\SyslogUdpHandler;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 $config = [
 
@@ -126,12 +127,12 @@ if ((env('APP_ENV')=='production') && (env('ROLLBAR_TOKEN'))) {
     // Note: it will *not* be cacheable
     $config['channels']['rollbar']['check_ignore'] = function ($isUncaught, $args, $payload) {
         if (App::environment('production') && is_object($args) && get_class($args) == Rollbar\ErrorWrapper::class && $args->errorLevel == E_WARNING ) {
-            \Log::info("IGNORING E_WARNING in production mode: ".$args->getMessage());
+            Log::info("IGNORING E_WARNING in production mode: ".$args->getMessage());
             return true; // "TRUE - you should ignore it!"
         }
         $needle = "ArieTimmerman\\Laravel\\SCIMServer\\Exceptions\\SCIMException";
         if (App::environment('production') && is_string($args) && strncmp($args, $needle, strlen($needle) ) === 0 ) {
-            \Log::info("String: '$args' looks like a SCIM Exception; ignoring error");
+            Log::info("String: '$args' looks like a SCIM Exception; ignoring error");
             return true; //yes, *do* ignore it
         }
         return false;