diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
index 1fd770607c..09962fab5a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Configuration/GlobalSettings.cs
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Configuration
                     case LocalTempStorage.AspNetTemp:
                         return System.IO.Path.Combine(HttpRuntime.CodegenDir, "UmbracoData");
                     case LocalTempStorage.EnvironmentTemp:
-                        // TODO: why has this to be repeated everywhere?!
                         // include the appdomain hash is just a safety check, for example if a website is moved from worker A to worker B and then back
                         // to worker A again, in theory the %temp%  folder should already be empty but we really want to make sure that its not
                         // utilizing an old path - assuming we cannot have SHA1 collisions on AppDomainAppId
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/TestHelpers/SettingsForTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/TestHelpers/SettingsForTests.cs
index 97fffe11dd..572d572ab7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/TestHelpers/SettingsForTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/TestHelpers/SettingsForTests.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers
                     settings.TimeOutInMinutes == 20 &&
                     settings.DefaultUILanguage == "en" &&
                     settings.LocalTempStorageLocation == LocalTempStorage.Default &&
+                    settings.LocalTempPath == IOHelper.MapPath("~/App_Data/TEMP") &&
                     settings.ReservedPaths == (GlobalSettings.StaticReservedPaths + "~/umbraco") &&
                     settings.ReservedUrls == GlobalSettings.StaticReservedUrls);
             return config;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/checkboxlist/checkboxlist.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/checkboxlist/checkboxlist.controller.js
index 1e679eb5ae..5e7eff0d1e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/checkboxlist/checkboxlist.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/checkboxlist/checkboxlist.controller.js
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ angular.module("umbraco").controller("Umbraco.PropertyEditors.CheckboxListContro
         function changed(item) {
             var index = _.findIndex($scope.model.value,
                 function (v) {
-                    return v === item.value;
+                    return v === item.val;
                 });
             
             if (item.checked) {
                 //if it doesn't exist in the model, then add it
                 if (index < 0) {
-                    $scope.model.value.push(item.value);
+                    $scope.model.value.push(item.val);
                 }
             }
             else {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/DefaultCultureAccessor.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/DefaultCultureAccessor.cs
index 80d2d9f3a5..ef6a6dd8da 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/DefaultCultureAccessor.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/DefaultCultureAccessor.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Umbraco.Core.Services;
+using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache
 {
@@ -8,17 +9,20 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache
     public class DefaultCultureAccessor : IDefaultCultureAccessor
     {
         private readonly ILocalizationService _localizationService;
+        private readonly RuntimeLevel _runtimeLevel;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DefaultCultureAccessor"/> class.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="localizationService"></param>
-        public DefaultCultureAccessor(ILocalizationService localizationService)
+        public DefaultCultureAccessor(ILocalizationService localizationService, IRuntimeState runtimeState)
         {
             _localizationService = localizationService;
+            _runtimeLevel = runtimeState.Level;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public string DefaultCulture => _localizationService.GetDefaultLanguageIsoCode() ?? ""; // fast 
+        public string DefaultCulture => _runtimeLevel == RuntimeLevel.Run
+            ? _localizationService.GetDefaultLanguageIsoCode() ?? "" // fast
+            : "en-US"; // default for install and upgrade, when the service is n/a
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoInjectedModule.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoInjectedModule.cs
index 14ae45fe40..6a786ed6bf 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoInjectedModule.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoInjectedModule.cs
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
 
             // ok, process
 
+            // TODO: should we move this to after we've ensured we are processing a routable page?
             // ensure there's an UmbracoContext registered for the current request
             // registers the context reference so its disposed at end of request
             var umbracoContextReference = _umbracoContextFactory.EnsureUmbracoContext(httpContext);