diff --git a/app/models/CocoModel.coffee b/app/models/CocoModel.coffee
index 8dc8e03a1..bb2fc0547 100644
--- a/app/models/CocoModel.coffee
+++ b/app/models/CocoModel.coffee
@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@ storage = require 'lib/storage'
 deltasLib = require 'lib/deltas'
 auth = require 'lib/auth'
 
-class CocoSchema extends Backbone.Model
-  constructor: (path, args...) ->
-    super(args...)
-    @urlRoot = path + '/schema'
-
-window.CocoSchema = CocoSchema
-
 class CocoModel extends Backbone.Model
   idAttribute: "_id"
   loaded: false
@@ -18,7 +11,7 @@ class CocoModel extends Backbone.Model
 
   initialize: ->
     super()
-    @constructor.schema ?= new CocoSchema(@urlRoot)
+    @constructor.schema ?= @urlRoot[4..].replace '.', '_'
     if not @constructor.className
       console.error("#{@} needs a className set.")
     @markToRevert()
@@ -65,8 +58,8 @@ class CocoModel extends Backbone.Model
 
   loadSchema: ->
     return if @constructor.schema.loading
-    @constructor.schema.fetch()
-    @listenToOnce(@constructor.schema, 'sync', @onConstructorSync)
+    @constructor.schema = require 'schemas/' + @constructor.schema + '_schema' unless @constructor.schema.loaded
+    @onConstructorSync()
 
   onConstructorSync: ->
     @constructor.schema.loaded = true
@@ -77,7 +70,7 @@ class CocoModel extends Backbone.Model
   schema: -> return @constructor.schema
 
   validate: ->
-    result = tv4.validateMultiple(@attributes, @constructor.schema?.attributes or {})
+    result = tv4.validateMultiple(@attributes, @constructor.schema? or {})
     if result.errors?.length
       console.log @, "got validate result with errors:", result
     return result.errors unless result.valid
@@ -138,11 +131,11 @@ class CocoModel extends Backbone.Model
   addSchemaDefaults: ->
     return if @addedSchemaDefaults or not @constructor.hasSchema()
     @addedSchemaDefaults = true
-    for prop, defaultValue of @constructor.schema.attributes.default or {}
+    for prop, defaultValue of @constructor.schema.default or {}
       continue if @get(prop)?
       #console.log "setting", prop, "to", defaultValue, "from attributes.default"
       @set prop, defaultValue
-    for prop, sch of @constructor.schema.attributes.properties or {}
+    for prop, sch of @constructor.schema.properties or {}
       continue if @get(prop)?
       #console.log "setting", prop, "to", sch.default, "from sch.default" if sch.default?
       @set prop, sch.default if sch.default?
@@ -154,7 +147,7 @@ class CocoModel extends Backbone.Model
     # returns unfetched model shells for every referenced doc in this model
     # OPTIMIZE so that when loading models, it doesn't cause the site to stutter
     data ?= @attributes
-    schema ?= @schema().attributes
+    schema ?= @schema()
     models = []
 
     if $.isArray(data) and schema.items?
@@ -242,7 +235,7 @@ class CocoModel extends Backbone.Model
     
   getExpandedDelta: ->
     delta = @getDelta()
-    deltasLib.expandDelta(delta, @_revertAttributes, @schema().attributes)
+    deltasLib.expandDelta(delta, @_revertAttributes, @schema())
     
   addPatchToAcceptOnSave: (patch) ->
     @acceptedPatches ?= []
diff --git a/app/models/SuperModel.coffee b/app/models/SuperModel.coffee
index 9e2bcd347..adcac62eb 100644
--- a/app/models/SuperModel.coffee
+++ b/app/models/SuperModel.coffee
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ class SuperModel
     model.loadSchema()
     schema = model.schema()
     unless schema.loaded
-      @schemas[schema.urlRoot] = schema
+      @schemas[model.urlRoot] = schema
       return schema.once('sync', => @modelLoaded(model))
-    refs = model.getReferencedModels(model.attributes, schema.attributes, '/', @shouldLoadProjection)
+    refs = model.getReferencedModels(model.attributes, schema, '/', @shouldLoadProjection)
     refs = [] unless @mustPopulate is model or @shouldPopulate(model)
 #    console.log 'Loaded', model.get('name')
     for ref, i in refs when @shouldLoadReference ref
diff --git a/server/articles/article_schema.coffee b/app/schemas/article_schema.coffee
similarity index 93%
rename from server/articles/article_schema.coffee
rename to app/schemas/article_schema.coffee
index 8c1764258..0274f92a6 100644
--- a/server/articles/article_schema.coffee
+++ b/app/schemas/article_schema.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-c = require '../commons/schemas'
+c = require './schemas'
 
 ArticleSchema = c.object()
 c.extendNamedProperties ArticleSchema  # name first
diff --git a/server/commons/i18n_schema.coffee b/app/schemas/i18n_schema.coffee
similarity index 100%
rename from server/commons/i18n_schema.coffee
rename to app/schemas/i18n_schema.coffee
diff --git a/app/schemas/languages.coffee b/app/schemas/languages.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..053a89f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/schemas/languages.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+locale = require '../locale/locale'  # requiring from app; will break if we stop serving from where app lives
+
+languages = []
+for code, localeInfo of locale
+  languages.push code: code, nativeDescription: localeInfo.nativeDescription, englishDescription: localeInfo.englishDescription
+
+module.exports.languages = languages
+module.exports.languageCodes = languageCodes = (language.code for language in languages)
+module.exports.languageCodesLower = languageCodesLower = (code.toLowerCase() for code in languageCodes)
+
+# Keep keys lower-case for matching and values with second subtag uppercase like i18next expects
+languageAliases =
+  'en': 'en-US'
+
+  'zh-cn': 'zh-HANS'
+  'zh-hans-cn': 'zh-HANS'
+  'zh-sg': 'zh-HANS'
+  'zh-hans-sg': 'zh-HANS'
+
+  'zh-tw': 'zh-HANT'
+  'zh-hant-tw': 'zh-HANT'
+  'zh-hk': 'zh-HANT'
+  'zh-hant-hk': 'zh-HANT'
+  'zh-mo': 'zh-HANT'
+  'zh-hant-mo': 'zh-HANT'
+
+module.exports.languageCodeFromAcceptedLanguages = languageCodeFromAcceptedLanguages = (acceptedLanguages) ->
+  for lang in acceptedLanguages ? []
+    code = languageAliases[lang.toLowerCase()]
+    return code if code
+    codeIndex = _.indexOf languageCodesLower, lang
+    if codeIndex isnt -1
+      return languageCodes[codeIndex]
+  return 'en-US'
diff --git a/server/levels/components/level_component_schema.coffee b/app/schemas/level_component_schema.coffee
similarity index 98%
rename from server/levels/components/level_component_schema.coffee
rename to app/schemas/level_component_schema.coffee
index 45135a774..3178eb916 100644
--- a/server/levels/components/level_component_schema.coffee
+++ b/app/schemas/level_component_schema.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-c = require '../../commons/schemas'
-metaschema = require '../../commons/metaschema'
+c = require './schemas'
+metaschema = require './metaschema'
 
 attackSelfCode = """
 class AttacksSelf extends Component
diff --git a/server/levels/feedbacks/level_feedback_schema.coffee b/app/schemas/level_feedback_schema.coffee
similarity index 95%
rename from server/levels/feedbacks/level_feedback_schema.coffee
rename to app/schemas/level_feedback_schema.coffee
index 54d9e84e1..201beb468 100644
--- a/server/levels/feedbacks/level_feedback_schema.coffee
+++ b/app/schemas/level_feedback_schema.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-c = require '../../commons/schemas'
+c = require './schemas'
 
 LevelFeedbackLevelSchema = c.object {required: ['original', 'majorVersion']}, {
   original: c.objectId({})
diff --git a/server/levels/level_schema.coffee b/app/schemas/level_schema.coffee
similarity index 99%
rename from server/levels/level_schema.coffee
rename to app/schemas/level_schema.coffee
index 984236cfd..919b44c44 100644
--- a/server/levels/level_schema.coffee
+++ b/app/schemas/level_schema.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-c = require '../commons/schemas'
-ThangComponentSchema = require './thangs/thang_component_schema'
+c = require './schemas'
+ThangComponentSchema = require './thang_component_schema'
 
 SpecificArticleSchema = c.object()
 c.extendNamedProperties SpecificArticleSchema  # name first
diff --git a/server/levels/sessions/level_session_schema.coffee b/app/schemas/level_session_schema.coffee
similarity index 99%
rename from server/levels/sessions/level_session_schema.coffee
rename to app/schemas/level_session_schema.coffee
index d798a9d88..4244c4771 100644
--- a/server/levels/sessions/level_session_schema.coffee
+++ b/app/schemas/level_session_schema.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-c = require '../../commons/schemas'
+c = require './schemas'
 
 LevelSessionPlayerSchema = c.object
   id: c.objectId
diff --git a/server/levels/systems/level_system_schema.coffee b/app/schemas/level_system_schema.coffee
similarity index 98%
rename from server/levels/systems/level_system_schema.coffee
rename to app/schemas/level_system_schema.coffee
index 7adcb969e..9b186aaac 100644
--- a/server/levels/systems/level_system_schema.coffee
+++ b/app/schemas/level_system_schema.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-c = require '../../commons/schemas'
-metaschema = require '../../commons/metaschema'
+c = require './schemas'
+metaschema = require './metaschema'
 
 jitterSystemCode = """
 class Jitter extends System
diff --git a/server/commons/metaschema.coffee b/app/schemas/metaschema.coffee
similarity index 100%
rename from server/commons/metaschema.coffee
rename to app/schemas/metaschema.coffee
diff --git a/server/patches/patch_schema.coffee b/app/schemas/patch_schema.coffee
similarity index 96%
rename from server/patches/patch_schema.coffee
rename to app/schemas/patch_schema.coffee
index eae980d4e..5c2ce122e 100644
--- a/server/patches/patch_schema.coffee
+++ b/app/schemas/patch_schema.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-c = require '../commons/schemas'
+c = require './schemas'
 
 patchables = ['level', 'thang_type', 'level_system', 'level_component', 'article']
   
diff --git a/server/commons/schemas.coffee b/app/schemas/schemas.coffee
similarity index 99%
rename from server/commons/schemas.coffee
rename to app/schemas/schemas.coffee
index a98c4a9b5..2d7ae0603 100644
--- a/server/commons/schemas.coffee
+++ b/app/schemas/schemas.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #language imports
-Language = require '../routes/languages'
+Language = require './languages'
 # schema helper methods
 
 me = module.exports
diff --git a/server/levels/thangs/thang_component_schema.coffee b/app/schemas/thang_component_schema.coffee
similarity index 95%
rename from server/levels/thangs/thang_component_schema.coffee
rename to app/schemas/thang_component_schema.coffee
index 0118d3a4c..b6d574fdc 100644
--- a/server/levels/thangs/thang_component_schema.coffee
+++ b/app/schemas/thang_component_schema.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-c = require '../../commons/schemas'
+c = require './schemas'
 
 module.exports = ThangComponentSchema = c.object {
   title: "Component"
diff --git a/server/levels/thangs/thang_type_schema.coffee b/app/schemas/thang_type_schema.coffee
similarity index 99%
rename from server/levels/thangs/thang_type_schema.coffee
rename to app/schemas/thang_type_schema.coffee
index 68eb6d084..1e6bc2ee5 100644
--- a/server/levels/thangs/thang_type_schema.coffee
+++ b/app/schemas/thang_type_schema.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-c = require '../../commons/schemas'
+c = require './schemas'
 ThangComponentSchema = require './thang_component_schema'
 
 ThangTypeSchema = c.object()
diff --git a/server/users/user_schema.coffee b/app/schemas/user_schema.coffee
similarity index 99%
rename from server/users/user_schema.coffee
rename to app/schemas/user_schema.coffee
index c7de194e3..a386051f3 100644
--- a/server/users/user_schema.coffee
+++ b/app/schemas/user_schema.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-c = require '../commons/schemas'
+c = require './schemas'
 emailSubscriptions = ['announcement', 'tester', 'level_creator', 'developer', 'article_editor', 'translator', 'support', 'notification']
 
 UserSchema = c.object {},
diff --git a/app/views/account/job_profile_view.coffee b/app/views/account/job_profile_view.coffee
index a39fb6b16..d14fc2f79 100644
--- a/app/views/account/job_profile_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/account/job_profile_view.coffee
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module.exports = class JobProfileView extends CocoView
     visibleSettings = @editableSettings.concat @readOnlySettings
     data = _.pick (me.get('jobProfile') ? {}), (value, key) => key in visibleSettings
     data.name ?= (me.get('firstName') + ' ' + me.get('lastName')).trim() if me.get('firstName')
-    schema = _.cloneDeep me.schema().get('properties').jobProfile
+    schema = _.cloneDeep me.schema().properties.jobProfile
     schema.properties = _.pick schema.properties, (value, key) => key in visibleSettings
     schema.required = _.intersection schema.required, visibleSettings
     for prop in @readOnlySettings
diff --git a/app/views/account/settings_view.coffee b/app/views/account/settings_view.coffee
index c75225d69..e74db5f65 100644
--- a/app/views/account/settings_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/account/settings_view.coffee
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ module.exports = class SettingsView extends View
   buildPictureTreema: ->
     data = photoURL: me.get('photoURL')
     data.photoURL = null if data.photoURL?.search('gravatar') isnt -1  # Old style
-    schema = _.cloneDeep me.schema().attributes
-    schema.properties = _.pick me.schema().get('properties'), 'photoURL'
+    schema = _.cloneDeep me.schema()
+    schema.properties = _.pick me.schema().properties, 'photoURL'
     schema.required = ['photoURL']
     treemaOptions =
       filePath: "db/user/#{me.id}"
diff --git a/app/views/editor/article/edit.coffee b/app/views/editor/article/edit.coffee
index b6f279089..31acafbca 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/article/edit.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/article/edit.coffee
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ module.exports = class ArticleEditView extends View
     options =
       data: data
       filePath: "db/thang.type/#{@article.get('original')}"
-      schema: Article.schema.attributes
+      schema: Article.schema
       readOnly: true unless me.isAdmin() or @article.hasWriteAccess(me)
       callbacks:
         change: @pushChangesToPreview
diff --git a/app/views/editor/components/main.coffee b/app/views/editor/components/main.coffee
index 7b813595b..2c39b6086 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/components/main.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/components/main.coffee
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module.exports = class ThangComponentEditView extends CocoView
   buildExtantComponentTreema: ->
     treemaOptions =
       supermodel: @supermodel
-      schema: Level.schema.get('properties').thangs.items.properties.components
+      schema: Level.schema.properties.thangs.items.properties.components
       data: _.cloneDeep @components
       callbacks: {select: @onSelectExtantComponent, change:@onChangeExtantComponents}
       noSortable: true
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ module.exports = class ThangComponentEditView extends CocoView
 
     treemaOptions =
       supermodel: @supermodel
-      schema: { type: 'array', items: LevelComponent.schema.attributes }
+      schema: { type: 'array', items: LevelComponent.schema }
       data: ($.extend(true, {}, c) for c in components)
       callbacks: {select: @onSelectAddableComponent, enter: @onAddComponentEnterPressed }
       readOnly: true
diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/component/edit.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/component/edit.coffee
index 7571e9a80..3f91f1467 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/component/edit.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/component/edit.coffee
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelComponentEditView extends View
 
   buildSettingsTreema: ->
     data = _.pick @levelComponent.attributes, (value, key) => key in @editableSettings
-    schema = _.cloneDeep LevelComponent.schema.attributes
+    schema = _.cloneDeep LevelComponent.schema
     schema.properties = _.pick schema.properties, (value, key) => key in @editableSettings
     schema.required = _.intersection schema.required, @editableSettings
     
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelComponentEditView extends View
   buildConfigSchemaTreema: ->
     treemaOptions =
       supermodel: @supermodel
-      schema: LevelComponent.schema.get('properties').configSchema
+      schema: LevelComponent.schema.properties.configSchema
       data: @levelComponent.get 'configSchema'
       callbacks: {change: @onConfigSchemaEdited}
     treemaOptions.readOnly = true unless me.isAdmin()
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelComponentEditView extends View
     @configSchemaTreema.build()
     @configSchemaTreema.open()
     # TODO: schema is not loaded for the first one here?
-    @configSchemaTreema.tv4.addSchema('metaschema', LevelComponent.schema.get('properties').configSchema)
+    @configSchemaTreema.tv4.addSchema('metaschema', LevelComponent.schema.properties.configSchema)
 
   onConfigSchemaEdited: =>
     @levelComponent.set 'configSchema', @configSchemaTreema.data
diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/scripts_tab_view.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/scripts_tab_view.coffee
index 380902d27..03855662d 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/scripts_tab_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/scripts_tab_view.coffee
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module.exports = class ScriptsTabView extends View
     @dimensions = @level.dimensions()
     scripts = $.extend(true, [], @level.get('scripts') ? [])
     treemaOptions =
-      schema: Level.schema.get('properties').scripts
+      schema: Level.schema.properties.scripts
       data: scripts
       callbacks:
         change: @onScriptsChanged
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module.exports = class ScriptsTabView extends View
       filePath: "db/level/#{@level.get('original')}"
       files: @files
       view: @
-      schema: Level.schema.get('properties').scripts.items
+      schema: Level.schema.properties.scripts.items
       data: selected.data
       thangIDs: thangIDs
       dimensions: @dimensions
diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/settings_tab_view.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/settings_tab_view.coffee
index 7556c4a4f..6f6822885 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/settings_tab_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/settings_tab_view.coffee
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module.exports = class SettingsTabView extends View
   onLevelLoaded: (e) ->
     @level = e.level
     data = _.pick @level.attributes, (value, key) => key in @editableSettings
-    schema = _.cloneDeep Level.schema.attributes
+    schema = _.cloneDeep Level.schema
     schema.properties = _.pick schema.properties, (value, key) => key in @editableSettings
     schema.required = _.intersection schema.required, @editableSettings
     thangIDs = @getThangIDs()
diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/system/edit.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/system/edit.coffee
index c92894cdd..338ede1e5 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/system/edit.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/system/edit.coffee
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelSystemEditView extends View
 
   buildSettingsTreema: ->
     data = _.pick @levelSystem.attributes, (value, key) => key in @editableSettings
-    schema = _.cloneDeep LevelSystem.schema.attributes
+    schema = _.cloneDeep LevelSystem.schema
     schema.properties = _.pick schema.properties, (value, key) => key in @editableSettings
     schema.required = _.intersection schema.required, @editableSettings
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelSystemEditView extends View
   buildConfigSchemaTreema: ->
     treemaOptions =
       supermodel: @supermodel
-      schema: LevelSystem.schema.get('properties').configSchema
+      schema: LevelSystem.schema.properties.configSchema
       data: @levelSystem.get 'configSchema'
       callbacks: {change: @onConfigSchemaEdited}
     treemaOptions.readOnly = true unless me.isAdmin()
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelSystemEditView extends View
     @configSchemaTreema.build()
     @configSchemaTreema.open()
     # TODO: schema is not loaded for the first one here?
-    @configSchemaTreema.tv4.addSchema('metaschema', LevelSystem.schema.get('properties').configSchema)
+    @configSchemaTreema.tv4.addSchema('metaschema', LevelSystem.schema.properties.configSchema)
 
   onConfigSchemaEdited: =>
     @levelSystem.set 'configSchema', @configSchemaTreema.data
diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/systems_tab_view.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/systems_tab_view.coffee
index d04a463ff..eb4747b0e 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/systems_tab_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/systems_tab_view.coffee
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ module.exports = class SystemsTabView extends View
     treemaOptions =
       # TODO: somehow get rid of the + button, or repurpose it to open the LevelSystemAddView instead
       supermodel: @supermodel
-      schema: Level.schema.get('properties').systems
+      schema: Level.schema.properties.systems
       data: systems
       readOnly: true unless me.isAdmin() or @level.hasWriteAccess(me)
       callbacks:
diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/thangs_tab_view.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/thangs_tab_view.coffee
index 243b1e540..8a6c4cfe5 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/thangs_tab_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/thangs_tab_view.coffee
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ module.exports = class ThangsTabView extends View
     return if @startsLoading
     data = $.extend(true, {}, @level.attributes)
     treemaOptions =
-      schema: Level.schema.get('properties').thangs
+      schema: Level.schema.properties.thangs
       data: data.thangs
       supermodel: @supermodel
       callbacks:
diff --git a/app/views/editor/thang/colors_tab_view.coffee b/app/views/editor/thang/colors_tab_view.coffee
index a858f4385..87c887522 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/thang/colors_tab_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/thang/colors_tab_view.coffee
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module.exports = class ColorsTabView extends CocoView
 
   constructor: (@thangType, options) ->
     @listenToOnce(@thangType, 'sync', @tryToBuild)
-    @listenToOnce(@thangType.schema(), 'sync', @tryToBuild)
+    # @listenToOnce(@thangType.schema(), 'sync', @tryToBuild)
     @colorConfig = { hue: 0, saturation: 0.5, lightness: 0.5 }
     @spriteBuilder = new SpriteBuilder(@thangType)
     f = =>
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ module.exports = class ColorsTabView extends CocoView
     return unless @thangType.loaded and @thangType.schema().loaded
     data = @thangType.get('colorGroups')
     data ?= {}
-    schema = @thangType.schema().attributes.properties?.colorGroups
+    schema = @thangType.schema().properties?.colorGroups
     treemaOptions =
       data: data
       schema: schema
diff --git a/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee b/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee
index bd8a34804..7c3500fad 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ module.exports = class ThangTypeEditView extends View
 
     @thangType.fetch()
     @thangType.loadSchema()
-    @listenToOnce(@thangType.schema(), 'sync', @onThangTypeSync)
     @listenToOnce(@thangType, 'sync', @onThangTypeSync)
     @refreshAnimation = _.debounce @refreshAnimation, 500
 
@@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ module.exports = class ThangTypeEditView extends View
 
   buildTreema: ->
     data = @getThangData()
-    schema = _.cloneDeep ThangType.schema.attributes
+    schema = _.cloneDeep ThangType.schema
     schema.properties = _.pick schema.properties, (value, key) => not (key in ['components'])
     options =
       data: data
diff --git a/app/views/kinds/SearchView.coffee b/app/views/kinds/SearchView.coffee
index 5f93924c3..9ce303b7c 100644
--- a/app/views/kinds/SearchView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/kinds/SearchView.coffee
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ module.exports = class SearchView extends View
     name = @$el.find('#name').val()
     model = new @model()
     model.set('name', name)
-    if @model.schema.get('properties').permissions
+    if @model.schema.properties.permissions
       model.set 'permissions', [{access: 'owner', target: me.id}]
     res = model.save()
     return unless res
diff --git a/app/views/modal/login_modal.coffee b/app/views/modal/login_modal.coffee
index 8a433dd28..68306a03e 100644
--- a/app/views/modal/login_modal.coffee
+++ b/app/views/modal/login_modal.coffee
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module.exports = class LoginModalView extends View
   loginAccount: (e) =>
     forms.clearFormAlerts(@$el)
     userObject = forms.formToObject @$el
-    res = tv4.validateMultiple userObject, User.schema.attributes
+    res = tv4.validateMultiple userObject, User.schema
     return forms.applyErrorsToForm(@$el, res.errors) unless res.valid
     @enableModalInProgress(@$el) # TODO: part of forms
     loginUser(userObject)
diff --git a/app/views/modal/signup_modal.coffee b/app/views/modal/signup_modal.coffee
index f9224cb3f..63174261f 100644
--- a/app/views/modal/signup_modal.coffee
+++ b/app/views/modal/signup_modal.coffee
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ module.exports = class SignupModalView extends View
       userObject.emailSubscriptions.push 'notification' unless 'notification' in userObject.emailSubscriptions
     else
       userObject.emailSubscriptions = _.without (userObject.emailSubscriptions ? []), 'announcement', 'notification'
-    res = tv4.validateMultiple userObject, User.schema.attributes
+    res = tv4.validateMultiple userObject, User.schema
     return forms.applyErrorsToForm(@$el, res.errors) unless res.valid
     window.tracker?.trackEvent 'Finished Signup'
     @enableModalInProgress(@$el)
diff --git a/server/levels/Level.coffee b/server/levels/Level.coffee
index bb4d10065..83e8d678b 100644
--- a/server/levels/Level.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/Level.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 mongoose = require('mongoose')
 plugins = require('../plugins/plugins')
-jsonschema = require('./level_schema')
+jsonschema = require('../../app/schemas/level_schema')
 
 LevelSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
   description: String
diff --git a/server/levels/components/LevelComponent.coffee b/server/levels/components/LevelComponent.coffee
index 515e7d80a..5f00f261c 100644
--- a/server/levels/components/LevelComponent.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/components/LevelComponent.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 mongoose = require('mongoose')
 plugins = require('../../plugins/plugins')
-jsonschema = require('./level_component_schema')
+jsonschema = require('../../../app/schemas/level_component_schema')
 
 LevelComponentSchema = new mongoose.Schema {
   description: String
diff --git a/server/levels/components/level_component_handler.coffee b/server/levels/components/level_component_handler.coffee
index 576bad3c8..e2b7a2ba8 100644
--- a/server/levels/components/level_component_handler.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/components/level_component_handler.coffee
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Handler = require('../../commons/Handler')
 
 LevelComponentHandler = class LevelComponentHandler extends Handler
   modelClass: LevelComponent
-  jsonSchema: require './level_component_schema'
+  jsonSchema: require '../../../app/schemas/level_component_schema'
   editableProperties: [
     'system'
     'description'
diff --git a/server/levels/feedbacks/LevelFeedback.coffee b/server/levels/feedbacks/LevelFeedback.coffee
index 0eecdec32..234caf367 100644
--- a/server/levels/feedbacks/LevelFeedback.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/feedbacks/LevelFeedback.coffee
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 mongoose = require('mongoose')
 plugins = require('../../plugins/plugins')
-jsonschema = require('./level_feedback_schema')
+jsonschema = require('../../../app/schemas/level_feedback_schema')
 
 LevelFeedbackSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
   created:
diff --git a/server/levels/feedbacks/level_feedback_handler.coffee b/server/levels/feedbacks/level_feedback_handler.coffee
index 21f581ea7..cd4ffda26 100644
--- a/server/levels/feedbacks/level_feedback_handler.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/feedbacks/level_feedback_handler.coffee
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Handler = require('../../commons/Handler')
 class LevelFeedbackHandler extends Handler
   modelClass: LevelFeedback
   editableProperties: ['rating', 'review', 'level', 'levelID', 'levelName']
-  jsonSchema: require './level_feedback_schema'
+  jsonSchema: require '../../../app/schemas/level_feedback_schema'
 
   makeNewInstance: (req) ->
     feedback = super(req)
diff --git a/server/levels/level_handler.coffee b/server/levels/level_handler.coffee
index 6a6c71913..9a9a8aafd 100644
--- a/server/levels/level_handler.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/level_handler.coffee
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mongoose = require('mongoose')
 
 LevelHandler = class LevelHandler extends Handler
   modelClass: Level
-  jsonSchema: require './level_schema'
+  jsonSchema: require '../../app/schemas/level_schema'
   editableProperties: [
     'description'
     'documentation'
diff --git a/server/levels/sessions/LevelSession.coffee b/server/levels/sessions/LevelSession.coffee
index 952782f1b..d91b7241c 100644
--- a/server/levels/sessions/LevelSession.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/sessions/LevelSession.coffee
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 mongoose = require('mongoose')
 plugins = require('../../plugins/plugins')
-jsonschema = require('./level_session_schema')
+jsonschema = require('../../../app/schemas/level_session_schema')
 
 LevelSessionSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
   created:
diff --git a/server/levels/sessions/level_session_handler.coffee b/server/levels/sessions/level_session_handler.coffee
index eaa5e4ed6..25131833d 100644
--- a/server/levels/sessions/level_session_handler.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/sessions/level_session_handler.coffee
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class LevelSessionHandler extends Handler
   editableProperties: ['multiplayer', 'players', 'code', 'completed', 'state',
                        'levelName', 'creatorName', 'levelID', 'screenshot',
                        'chat', 'teamSpells', 'submitted', 'unsubscribed']
-  jsonSchema: require './level_session_schema'
+  jsonSchema: require '../../../app/schemas/level_session_schema'
 
   getByRelationship: (req, res, args...) ->
     return @getActiveSessions req, res if args.length is 2 and args[1] is 'active'
diff --git a/server/levels/systems/LevelSystem.coffee b/server/levels/systems/LevelSystem.coffee
index a02a3aab0..730b338ad 100644
--- a/server/levels/systems/LevelSystem.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/systems/LevelSystem.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 mongoose = require('mongoose')
 plugins = require('../../plugins/plugins')
-jsonschema = require('./level_system_schema')
+jsonschema = require('../../../app/schemas/level_system_schema')
 
 LevelSystemSchema = new mongoose.Schema {
   description: String
diff --git a/server/levels/systems/level_system_handler.coffee b/server/levels/systems/level_system_handler.coffee
index a76fed659..c3fd0a366 100644
--- a/server/levels/systems/level_system_handler.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/systems/level_system_handler.coffee
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LevelSystemHandler = class LevelSystemHandler extends Handler
     'configSchema'
   ]
   postEditableProperties: ['name']
-  jsonSchema: require './level_system_schema'
+  jsonSchema: require '../../../app/schemas/level_system_schema'
 
   getEditableProperties: (req, document) ->
     props = super(req, document)
diff --git a/server/levels/thangs/thang_type_handler.coffee b/server/levels/thangs/thang_type_handler.coffee
index 0627fc5f7..851d2ccf6 100644
--- a/server/levels/thangs/thang_type_handler.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/thangs/thang_type_handler.coffee
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Handler = require('../../commons/Handler')
 
 ThangTypeHandler = class ThangTypeHandler extends Handler
   modelClass: ThangType
-  jsonSchema: require './thang_type_schema'
+  jsonSchema: require '../../../app/schemas/thang_type_schema'
   editableProperties: [
     'name',
     'raw',
diff --git a/server/patches/patch_handler.coffee b/server/patches/patch_handler.coffee
index c38068ae5..33b729e22 100644
--- a/server/patches/patch_handler.coffee
+++ b/server/patches/patch_handler.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Patch = require('./Patch')
 Handler = require('../commons/Handler')
-schema = require './patch_schema'
+schema = require '../../app/schemas/patch_schema'
 {handlers} = require '../commons/mapping'
 mongoose = require('mongoose')
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PatchHandler = class PatchHandler extends Handler
   modelClass: Patch
   editableProperties: []
   postEditableProperties: ['delta', 'target', 'commitMessage']
-  jsonSchema: require './patch_schema'
+  jsonSchema: require '../../app/schemas/patch_schema'
 
   makeNewInstance: (req) ->
     patch = super(req)
diff --git a/server/routes/db.coffee b/server/routes/db.coffee
index 2cbbc7df9..072b0ea8d 100644
--- a/server/routes/db.coffee
+++ b/server/routes/db.coffee
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ module.exports.setup = (app) ->
 
 getSchema = (req, res, moduleName) ->
   try
-    name = schemas[moduleName.replace '.', '_']
-    schema = require('../' + name)
+    name = moduleName.replace '.', '_'
+    schema = require('../../app/schemas/' + name + '_schema')
 
     res.send(JSON.stringify(schema, null, '\t'))
     res.end()
diff --git a/server/users/User.coffee b/server/users/User.coffee
index 28009e610..fd9b81969 100644
--- a/server/users/User.coffee
+++ b/server/users/User.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mongoose = require('mongoose')
-jsonschema = require('./user_schema')
+jsonschema = require('../../app/schemas/user_schema')
 crypto = require('crypto')
 {salt, isProduction} = require('../../server_config')
 mail = require '../commons/mail'
diff --git a/server/users/user_handler.coffee b/server/users/user_handler.coffee
index c9446afda..eb26ff7e5 100644
--- a/server/users/user_handler.coffee
+++ b/server/users/user_handler.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-schema = require './user_schema'
+schema = require '../../app/schemas/user_schema'
 crypto = require 'crypto'
 request = require 'request'
 User = require './User'