diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index b7d5ffa0..ade03a5a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     working_directory: ~/example
     docker:
-      - image: circleci/php:7.3-node-browsers
+      - image: circleci/php:7.4-node-browsers
       - image: circleci/mysql:5.7-ram
         command: --max_allowed_packet=16M
         environment:
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     environment:
       - PALANTIR_ENVIRONMENT: circleci
-      - DRUPAL_ROOT: web
-      - NODE_VERSION: 8
+      - DRUPAL_ROOT: docroot
 
     steps:
       - run:
@@ -25,14 +24,6 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             sudo apt-get update
             sudo apt-get install -y libpng-dev default-mysql-client
-      - run:
-          name: Install nvm
-          command: |
-            set +e
-            curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash
-            touch $BASH_ENV
-            echo 'export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"' >> $BASH_ENV
-            echo '[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"' >> $BASH_ENV
       - run:
           name: Install PHP extensions
           command: sudo docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql gd
@@ -46,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           command: mkdir /tmp/artifacts
       - run:
           name: Configure URL in /etc/hosts
-          command: echo 127.0.0.1 ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}.local | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
+          command: echo 127.0.0.1 example.ddev.site | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
 
       # Note: phing and drupal-check have mutually exclusive requirements.
       # It'd be better to add drupal-check as a dependency of the drupal project
@@ -57,10 +48,8 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Install drupal-check
           command: |
-            curl -O -L https://github.com/mglaman/drupal-check/releases/download/1.0.9/drupal-check.phar
-            mkdir --parents ~/bin
-            mv drupal-check.phar ~/bin/drupal-check
-            chmod +x ~/bin/drupal-check
+            composer global require mglaman/drupal-check
+            ln -s ~/.config/composer/vendor/bin ~/bin
 
       # Composer package cache
       - restore_cache:
@@ -75,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       # Create a new project using the drupal-skeleton project
       - run:
           name: Create a new Drupal project
-          command: composer create-project palantirnet/drupal-skeleton example --no-interaction
+          command: composer create-project palantirnet/drupal-skeleton example dev-develop --no-interaction
           working_directory: ~/
 
       # Use this copy of the-build
@@ -95,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
       # Install the-build
       - run:
           name: Install the-build in the project
-          command: printf 'http://the-build.local\nother\nn' | vendor/bin/the-build-installer
+          command: printf '\n\n\nn' | vendor/bin/the-build-installer
 
       - run:
           name: Wait for DB
@@ -119,12 +108,12 @@ jobs:
       # Add a multisite
       - run:
           name: Add a multisite to the project
-          command: printf 'intranet\nintranet.the-build.local' | vendor/bin/phing drupal-add-multisite
+          command: printf 'intranet\nintranet.example.ddev.site' | vendor/bin/phing drupal-add-multisite
 
       - run:
           name: Run Behat tests
           command: |
-              nohup php -S ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}.local:8000 -t $(pwd)/${DRUPAL_ROOT}/ > /tmp/artifacts/phpd.log 2>&1 &
+              nohup php -S example.ddev.site:8000 -t $(pwd)/${DRUPAL_ROOT}/ > /tmp/artifacts/phpd.log 2>&1 &
               vendor/bin/phing test -Dbuild.env=circleci
 
       - store_artifacts:
diff --git a/targets/install.xml b/targets/install.xml
index e09cf1ce..c2639781 100644
--- a/targets/install.xml
+++ b/targets/install.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,95 @@
         <!-- Copy defaults to fill in the sites array. -->
         <copyproperties fromPrefix="drupal.sites._defaults" toPrefix="drupal.sites.default" override="false" />
 
+        <!-- Write the default properties file. -->
+        <copy file="${phing.dir.install}/../defaults/install/the-build/build.yml" tofile="${application.startdir}/.the-build/build.yml" overwrite="true">
+            <filterchain>
+                <expandproperties />
+            </filterchain>
+        </copy>
+
+        <phingcall target="setup-web-root" />
+        <phingcall target="setup-templates" />
+        <phingcall target="setup-host" />
+
+        <!-- Run the first build. -->
+        <phing dir="${application.startdir}" target="build" inheritAll="false" />
+
+        <!-- If Drupal has a database connection available, offer to install Drupal. -->
+        <trycatch>
+            <try>
+                <!-- The 'haltonfailure' attribute seems to have the opposite behavior
+                     from what is described in the Phing documentation. -->
+                <phing dir="${application.startdir}" target="drupal-has-database-connection" inheritAll="false" haltonfailure="true" />
 
+                <!-- This code will run only when a database connection is available. -->
+                <input propertyName="install_now" validArgs="y,n" message="Install Drupal now " promptChar="?" />
+                <if>
+                    <equals arg1="${install_now}" arg2="y" />
+                    <then>
+                        <phing dir="${application.startdir}" target="drupal-first-install" inheritAll="false" />
+                    </then>
+                </if>
+            </try>
+            <catch>
+                <!-- Drupal will be installed later, if not manually then by the 'install'
+                     target in the default build.xml. -->
+                <echo>Skipping Drupal installation, since the database is not available.
+
+            From within a development environment, you can run `phing install` to install Drupal.
+                </echo>
+            </catch>
+        </trycatch>
+
+        <!-- Whitespace is intentional. -->
+        <echo>
+
+            Successfully installed the-build. Next, you may want to run:
+
+              $> phing list
+              $> phing install
+              $> phing test</echo>
+    </target>
+
+
+    <!-- Target: setup-web-root
+
+         If the drupal.root directory doesn't exist, then we need to move it from the other location (web /
+         docroot).-->
+    <target name="setup-web-root" depends="set-site">
+        <available file="${build.dir}/${drupal.root}" type="dir" property="drupal.root.exists" value="true" />
+
+        <if>
+            <not><equals arg1="${drupal.root.exists}" arg2="1" /></not>
+            <then>
+                <!-- The one that's available is the location we're moving from. -->
+                <available file="${build.dir}/web" type="dir" property="drupal.root.old" value="web" />
+                <available file="${build.dir}/docroot" type="dir" property="drupal.root.old" value="docroot" />
+
+                <echo msg="Moving the ${drupal.root.old}/ directory to ${drupal.root}/" />
+                <exec command="mv ${drupal.root.old} ${drupal.root}" dir="${build.dir}" checkreturn="true" logoutput="true" />
+
+                <echo msg="Editing your composer.json to install Drupal in ${drupal.root}/" />
+                <reflexive>
+                    <fileset dir="${build.dir}" includes="composer.json" />
+                    <filterchain>
+                        <replaceregexp>
+                            <regexp pattern='"${drupal.root.old}/(core|libraries|modules|profiles|themes)' replace='"${drupal.root}/\1' />
+                            <regexp pattern='"web-root": "${drupal.root.old}/"' replace='"web-root": "${drupal.root}/"' />
+                        </replaceregexp>
+                    </filterchain>
+                </reflexive>
+
+                <echo msg="Updating your composer.lock hash" />
+                <exec command="composer update --lock" dir="${application.startdir}" />
+
+            </then>
+        </if>
+    </target>
+
+
+    <!-- Target: setup-templates -->
+    <target name="setup-templates" depends="set-site">
         <!-- Copy the build file template.
 
              This doesn't do any property substitution except for the "projectname",
@@ -95,59 +183,18 @@
             </filterchain>
         </copy>
 
-        <!-- Create the default properties file. -->
-        <copy file="${phing.dir.install}/../defaults/install/the-build/build.yml" tofile="${application.startdir}/.the-build/build.yml" overwrite="true">
-            <filterchain>
-                <expandproperties />
-            </filterchain>
-        </copy>
-
-        <!-- Set up the drupal.site.* properties the way that the set-site target usually
-             does, so that we can use them below. -->
-        <property name="build.site" value="default" />
-        <!-- Copy defaults in first. -->
-        <copyproperties fromPrefix="drupal.sites._defaults" toPrefix="drupal.site" override="true" />
-        <!-- Override defaults with any site-specific values. -->
-        <copyproperties fromPrefix="drupal.sites.${build.site}" toPrefix="drupal.site" override="true" />
-
-        <!-- If the drupal.root directory doesn't exist, then we need to move it from the other location (web /
-             docroot). -->
-        <available file="${build.dir}/${drupal.root}" type="dir" property="drupal.root.exists" value="true" />
-
-        <if>
-          <not><equals arg1="${drupal.root.exists}" arg2="1" /></not>
-          <then>
-            <!-- The one that's available is the location we're moving from. -->
-            <available file="${build.dir}/web" type="dir" property="drupal.root.old" value="web" />
-            <available file="${build.dir}/docroot" type="dir" property="drupal.root.old" value="docroot" />
-
-            <echo msg="Moving the ${drupal.root.old}/ directory to ${drupal.root}/" />
-            <exec command="mv ${drupal.root.old} ${drupal.root}" dir="${build.dir}" checkreturn="true" logoutput="true" />
-
-            <echo msg="Editing your composer.json to install Drupal in ${drupal.root}/" />
-            <reflexive>
-              <fileset dir="${build.dir}" includes="composer.json" />
-              <filterchain>
-                <replaceregexp>
-                  <regexp pattern='"${drupal.root.old}/(core|libraries|modules|profiles|themes)' replace='"${drupal.root}/\1' />
-                  <regexp pattern='"web-root": "${drupal.root.old}/"' replace='"web-root": "${drupal.root}/"' />
-                </replaceregexp>
-              </filterchain>
-            </reflexive>
-
-            <echo msg="Updating your composer.lock hash" />
-            <exec command="composer update --lock" dir="${application.startdir}" />
-
-          </then>
-        </if>
-
-        <!-- Copy templates into place.
+         <!-- Copy other templates into place.
              These copy commands use <expandproperties /> for property substitution.
              -->
         <!-- Copy the behat template. -->
         <copy file="${phing.dir.install}/../defaults/install/behat.yml" tofile="${application.startdir}/behat.yml" overwrite="true">
             <filterchain>
                 <expandproperties />
+                <!-- Sometimes behat has issues with HTTPS, especially when
+                     using the php built-in webserver on CI. -->
+                <replaceregexp>
+                    <regexp pattern="https:" replace="http:" />
+                </replaceregexp>
             </filterchain>
         </copy>
 
@@ -162,9 +209,6 @@
         <!-- Copy the CircleCI properties. -->
         <copy file="${phing.dir.install}/../defaults/install/the-build/build.circleci.yml" tofile="${application.startdir}/.the-build/build.circleci.yml" overwrite="true" />
 
-        <!-- Add host-specific configuration files. -->
-        <phingcall target="configure-host" />
-
         <!-- Copy Drush configuration and aliases file templates. -->
         <copy file="${phing.dir.install}/../defaults/install/drush/drush.yml" tofile="${application.startdir}/drush/drush.yml" overwrite="true">
             <filterchain>
@@ -184,83 +228,46 @@
         <mkdir dir="${build.dir}/${drupal.root}/sites/${drupal.site.dir}" />
         <chmod mode="750" file="${build.dir}/${drupal.root}/sites/default/" />
         <mkdir dir="${build.dir}/${drupal.root}/sites/${drupal.site.dir}/files" />
+    </target>
 
-        <!-- Run the first build. -->
-        <phing dir="${application.startdir}" target="build" inheritAll="false" />
 
-        <!-- If Drupal has a database connection available, offer to install Drupal. -->
-        <trycatch>
-            <try>
-                <!-- The 'haltonfailure' attribute seems to have the opposite behavior
-                     from what is described in the Phing documentation. -->
-                <phing dir="${application.startdir}" target="drupal-has-database-connection" inheritAll="false" haltonfailure="true" />
+    <!-- Target: setup-host -->
+    <target name="setup-host" depends="set-site" description="Add host-specific configuration files.">
+        <fail unless="build.host"/>
 
-                <!-- This code will run only when a database connection is available. -->
-                <input propertyName="install_now" validArgs="y,n" message="Install Drupal now " promptChar="?" />
-                <if>
-                    <equals arg1="${install_now}" arg2="y" />
-                    <then>
-                        <phing dir="${application.startdir}" target="drupal-first-install" inheritAll="false" />
-                    </then>
-                </if>
-            </try>
-            <catch>
-                <!-- Drupal will be installed later, if not manually then by the 'install'
-                     target in the default build.xml. -->
-                <echo>Skipping Drupal installation, since the database is not available.
+        <switch value="${build.host}">
+            <case value="acquia">
+                <!-- Site-level setup -->
+                <!-- @see https://docs.acquia.com/cloud-platform/performance/memcached/enable/ -->
+                <httpget url="https://docs.acquia.com/_downloads/cloud-memcache-d8+.php" dir="${build.dir}/${drupal.root}/sites/${drupal.site.dir}" filename="settings.acquia-memcache.php"/>
+            </case>
 
-            From within a development environment, you can run `phing install` to install Drupal.
-                </echo>
-            </catch>
-        </trycatch>
+            <case value="pantheon">
+                <!-- Project-level setup -->
+                <copy file="${build.thebuild.dir}/defaults/install/pantheon.yml" todir="${application.startdir}" overwrite="true"/>
 
-        <!-- Whitespace is intentional. -->
-        <echo>
+                <!-- Site-level setup -->
+                <httpget url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pantheon-systems/drops-8/default/sites/default/settings.pantheon.php" dir="${build.dir}/${drupal.root}/sites/${drupal.site.dir}"/>
+            </case>
 
-            Successfully installed the-build. Next, you may want to run:
+            <case value="platformsh">
+                <!-- Project-level setup -->
+                <copy file="${build.thebuild.dir}/defaults/install/.platform.app.yaml" todir="${application.startdir}" overwrite="true"/>
+                <copy todir="${application.startdir}/.platform" overwrite="true">
+                    <fileset dir="${build.thebuild.dir}/defaults/install/.platform"/>
+                </copy>
+                <httpget url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/platformsh/template-drupal8/master/.environment" dir="${build.dir}/"/>
+
+                <!-- Site-level setup -->
+                <composer command="require" composer="${composer.composer}">
+                    <arg line="--working-dir ${application.startdir}"/>
+                    <arg value="platformsh/config-reader:^2.1"/>
+                </composer>
+                <httpget url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/platformsh/template-drupal8/master/web/sites/default/settings.platformsh.php" dir="${build.dir}/${drupal.root}/sites/${drupal.site.dir}"/>
+            </case>
 
-              $> phing list
-              $> phing install
-              $> phing test</echo>
+            <default/>
+        </switch>
     </target>
 
-  <target name="configure-host" description="Add host-specific configuration files.">
-    <fail unless="build.host" />
-
-    <switch value="${build.host}">
-      <case value="acquia">
-        <!-- Site-level setup -->
-        <!-- @see https://docs.acquia.com/cloud-platform/performance/memcached/enable/ -->
-        <httpget url="https://docs.acquia.com/_downloads/cloud-memcache-d8+.php" dir="${build.dir}/${drupal.root}/sites/${drupal.site.dir}" filename="settings.acquia-memcache.php" />
-      </case>
-
-      <case value="pantheon">
-        <!-- Project-level setup -->
-        <copy file="${build.thebuild.dir}/defaults/install/pantheon.yml" todir="${application.startdir}" overwrite="true" />
-
-        <!-- Site-level setup -->
-        <httpget url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pantheon-systems/drops-8/default/sites/default/settings.pantheon.php" dir="${build.dir}/${drupal.root}/sites/${drupal.site.dir}" />
-      </case>
-
-      <case value="platformsh">
-        <!-- Project-level setup -->
-        <copy file="${build.thebuild.dir}/defaults/install/.platform.app.yaml" todir="${application.startdir}" overwrite="true" />
-        <copy todir="${application.startdir}/.platform" overwrite="true">
-          <fileset dir="${build.thebuild.dir}/defaults/install/.platform" />
-        </copy>
-        <httpget url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/platformsh/template-drupal8/master/.environment" dir="${build.dir}/" />
-
-        <!-- Site-level setup -->
-        <composer command="require" composer="${composer.composer}">
-          <arg line="--working-dir ${application.startdir}" />
-          <arg value="platformsh/config-reader:^2.1" />
-        </composer>
-        <httpget url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/platformsh/template-drupal8/master/web/sites/default/settings.platformsh.php" dir="${build.dir}/${drupal.root}/sites/${drupal.site.dir}" />
-      </case>
-
-      <default />
-    </switch>
-
-  </target>
-
 </project>