diff --git a/src/node/utils/Settings.js b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
index 70e9bb456..0333f7972 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/Settings.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ const argv = require('./Cli').argv;
 const jsonminify = require('jsonminify');
 const log4js = require('log4js');
 const randomString = require('./randomstring');
-const suppressDisableMsg = ' -- To suppress these warning messages change suppressErrorsInPadText to true in your settings.json\n';
+const suppressDisableMsg = ' -- To suppress these warning messages change ' +
+    'suppressErrorsInPadText to true in your settings.json\n';
 const _ = require('underscore');
 
 /* Root path of the installation */
 exports.root = absolutePaths.findEtherpadRoot();
-console.log(`All relative paths will be interpreted relative to the identified Etherpad base dir: ${exports.root}`);
+console.log('All relative paths will be interpreted relative to the identified ' +
+            `Etherpad base dir: ${exports.root}`);
 
 /**
  * The app title, visible e.g. in the browser window
@@ -114,7 +116,14 @@ exports.dbSettings = {filename: path.join(exports.root, 'var/dirty.db')};
 /**
  * The default Text of a new pad
  */
-exports.defaultPadText = 'Welcome to Etherpad!\n\nThis pad text is synchronized as you type, so that everyone viewing this page sees the same text. This allows you to collaborate seamlessly on documents!\n\nEtherpad on Github: https:\/\/github.com\/ether\/etherpad-lite\n';
+exports.defaultPadText = [
+  'Welcome to Etherpad!',
+  '',
+  'This pad text is synchronized as you type, so that everyone viewing this page sees the same ' +
+      'text. This allows you to collaborate seamlessly on documents!',
+  '',
+  'Etherpad on Github: https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite',
+].join('\n');
 
 /**
  * The default Pad Settings for a user (Can be overridden by changing the setting
@@ -460,7 +469,7 @@ const storeSettings = (settingsObj) => {
     // we know this setting, so we overwrite it
     // or it's a settings hash, specific to a plugin
     if (exports[i] !== undefined || i.indexOf('ep_') === 0) {
-      if (_.isObject(settingsObj[i]) && !_.isArray(settingsObj[i])) {
+      if (_.isObject(settingsObj[i]) && !Array.isArray(settingsObj[i])) {
         exports[i] = _.defaults(settingsObj[i], exports[i]);
       } else {
         exports[i] = settingsObj[i];
@@ -587,7 +596,8 @@ const lookupEnvironmentVariables = (obj) => {
     const defaultValue = match[3];
 
     if ((envVarValue === undefined) && (defaultValue === undefined)) {
-      console.warn(`Environment variable "${envVarName}" does not contain any value for configuration key "${key}", and no default was given. Returning null.`);
+      console.warn(`Environment variable "${envVarName}" does not contain any value for `+
+                   `configuration key "${key}", and no default was given. Returning null.`);
 
       /*
        * We have to return null, because if we just returned undefined, the
@@ -597,7 +607,8 @@ const lookupEnvironmentVariables = (obj) => {
     }
 
     if ((envVarValue === undefined) && (defaultValue !== undefined)) {
-      console.debug(`Environment variable "${envVarName}" not found for configuration key "${key}". Falling back to default value.`);
+      console.debug(`Environment variable "${envVarName}" not found for ` +
+                    `configuration key "${key}". Falling back to default value.`);
 
       return coerceValue(defaultValue);
     }
@@ -608,7 +619,8 @@ const lookupEnvironmentVariables = (obj) => {
      * For numeric and boolean strings let's convert it to proper types before
      * returning it, in order to maintain backward compatibility.
      */
-    console.debug(`Configuration key "${key}" will be read from environment variable "${envVarName}"`);
+    console.debug(
+        `Configuration key "${key}" will be read from environment variable "${envVarName}"`);
 
     return coerceValue(envVarValue);
   });
@@ -662,7 +674,8 @@ const parseSettings = (settingsFilename, isSettings) => {
 
     return replacedSettings;
   } catch (e) {
-    console.error(`There was an error processing your ${settingsType} file from ${settingsFilename}: ${e.message}`);
+    console.error(`There was an error processing your ${settingsType} ` +
+                  `file from ${settingsFilename}: ${e.message}`);
 
     process.exit(1);
   }
@@ -689,7 +702,8 @@ exports.reloadSettings = () => {
   log4js.replaceConsole();
 
   if (!exports.skinName) {
-    console.warn('No "skinName" parameter found. Please check out settings.json.template and update your settings.json. Falling back to the default "colibris".');
+    console.warn('No "skinName" parameter found. Please check out settings.json.template and ' +
+                 'update your settings.json. Falling back to the default "colibris".');
     exports.skinName = 'colibris';
   }
 
@@ -699,7 +713,8 @@ exports.reloadSettings = () => {
     const countPieces = exports.skinName.split(path.sep).length;
 
     if (countPieces !== 1) {
-      console.error(`skinName must be the name of a directory under "${skinBasePath}". This is not valid: "${exports.skinName}". Falling back to the default "colibris".`);
+      console.error(`skinName must be the name of a directory under "${skinBasePath}". This is ` +
+                    `not valid: "${exports.skinName}". Falling back to the default "colibris".`);
 
       exports.skinName = 'colibris';
     }
@@ -709,14 +724,16 @@ exports.reloadSettings = () => {
 
     // what if someone sets skinName == ".." or "."? We catch him!
     if (absolutePaths.isSubdir(skinBasePath, skinPath) === false) {
-      console.error(`Skin path ${skinPath} must be a subdirectory of ${skinBasePath}. Falling back to the default "colibris".`);
+      console.error(`Skin path ${skinPath} must be a subdirectory of ${skinBasePath}. ` +
+                    'Falling back to the default "colibris".');
 
       exports.skinName = 'colibris';
       skinPath = path.join(skinBasePath, exports.skinName);
     }
 
     if (fs.existsSync(skinPath) === false) {
-      console.error(`Skin path ${skinPath} does not exist. Falling back to the default "colibris".`);
+      console.error(
+          `Skin path ${skinPath} does not exist. Falling back to the default "colibris".`);
       exports.skinName = 'colibris';
       skinPath = path.join(skinBasePath, exports.skinName);
     }
@@ -731,7 +748,7 @@ exports.reloadSettings = () => {
         if (!exists) {
           const abiwordError = 'Abiword does not exist at this path, check your settings file.';
           if (!exports.suppressErrorsInPadText) {
-            exports.defaultPadText = `${exports.defaultPadText}\nError: ${abiwordError}${suppressDisableMsg}`;
+            exports.defaultPadText += `\nError: ${abiwordError}${suppressDisableMsg}`;
           }
           console.error(`${abiwordError} File location: ${exports.abiword}`);
           exports.abiword = null;
@@ -743,10 +760,11 @@ exports.reloadSettings = () => {
   if (exports.soffice) {
     fs.exists(exports.soffice, (exists) => {
       if (!exists) {
-        const sofficeError = 'soffice (libreoffice) does not exist at this path, check your settings file.';
+        const sofficeError =
+            'soffice (libreoffice) does not exist at this path, check your settings file.';
 
         if (!exports.suppressErrorsInPadText) {
-          exports.defaultPadText = `${exports.defaultPadText}\nError: ${sofficeError}${suppressDisableMsg}`;
+          exports.defaultPadText += `\nError: ${sofficeError}${suppressDisableMsg}`;
         }
         console.error(`${sofficeError} File location: ${exports.soffice}`);
         exports.soffice = null;
@@ -760,18 +778,22 @@ exports.reloadSettings = () => {
       exports.sessionKey = fs.readFileSync(sessionkeyFilename, 'utf8');
       console.info(`Session key loaded from: ${sessionkeyFilename}`);
     } catch (e) {
-      console.info(`Session key file "${sessionkeyFilename}" not found. Creating with random contents.`);
+      console.info(
+          `Session key file "${sessionkeyFilename}" not found. Creating with random contents.`);
       exports.sessionKey = randomString(32);
       fs.writeFileSync(sessionkeyFilename, exports.sessionKey, 'utf8');
     }
   } else {
-    console.warn('Declaring the sessionKey in the settings.json is deprecated. This value is auto-generated now. Please remove the setting from the file. -- If you are seeing this error after restarting using the Admin User Interface then you can ignore this message.');
+    console.warn('Declaring the sessionKey in the settings.json is deprecated. ' +
+                 'This value is auto-generated now. Please remove the setting from the file. -- ' +
+                 'If you are seeing this error after restarting using the Admin User ' +
+                 'Interface then you can ignore this message.');
   }
 
   if (exports.dbType === 'dirty') {
     const dirtyWarning = 'DirtyDB is used. This is not recommended for production.';
     if (!exports.suppressErrorsInPadText) {
-      exports.defaultPadText = `${exports.defaultPadText}\nWarning: ${dirtyWarning}${suppressDisableMsg}`;
+      exports.defaultPadText += `\nWarning: ${dirtyWarning}${suppressDisableMsg}`;
     }
 
     exports.dbSettings.filename = absolutePaths.makeAbsolute(exports.dbSettings.filename);
@@ -780,7 +802,8 @@ exports.reloadSettings = () => {
 
   if (exports.ip === '') {
     // using Unix socket for connectivity
-    console.warn('The settings file contains an empty string ("") for the "ip" parameter. The "port" parameter will be interpreted as the path to a Unix socket to bind at.');
+    console.warn('The settings file contains an empty string ("") for the "ip" parameter. The ' +
+                 '"port" parameter will be interpreted as the path to a Unix socket to bind at.');
   }
 
   /*