diff --git a/js/.babelrc b/js/.babelrc
index 5c99af2ea..505a3027d 100644
--- a/js/.babelrc
+++ b/js/.babelrc
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "presets": [
-    "es2017", "es2016",
-    [ "es2015", { "modules": false } ],
+    "es2017", "es2016", "es2015",
     "stage-0", "react"
   ],
   "plugins": [
diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index ad944dc85..633aa7ed3 100644
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     "postcss-loader": "~1.1.1",
     "postcss-nested": "~1.0.0",
     "postcss-simple-vars": "~3.0.0",
-    "progress": "^1.1.8",
+    "progress": "~1.1.8",
     "raw-loader": "~0.5.1",
     "react-addons-perf": "~15.3.2",
     "react-addons-test-utils": "~15.3.2",
diff --git a/js/webpack/shared.js b/js/webpack/shared.js
index 19c3cd770..b61743154 100644
--- a/js/webpack/shared.js
+++ b/js/webpack/shared.js
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ const rucksack = require('rucksack-css');
 const ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
 const isProd = ENV === 'production';
 
+function getBabelrc () {
+  const babelrc = require('../.babelrc');
+  const es2015Index = babelrc.presets.findIndex((p) => p === 'es2015');
+  babelrc.preset[es2015Index] = [ 'es2015', { modules: false } ];
+  return babelrc;
+}
+
 function getPlugins (_isProd = isProd) {
   const postcss = [
     postcssImport({
@@ -154,6 +161,7 @@ function addProxies (app) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
+  getBabelrc: getBabelrc,
   getPlugins: getPlugins,
   dappsEntry: getDappsEntry(),
   addProxies: addProxies