diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d1af0a..fdc8162 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 This is a React/Redux single page app that can be used as boilerplate for any starting project, or simply for educational purposes. 
 
+**NOTE: This boilerplate is years old (which in the frontend world is like decades old), and at this point is outdated. Webpack, Babel, React-Router, etc. all need to be upgraded (unfortunately not as trivial as changing versions). Thus I do not recommend using this boilerplate beyond simply being a reference.
+
 ### Features:
 
 * Universal/Isomorphic rendering
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b6247af..61fcd06 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "express": "4.14.0",
     "history": "3.2.1",
     "isomorphic-fetch": "2.2.1",
-    "lodash": "4.15.0",
+    "lodash": "4.17.13",
     "lost": "7.1.0",
     "mobile-detect": "^1.3.5",
     "node-sass": "4.5.0",
diff --git a/webpack/development/dev.config.js b/webpack/development/dev.config.js
index 1b92cec..e075f5b 100644
--- a/webpack/development/dev.config.js
+++ b/webpack/development/dev.config.js
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ var webpack = require('webpack')
 const ROOT = '../..'
 const PORT = require(ROOT + '/config/serverConfig.json').PORT
 
-require('../symlinks')()
-
 var configVars = {
   NODE_ENV: JSON.stringify('development'),
   BROWSER: JSON.stringify(true)
@@ -24,6 +22,13 @@ module.exports = {
     filename: 'js/main.bundle.js',
     publicPath: `http://localhost:${PORT}/`
   },
+  resolve: {
+    alias: {
+      Src: path.join(__dirname, ROOT + '/src'),
+      Config: path.join(__dirname, ROOT + '/config'),
+    },
+    extensions: ['.js', '.jsx']
+  },
   plugins: [
     new webpack.LoaderOptionsPlugin({
       debug: true,
diff --git a/webpack/production/prod.config.js b/webpack/production/prod.config.js
index 43aeda6..9392ebf 100644
--- a/webpack/production/prod.config.js
+++ b/webpack/production/prod.config.js
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ var WebpackMd5Hash = require('webpack-md5-hash') //required for ChunkManifestPlu
 var ManifestPlugin = require('webpack-manifest-plugin')
 const ROOT = '../..'
 
-require('../symlinks')()
-
-const VERSION = require(ROOT + '/package.json').version || '0.0.0'
+// const VERSION = require(ROOT + '/package.json').version || '0.0.0'
 
 var configVars = {
   NODE_ENV: JSON.stringify('production'),
@@ -16,7 +14,7 @@ var configVars = {
 }
 
 const config = require(ROOT + '/config/config.js')['production']
-const { STATIC_URL } = config
+// const { STATIC_URL } = config
 
 module.exports = {
   context: path.resolve(__dirname, ROOT),
@@ -41,6 +39,13 @@ module.exports = {
     filename: 'js/[name]_[chunkhash]_bundle.js',
     chunkFilename: 'js/[name]_[chunkhash]_chunk.js'
   },
+  resolve: {
+    alias: {
+      Src: path.join(__dirname, ROOT + '/src'),
+      Config: path.join(__dirname, ROOT + '/config'),
+    },
+    extensions: ['.js', '.jsx']
+  },
   plugins: [
     new webpack.LoaderOptionsPlugin({
       minimize: true,
diff --git a/webpack/symlinks.js b/webpack/symlinks.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a627365..0000000
--- a/webpack/symlinks.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-/**
-  * Symlinks:
-  *
-  * @app -> if dev then src folder, if prod then bin folder
-  * @static -> static
-  * 
-  * Note: Symlink also in package.json because @app needs to point to bin after compilation
-  * when running production
-  */
-
-const execSync = require('child_process').execSync
-
-module.exports = function () {
-  execSync("rm -rf node_modules/@app && ln -sf ../src node_modules/@app")
-  execSync("[ -h ./node_modules/@static ] || ln -sf ../static ./node_modules/@static")
-  execSync("[ -h ./node_modules/@config ] || ln -sf ../config ./node_modules/@config")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9ae4a6f..73f3983 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3013,9 +3013,9 @@ lodash@4.13.1:
   version "4.13.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.13.1.tgz#83e4b10913f48496d4d16fec4a560af2ee744b68"
 
-lodash@4.15.0, "lodash@>=3.5 <5", lodash@^4.0.0, lodash@^4.13.1, lodash@^4.14.0, lodash@^4.2.0, lodash@^4.2.1, lodash@^4.3.0, lodash@^4.5.0, lodash@^4.6.1:
-  version "4.15.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.15.0.tgz#3162391d8f0140aa22cf8f6b3c34d6b7f63d3aa9"
+lodash@4.17.13, "lodash@>=3.5 <5", lodash@^4.0.0, lodash@^4.13.1, lodash@^4.14.0, lodash@^4.2.0, lodash@^4.2.1, lodash@^4.3.0, lodash@^4.5.0, lodash@^4.6.1:
+  version "4.17.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.13.tgz#0bdc3a6adc873d2f4e0c4bac285df91b64fc7b93"
 
 lodash@^3.10.1:
   version "3.10.1"