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+**NOTE: This boilerplate is years old (which in the frontend world is like decades old), and at this point is outdated.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/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..cdcc853 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5103,8 +5103,8 @@ string_decoder@^0.10.25, string_decoder@~0.10.x:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-0.10.31.tgz#62e203bc41766c6c28c9fc84301dab1c5310fa94"
 
 stringstream@~0.0.4:
-  version "0.0.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stringstream/-/stringstream-0.0.5.tgz#4e484cd4de5a0bbbee18e46307710a8a81621878"
+  version "0.0.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stringstream/-/stringstream-0.0.6.tgz#7880225b0d4ad10e30927d167a1d6f2fd3b33a72"
 
 strip-ansi@^3.0.0, strip-ansi@^3.0.1:
   version "3.0.1"