diff --git a/models/index.js b/models/index.js
index 96a4bea5..fccf560b 100644
--- a/models/index.js
+++ b/models/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
+// const fs = require('fs');
+// const path = require('path');
 const Sequelize = require('sequelize');
-const basename = path.basename(module.filename);
+// const basename = path.basename(module.filename);
 const logger = require('winston');
 const config = require('../config/speechConfig.js');
 const { database, username, password } = config.sql;
@@ -30,16 +30,30 @@ sequelize
     logger.error('Sequelize was unable to connect to the database:', err);
   });
 
-// add each model to the db object
-fs
-  .readdirSync(__dirname)
-  .filter(file => {
-    return (file.indexOf('.') !== 0 && file !== basename && file.slice(-3) === '.js');
-  })
-  .forEach(file => {
-    const model = sequelize['import'](path.join(__dirname, file));
-    db[model.name] = model;
-  });
+// // add each model to the db object
+// fs
+//   .readdirSync(__dirname)
+//   .filter(file => {
+//     return (file.indexOf('.') !== 0 && file !== basename && file.slice(-3) === '.js');
+//   })
+//   .forEach(file => {
+//     const model = sequelize['import'](path.join(__dirname, file));
+//     db[model.name] = model;
+//   });
+
+// manually add each model to the db
+const Certificate = require('./certificate.js');
+const Channel = require('./channel.js');
+const Claim = require('./claim.js');
+const File = require('./file.js');
+const Request = require('./request.js');
+const User = require('./user.js');
+db['Certificate'] = sequelize.import('Certificate', Certificate);
+db['Channel'] = sequelize.import('Channel', Channel);
+db['Claim'] = sequelize.import('Claim', Claim);
+db['File'] = sequelize.import('File', File);
+db['Request'] = sequelize.import('Request', Request);
+db['User'] = sequelize.import('User', User);
 
 // run model.association for each model in the db object that has an association
 Object.keys(db).forEach(modelName => {
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index ec2cc967..5e8d10f4 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -5,38 +5,41 @@ const REACT_ROOT = Path.resolve(__dirname, 'react/');
 console.log('REACT_ROOT:', REACT_ROOT);
 
 module.exports = [
-  // {
-  //   target: 'web',
-  //   entry : ['babel-polyfill', 'whatwg-fetch', './react/client.js'],
-  //   output: {
-  //     path      : Path.join(__dirname, 'public/bundle/'),
-  //     publicPath: 'public/bundle/',
-  //     filename  : 'bundle.js',
-  //   },
-  //   watch : true,
-  //   module: {
-  //     loaders: [
-  //       {
-  //         test   : /.jsx?$/,
-  //         loader : 'babel-loader',
-  //         exclude: /node_modules/,
-  //         query  : {
-  //           presets: ['es2015', 'react', 'stage-2'],
-  //         },
-  //       },
-  //     ],
-  //   },
-  //   resolve: {
-  //     modules: [
-  //       REACT_ROOT,
-  //       'node_modules',
-  //       __dirname,
-  //     ],
-  //     extensions: ['.js', '.jsx', '.scss'],
-  //   },
-  // },
   {
-    target   : 'node',
+    target: 'web',
+    entry : ['babel-polyfill', 'whatwg-fetch', './react/client.js'],
+    output: {
+      path      : Path.join(__dirname, 'public/bundle/'),
+      publicPath: 'public/bundle/',
+      filename  : 'bundle.js',
+    },
+    watch : true,
+    module: {
+      loaders: [
+        {
+          test   : /.jsx?$/,
+          loader : 'babel-loader',
+          exclude: /node_modules/,
+          query  : {
+            presets: ['es2015', 'react', 'stage-2'],
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    resolve: {
+      modules: [
+        REACT_ROOT,
+        'node_modules',
+        __dirname,
+      ],
+      extensions: ['.js', '.jsx', '.scss'],
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    target: 'node',
+    node  : {
+      __dirname: false,
+    },
     externals: [nodeExternals()],
     entry    : ['./server.js'],
     output   : {