diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
index 09acf26..4f2e582 100644
--- a/.babelrc
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 {
   "presets": [
     [
-      "@babel/preset-env", {
-        "useBuiltIns": "usage"
+      "@babel/preset-env",
+      {
+        "useBuiltIns": "usage",
+        "corejs": 2
       }
     ],
     "@babel/preset-react"
   ],
-  "plugins": ["@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread"],
+  "plugins": [
+    "@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread"
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/.ebextensions/01_node_bin.config b/.ebextensions/01_node_bin.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e44911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ebextensions/01_node_bin.config
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+container_commands:
+  01_node_binary:
+    command: "ln -sf `ls -td /opt/elasticbeanstalk/node-install/node-* | head -1`/bin/node /bin/node"
+  02_npm_binary:
+    command: "ln -sf `ls -td /opt/elasticbeanstalk/node-install/node-* | head -1`/bin/npm /bin/npm"
diff --git a/.ebextensions/02_nodecommand.config b/.ebextensions/02_nodecommand.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff3bb99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ebextensions/02_nodecommand.config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# 02_nodecommand.config
+# option_settings:
+#   aws:elasticbeanstalk:container:nodejs:
+#     NodeCommand: npm run start:eb
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed072b6..9f1cbe5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,9 @@ lib-cov
 *.out
 *.pid
 package-lock.json
+
+# Elastic Beanstalk Files
+.elasticbeanstalk/*
+!.elasticbeanstalk/*.cfg.yml
+!.elasticbeanstalk/*.global.yml
+.ebextensions/01_envvar.config
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f380845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Force npm to run node-gyp also as root, preventing permission denied errors in AWS with npm@5
+unsafe-perm=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/env/production.js b/config/env/production.js
index a70e4aa..18f6c02 100644
--- a/config/env/production.js
+++ b/config/env/production.js
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ module.exports = {
   * this, just try deploying without setting it and see if it works.)       *
   *                                                                         *
   ***************************************************************************/
-  port: 80,
+  port: 8081,
 
   /**************************************************************************
   *                                                                         *
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8e33ae8..795762c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "roe-base",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
   "description": "a Sails application",
   "keywords": [],
   "scripts": {
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "start:debug": "npm-run-all --parallel open:client debug",
     "start:prod": "npm-run-all --parallel build:prod lift",
     "start:client": "webpack-dev-server --mode development",
+    "start:eb": "npm run db:migrate && npm run build:prod && npm run lift",
     "lift": "sails lift",
     "build": "npm run build:prod",
     "build:dev": "webpack --mode development",
@@ -54,9 +55,9 @@
     "sails-postgresql": "^1.0.2",
     "showdown": "^1.9.0",
     "ta-json-x": "^2.5.0",
-    "xmldom": "^0.1.27"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
+    "webpack": "^4.23.1",
+    "webpack-cli": "^3.1.2",
+    "xmldom": "^0.1.27",
     "@babel/core": "^7.1.2",
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread": "^7.0.0",
     "@babel/polyfill": "^7.0.0",
@@ -76,14 +77,12 @@
     "sass-loader": "^7.1.0",
     "standard": "^12.0.1",
     "style-loader": "^0.23.1",
-    "webpack": "^4.23.1",
-    "webpack-cli": "^3.1.2",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^3.1.10"
   },
   "main": "app.js",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "git://github.com/vagrant/roe-base.git"
+    "url": "git://github.com/ebookfoundation/riverofebooks.git"
   },
   "author": "vagrant",
   "license": "",