diff --git a/client/rechallenge/transformers.js b/client/rechallenge/transformers.js
index e7993c5f6d..b0b855ce93 100644
--- a/client/rechallenge/transformers.js
+++ b/client/rechallenge/transformers.js
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import * as babel from 'babel-core';
+import presetEs2015 from 'babel-preset-es2015';
+import presetReact from 'babel-preset-react';
 import { Observable } from 'rx';
 /* eslint-disable import/no-unresolved */
 import loopProtect from 'loop-protect';
@@ -5,6 +8,7 @@ import loopProtect from 'loop-protect';
 
 import { updateContents } from '../../common/utils/polyvinyl';
 
+const babelOptions = { presets: [ presetEs2015, presetReact ] };
 loopProtect.hit = function hit(line) {
   var err = 'Error: Exiting potential infinite loop at line ' +
     line +
@@ -26,6 +30,21 @@ const transformersForHtmlJS = {
   ]
 };
 
+const transformersForJs = {
+  ext: /js/,
+  transformers: [
+    {
+      name: 'babel-transformer',
+      transformer: function babelTransformer(file) {
+        const result = babel.transform(file.contents, babelOptions);
+        return updateContents(
+          result.code,
+          file
+        );
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+};
 
 // Observable[Observable[File]]::addLoopProtect() => Observable[String]
 export default function transformers() {
@@ -34,6 +53,16 @@ export default function transformers() {
     if (!transformersForHtmlJS.ext.test(file.ext)) {
       return Observable.just(file);
     }
+    if (
+      transformersForJs.ext.test(file.ext) &&
+      transformersForHtmlJS.ext.test(file.ext)
+    ) {
+      return Observable.of(
+        ...transformersForHtmlJS.transformers,
+        ...transformersForJs.transformers
+      )
+        .reduce((file, context) => context.transformer(file), file);
+    }
     return Observable.from(transformersForHtmlJS.transformers)
       .reduce((file, context) => context.transformer(file), file);
   }));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3e686cdab..081511530d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "accepts": "^1.3.0",
     "async": "^1.5.0",
+    "babel-core": "^6.3.26",
+    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
+    "babel-preset-react": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-register": "^6.3.0",
     "body-parser": "^1.13.2",
     "cheerio": "~0.20.0",
@@ -120,13 +123,10 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "adler32": "~0.1.7",
     "babel-cli": "^6.3.17",
-    "babel-core": "^6.3.26",
     "babel-eslint": "^6.1.2",
     "babel-istanbul": "^0.11.0",
     "babel-loader": "^6.2.1",
     "babel-plugin-add-module-exports": "^0.2.1",
-    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
-    "babel-preset-react": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.3.13",
     "browser-sync": "^2.9.12",
     "chunk-manifest-webpack-plugin": "0.1.0",
@@ -170,4 +170,4 @@
     "yargs": "^4.1.0"
   },
   "snyk": true
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 7ae5472131..94355ad18e 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ module.exports = {
     bundle: './client'
   },
   devtool: __DEV__ ? 'inline-source-map' : null,
+  node: {
+    // Mock Node.js modules that Babel require()s but that we don't
+    // particularly care about.
+    fs: 'empty',
+    module: 'empty',
+    net: 'empty'
+  },
   output: {
     filename: __DEV__ ? 'bundle.js' : 'bundle-[hash].js',
     chunkFilename: __DEV__ ?
@@ -43,14 +50,19 @@ module.exports = {
     'loop-protect': 'loopProtect'
   },
   plugins: [
-    new webpack.optimize.DedupePlugin(),
-    new webpack.optimize.OccurenceOrderPlugin(true),
     new webpack.DefinePlugin({
       'process.env': {
         NODE_ENV: JSON.stringify(__DEV__ ? 'development' : 'production')
       },
       __DEVTOOLS__: !__DEV__
-    })
+    }),
+    // Use browser version of visionmedia-debug
+    new webpack.NormalModuleReplacementPlugin(
+      /debug\/node/,
+      'debug/browser'
+    ),
+    new webpack.optimize.DedupePlugin(),
+    new webpack.optimize.OccurenceOrderPlugin(true)
   ]
 };