diff --git a/client/configuration/babel/babel.dev.js b/client/configuration/babel/babel.dev.js
index 71dd505d..ced66fba 100644
--- a/client/configuration/babel/babel.dev.js
+++ b/client/configuration/babel/babel.dev.js
@@ -6,8 +6,5 @@ module.exports = {
     "stage-0",
     "react"
   ],
-  plugins: [
-    "react-hot-loader/babel",
-    "babel-plugin-transform-decorators-legacy"
-  ]
+  plugins: ["babel-plugin-transform-decorators-legacy"]
 };
diff --git a/client/configuration/webpack/webpack.config.dev.js b/client/configuration/webpack/webpack.config.dev.js
index 7bbfa9ca..63d3396a 100644
--- a/client/configuration/webpack/webpack.config.dev.js
+++ b/client/configuration/webpack/webpack.config.dev.js
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@ const nodeModules = path.resolve("node_modules");
 module.exports = {
   mode: "development",
   devtool: "eval",
-  entry: [
-    "webpack-hot-middleware/client?quiet=true&noInfo=true",
-    require.resolve("react-hot-loader/patch"),
-    "./src/index"
-  ],
+  entry: ["./src/index"],
   output: {
     path: path.resolve("build"),
     pathinfo: true,
@@ -47,9 +43,7 @@ module.exports = {
           {
             loader: "postcss-loader",
             options: {
-              plugins: function() {
-                return [];
-              }
+              plugins: () => []
             }
           }
         ]
@@ -75,8 +69,6 @@ module.exports = {
       template: path.resolve("index.html"),
       favicon: path.resolve("favicon.png")
     }),
-    // Note: only CSS is currently hot reloaded
-    new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
     new webpack.NoEmitOnErrorsPlugin()
   ]
 };
diff --git a/client/package-lock.json b/client/package-lock.json
index 0af99bd1..d6716aa3 100644
--- a/client/package-lock.json
+++ b/client/package-lock.json
@@ -983,12 +983,6 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
-    "ansi-html": {
-      "version": "0.0.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-html/-/ansi-html-0.0.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-gTWEAhliqenm/QOflA0S9WynhZ4=",
-      "dev": true
-    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-2.1.1.tgz",
@@ -4618,11 +4612,6 @@
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       }
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-      "version": "0.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dom-walk/-/dom-walk-0.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-ZyIm3HTI95mtNTB9+TaroRrNYBg="
-    },
     "domain-browser": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/domain-browser/-/domain-browser-1.2.0.tgz",
@@ -4779,14 +4768,6 @@
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-      "version": "1.3.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/error-stack-parser/-/error-stack-parser-1.3.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-4Oc7k+QXE40c18C3RrGkoUhUwpI=",
-      "requires": {
-        "stackframe": "^0.3.1"
-      }
-    },
     "es-abstract": {
       "version": "1.12.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es-abstract/-/es-abstract-1.12.0.tgz",
@@ -5874,7 +5855,8 @@
         "ansi-regex": {
           "version": "2.1.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "aproba": {
           "version": "1.2.0",
@@ -5895,12 +5877,14 @@
         "balanced-match": {
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "brace-expansion": {
           "version": "1.1.11",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "balanced-match": "^1.0.0",
             "concat-map": "0.0.1"
@@ -5915,17 +5899,20 @@
         "code-point-at": {
           "version": "1.1.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "concat-map": {
           "version": "0.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "console-control-strings": {
           "version": "1.1.0",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "core-util-is": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
@@ -6042,7 +6029,8 @@
         "inherits": {
           "version": "2.0.3",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "ini": {
           "version": "1.3.5",
@@ -6054,6 +6042,7 @@
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "number-is-nan": "^1.0.0"
           }
@@ -6068,6 +6057,7 @@
           "version": "3.0.4",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "brace-expansion": "^1.1.7"
           }
@@ -6075,12 +6065,14 @@
         "minimist": {
           "version": "0.0.8",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "minipass": {
           "version": "2.2.4",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "safe-buffer": "^5.1.1",
             "yallist": "^3.0.0"
@@ -6099,6 +6091,7 @@
           "version": "0.5.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "minimist": "0.0.8"
           }
@@ -6179,7 +6172,8 @@
         "number-is-nan": {
           "version": "1.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "object-assign": {
           "version": "4.1.1",
@@ -6191,6 +6185,7 @@
           "version": "1.4.0",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "wrappy": "1"
           }
@@ -6276,7 +6271,8 @@
         "safe-buffer": {
           "version": "5.1.1",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "safer-buffer": {
           "version": "2.1.2",
@@ -6312,6 +6308,7 @@
           "version": "1.0.2",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "code-point-at": "^1.0.0",
             "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^1.0.0",
@@ -6331,6 +6328,7 @@
           "version": "3.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
           "dev": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "ansi-regex": "^2.0.0"
           }
@@ -6374,12 +6372,14 @@
         "wrappy": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "yallist": {
           "version": "3.0.2",
           "bundled": true,
-          "dev": true
+          "dev": true,
+          "optional": true
         }
       }
     },
@@ -6471,15 +6471,6 @@
         "is-glob": "^2.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "global": {
-      "version": "4.3.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/global/-/global-4.3.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-52mJJopsdMOJCLEwWxD8DjlOnQ8=",
-      "requires": {
-        "min-document": "^2.19.0",
-        "process": "~0.5.1"
-      }
-    },
     "global-modules-path": {
       "version": "2.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/global-modules-path/-/global-modules-path-2.3.0.tgz",
@@ -6780,12 +6771,6 @@
         "whatwg-encoding": "^1.0.1"
       }
     },
-    "html-entities": {
-      "version": "1.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-entities/-/html-entities-1.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-DfKTUfByEWNRXfueVUPl9u7VFi8=",
-      "dev": true
-    },
     "html-minifier": {
       "version": "3.5.19",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-minifier/-/html-minifier-3.5.19.tgz",
@@ -9073,14 +9058,6 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
-    "min-document": {
-      "version": "2.19.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/min-document/-/min-document-2.19.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-e9KC4/WELtKVu3SM3Z8f+iyCRoU=",
-      "requires": {
-        "dom-walk": "^0.1.0"
-      }
-    },
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": {
       "version": "0.4.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mini-css-extract-plugin/-/mini-css-extract-plugin-0.4.1.tgz",
@@ -11288,11 +11265,6 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
-    "process": {
-      "version": "0.5.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/process/-/process-0.5.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-FjjYqONML0QKkduVq5rrZ3/Bhc8="
-    },
     "process-nextick-args": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/process-nextick-args/-/process-nextick-args-2.0.0.tgz",
@@ -11547,11 +11519,6 @@
         "prop-types": "^15.5.10"
       }
     },
-    "react-deep-force-update": {
-      "version": "2.1.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-deep-force-update/-/react-deep-force-update-2.1.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-jqQmPNZFWgULN0RbPwj9g52G6Qk="
-    },
     "react-dom": {
       "version": "16.4.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-dom/-/react-dom-16.4.2.tgz",
@@ -11574,18 +11541,6 @@
         "react-side-effect": "^1.1.0"
       }
     },
-    "react-hot-loader": {
-      "version": "3.1.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-hot-loader/-/react-hot-loader-3.1.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-d7nZf78irxoGN5PY4zd6CSgZiroOhvIWzRast3qwTn4sSnBwlt08kV8WMQ9mitmxEdlCTwZt+5ClrRSjxWguMQ==",
-      "requires": {
-        "global": "^4.3.0",
-        "react-deep-force-update": "^2.1.1",
-        "react-proxy": "^3.0.0-alpha.0",
-        "redbox-react": "^1.3.6",
-        "source-map": "^0.6.1"
-      }
-    },
     "react-icon-base": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-icon-base/-/react-icon-base-2.1.0.tgz",
@@ -11599,14 +11554,6 @@
         "react-icon-base": "2.1.0"
       }
     },
-    "react-proxy": {
-      "version": "3.0.0-alpha.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-proxy/-/react-proxy-3.0.0-alpha.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-RABCa8+oDKpnJMd1VpUxUgn6Swc=",
-      "requires": {
-        "lodash": "^4.6.1"
-      }
-    },
     "react-redux": {
       "version": "5.0.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-redux/-/react-redux-5.0.7.tgz",
@@ -11707,17 +11654,6 @@
         "util.promisify": "^1.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "redbox-react": {
-      "version": "1.6.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/redbox-react/-/redbox-react-1.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-mLjM5eYR41yOp5YKHpd3syFeGq6B4Wj5vZr64nbLvTZW5ZLff4LYk7VE4ITpVxkZpCY6OZuqh0HiP3A3uEaCpg==",
-      "requires": {
-        "error-stack-parser": "^1.3.6",
-        "object-assign": "^4.0.1",
-        "prop-types": "^15.5.4",
-        "sourcemapped-stacktrace": "^1.1.6"
-      }
-    },
     "redent": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/redent/-/redent-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -12533,7 +12469,8 @@
     "source-map": {
       "version": "0.6.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map/-/source-map-0.6.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-UjgapumWlbMhkBgzT7Ykc5YXUT46F0iKu8SGXq0bcwP5dz/h0Plj6enJqjz1Zbq2l5WaqYnrVbwWOWMyF3F47g=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-UjgapumWlbMhkBgzT7Ykc5YXUT46F0iKu8SGXq0bcwP5dz/h0Plj6enJqjz1Zbq2l5WaqYnrVbwWOWMyF3F47g==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "source-map-resolve": {
       "version": "0.5.2",
@@ -12571,21 +12508,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-PpNdfd1zYxuXZZlW1VEo6HtQhKM=",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "sourcemapped-stacktrace": {
-      "version": "1.1.8",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sourcemapped-stacktrace/-/sourcemapped-stacktrace-1.1.8.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-OkVoI7GQOLl/laR1qsSo1c87tS8kF2VXhQq2SrQCDdXufBAcm8FgXogWso96ciMYoDtTw1Dn70CVdwYzoYs6Pg==",
-      "requires": {
-        "source-map": "0.5.6"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "source-map": {
-          "version": "0.5.6",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map/-/source-map-0.5.6.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha1-dc449SvwczxafwwRjYEzSiu19BI="
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "spdx-correct": {
       "version": "3.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/spdx-correct/-/spdx-correct-3.0.0.tgz",
@@ -12665,11 +12587,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-1PM6tU6OOHeLDKXP07OvsS22hiA=",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "stackframe": {
-      "version": "0.3.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/stackframe/-/stackframe-0.3.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-M6qE8Rd6VUjIk1Uzy/6zQgl19aQ="
-    },
     "static-extend": {
       "version": "0.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/static-extend/-/static-extend-0.1.2.tgz",
@@ -14158,18 +14075,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "webpack-hot-middleware": {
-      "version": "2.22.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-hot-middleware/-/webpack-hot-middleware-2.22.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-mrG3bJGX4jgWbrpY0ghIpPgCmNhZziFMBJBmZfpIe6K/P1rWPkdkbGihbCUIufgQ8ruX4txE5/CKSeFNzDcYOw==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {
-        "ansi-html": "0.0.7",
-        "html-entities": "^1.2.0",
-        "querystring": "^0.2.0",
-        "strip-ansi": "^3.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "webpack-log": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-log/-/webpack-log-1.2.0.tgz",
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index 0909f0d6..1e64eb74 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@
     "react-autocomplete": "^1.7.2",
     "react-dom": "^16.4.1",
     "react-helmet": "^5.2.0",
-    "react-hot-loader": "^3.0.0-beta.7",
     "react-icons": "^2.2.7",
     "react-redux": "^5.0.6",
-    "redbox-react": "^1.3.0",
     "redux": "^3.7.2",
     "redux-thunk": "^2.2.0",
     "regl": "^1.3.1",
@@ -99,8 +97,7 @@
     "url-loader": "^1.1.0",
     "webpack": "^4.16.0",
     "webpack-cli": "^3.1.0",
-    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^3.1.3",
-    "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.22.3"
+    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^3.1.3"
   },
   "jest": {
     "testMatch": [
diff --git a/client/server/development.js b/client/server/development.js
index fa8938ff..4c6e5108 100644
--- a/client/server/development.js
+++ b/client/server/development.js
@@ -32,13 +32,11 @@ app.use(historyApiFallback({ verbose: false }));
 
 app.use(
   require("webpack-dev-middleware")(compiler, {
-    logLevel: 'warn',
+    logLevel: "warn",
     publicPath: config.output.publicPath
   })
 );
 
-app.use(require("webpack-hot-middleware")(compiler));
-
 app.use(favicon("./favicon.png"));
 
 app.get("*", (req, res) => {
diff --git a/client/src/index.js b/client/src/index.js
index 17f7a212..da4c4fee 100644
--- a/client/src/index.js
+++ b/client/src/index.js
@@ -2,34 +2,15 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 import React from "react";
 import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
-import { AppContainer } from "react-hot-loader";
 import { Provider } from "react-redux";
-import Redbox from "redbox-react";
 
 /* our code */
 import App from "./components/app";
 import store from "./reducers";
 
 ReactDOM.render(
-  <AppContainer errorReporter={Redbox}>
-    <Provider store={store}>
-      <App />
-    </Provider>
-  </AppContainer>,
+  <Provider store={store}>
+    <App />
+  </Provider>,
   document.getElementById("root")
 );
-
-// Hot Module Replacement API
-if (module.hot) {
-  module.hot.accept("./components/app", () => {
-    const NextApp = require("./components/app").default;
-    ReactDOM.render(
-      <AppContainer>
-        <Provider store={store}>
-          <NextApp />
-        </Provider>
-      </AppContainer>,
-      document.getElementById("root")
-    );
-  });
-}