diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index 3f386fd..cfeb878 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-window.React = require('react');
+// combine react & react-dom/server to emulate React 0.12.x
+window.React = Object.assign(require('react'), require('react-dom/server'));
 var App = require('./components/App.react');
 var css = require('./../css/app.css');
 require('../img/social_media.png');
 
-React.initializeTouchEvents(true);
-
 // Render the app component (js/components/App.react.js)
 React.render(
 	<App />,
diff --git a/js/constants/AppConstants.js b/js/constants/AppConstants.js
index ea53ed8..f825214 100644
--- a/js/constants/AppConstants.js
+++ b/js/constants/AppConstants.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var keyMirror = require('react/lib/keyMirror');
+var keyMirror = obj => Object.keys(obj).reduce( (acc, key) => ((acc[key]=key), acc), {} );
 
 // Define actions
 module.exports = keyMirror({
diff --git a/js/stores/AppStore.js b/js/stores/AppStore.js
index fb6f5fd..6c9ea25 100644
--- a/js/stores/AppStore.js
+++ b/js/stores/AppStore.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ var AppDispatcher = require('../dispatcher/AppDispatcher');
 var AppActions = require('../actions/AppActions');
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var AppConstants = require('../constants/AppConstants');
-var assign = require('react/lib/Object.assign');
+var assign = Object.assign || ((obj, props) => { for (let i in props) obj[i] = props[i]; return obj; });
 
 /**
  * DATA
diff --git a/makewebpackconfig.js b/makewebpackconfig.js
index ad84abc..62bd1d8 100644
--- a/makewebpackconfig.js
+++ b/makewebpackconfig.js
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ module.exports = function(options) {
       path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'build'),
       filename: "js/bundle.js"
     },
+    resolve: {
+        alias: {
+            react: 'preact-compat',
+            'react-dom': 'preact-compat'
+        }
+    },
     module: {
       loaders: [{
           test: /\.js$/, // Transform all .js files required somewhere within an entry point...
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 007dd29..2be4c25 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
   "main": "js/app.js",
   "dependencies": {
     "flux": "^2.0.0",
-    "react": "^0.12.0"
+    "preact": "^6.0.0",
+    "preact-compat": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "appcache-webpack-plugin": "1.2.1",
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
     "postcss-nested": "^1.0.0",
     "postcss-reporter": "^0.4.0",
     "postcss-simple-vars": "^0.3.0",
-    "react-hot-loader": "^1.2.8",
     "style-loader": "^0.12.3",
     "url-loader": "^0.5.6",
     "webpack": "^1.10.5",
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@
     "start": "node server.js",
     "build": "rm -rf build | webpack --config webpack.build.config.js --progress --colors -p"
   },
-  "browserify": {
-    "transform": [
-      "reactify",
-      "envify"
-    ]
-  },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/mstoiber/sharing.git"