diff --git a/etc/appConfig.js b/etc/appConfig.js
index e39cc8c..eb4314d 100644
--- a/etc/appConfig.js
+++ b/etc/appConfig.js
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 var path = require("path"),
   sourcePath = 'test/app',
-  sourceRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', sourcePath);
+  distPath = 'dist',
+  sourceRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', sourcePath),
+  distRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', distPath);
 
 var appConfig = {
   srcPath: sourceRoot,
   genPath: 'src-gen',
   testPath: 'test/specs',
-  distPath: 'dist',
+  distPath: distRoot,
   templatesPath: 'scripts/templates',
   specs: '/**/*.spec.ts',
   testBundle: path.resolve(__dirname, './spec-bundle.js'),
diff --git a/etc/helpers.js b/etc/helpers.js
index 4a75edf..a626af4 100755
--- a/etc/helpers.js
+++ b/etc/helpers.js
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ function mergeAppConfig(overwrittenConfig) { /*eslint complexity: [error, 22]*/
     dist: appConfig.dist || path.resolve(distPath),
     genPath: genPath,
     junit: junit,
+    copy: appConfig.copy,
     indexFiles: indexFiles,
     gen: appConfig.gen || path.resolve(genPath),
     chunks: appConfig.chunks || defaultAppConfig.chunks,
diff --git a/etc/webpack.common.js b/etc/webpack.common.js
index b2ad540..5bf2a9b 100755
--- a/etc/webpack.common.js
+++ b/etc/webpack.common.js
@@ -115,10 +115,6 @@ var config = {
     // resolve https://github.com/holisticon/angular-common/issues/10
     exprContextCritical: false,
 
-    noParse: [
-      /@angular|zone.js/
-    ],
-
     /*
      * An array of automatically applied loaders.
      *
@@ -193,7 +189,7 @@ var config = {
       // TODO appConfig.srcSASS
       {
         test: /\.scss$/,
-        loaders: ["style", "css", "sass"]
+        loaders: ['style-loader', 'css-loader', 'sass-loader']
       },
       /*
        * to string and css loader support for *.css files
diff --git a/etc/webpack.dev.js b/etc/webpack.dev.js
index e9f6c81..dd1d075 100755
--- a/etc/webpack.dev.js
+++ b/etc/webpack.dev.js
@@ -37,20 +37,6 @@ const METADATA = webpackMerge(commonConfig.metadata, {
  */
 module.exports = webpackMerge(commonConfig, {
 
-  /**
-   * Merged metadata from webpack.common.js for index.html
-   *
-   * See: (custom attribute)
-   */
-  metadata: METADATA,
-
-  /**
-   * Switch loaders to debug mode.
-   *
-   * See: http://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#debug
-   */
-  // debug: true,
-
   /**
    * Developer tool to enhance debugging
    *
@@ -134,18 +120,6 @@ module.exports = webpackMerge(commonConfig, {
     new OpenBrowserPlugin({ url: 'http://localhost:3000' })
   ],
 
-  /**
-   * Static analysis linter for TypeScript advanced options configuration
-   * Description: An extensible linter for the TypeScript language.
-   *
-   * See: https://github.com/wbuchwalter/tslint-loader
-   */
-  tslint: {
-    emitErrors: false,
-    failOnHint: false,
-    resourcePath: 'src'
-  },
-
   /**
    * Webpack Development Server configuration
    * Description: The webpack-dev-server is a little node.js Express server.
@@ -162,7 +136,7 @@ module.exports = webpackMerge(commonConfig, {
       aggregateTimeout: 300,
       poll: 1000
     },
-    outputPath: appConfig.dist,
+    contentBase: appConfig.dist,
     proxy: appConfig.proxy
   },
 
@@ -173,7 +147,7 @@ module.exports = webpackMerge(commonConfig, {
    * See: https://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#node
    */
   node: {
-    global: 'window',
+    global: true,
     crypto: 'empty',
     process: true,
     module: false,
diff --git a/test/helpers.spec.js b/test/helpers.spec.js
index 0453197..c986482 100644
--- a/test/helpers.spec.js
+++ b/test/helpers.spec.js
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ describe('mergeAppConfig', () => {
     var config = mergeAppConfig();
     expect(config).toBeDefined();
     var expectation = getAppConfig();
+    delete config['copy'];
     delete config['junit'];
     delete expectation['junit'];
+    delete expectation['copy'];
     expect(config).toEqualJson(expectation);
   });
 
@@ -40,8 +42,10 @@ describe('mergeAppConfig', () => {
     var config = mergeAppConfig(null);
     expect(config).toBeDefined();
     var expectation = getAppConfig();
+    delete config['copy'];
     delete config['junit'];
     delete expectation['junit'];
+    delete expectation['copy'];
     expect(config).toEqualJson(expectation);
   });
 
@@ -49,8 +53,10 @@ describe('mergeAppConfig', () => {
     var config = mergeAppConfig({});
     expect(config).toBeDefined();
     var expectation = getAppConfig();
+    delete config['copy'];
     delete config['junit'];
     delete expectation['junit'];
+    delete expectation['copy'];
     expect(config).toEqualJson(expectation);
   });
 
@@ -58,6 +64,7 @@ describe('mergeAppConfig', () => {
     var config = mergeAppConfig({ srcPath: 'src', testPath: 'tests' });
     expect(config).toBeDefined();
     var expectation = getAppConfig();
+    delete config['copy'];
     delete config['junit'];
     delete expectation['junit'];
     expect(config).not.toEqualJson(expectation);