diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 838819e35..76dba1c1a 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const app = express();
 // Middleware declarations.
 app.use(morgan('dev'));
 app.use(bodyParser.json());
+app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
+app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
 
 // API Routes.
 app.use('/api/v1', require('./routes/api'));
@@ -15,4 +17,8 @@ app.use('/api/v1', require('./routes/api'));
 // Static Routes.
 app.use('/client/', express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'dist')));
 
+app.get('/admin/*', (req, res) => {
+  res.render('admin', {basePath: '/client/coral-admin'});
+});
+
 module.exports = app;
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/.gitignore b/client/coral-admin/.gitignore
index c9c7cb580..707c890e5 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/.gitignore
+++ b/client/coral-admin/.gitignore
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@ public/bundle.js
 public/embed/comment-stream
 .DS_Store
 npm-debug.log
-config.json
 yarn.lock
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/config.json b/client/coral-admin/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8f318cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/coral-admin/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "basePath": "admin",
+  "talkHost": "http://localhost:16180",
+  "xeniaHost": "http://localhost:16180"
+}
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/App.js b/client/coral-admin/src/components/App.js
index 4b7c01e84..81eea850f 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/components/App.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/App.js
@@ -8,17 +8,16 @@ import store from 'services/store'
 import CommentStream from 'containers/CommentStream'
 import EmbedLink from 'components/EmbedLink'
 import Configure from 'containers/Configure'
-import config from 'services/config'
 
 export default class App extends React.Component {
   render (props) {
     return (
       <Provider store={store}>
         <Router history={browserHistory}>
-          <Route path={config.basePath} component={ModerationQueue} />
-          <Route path={`${config.basePath}/embed`} component={CommentStream} />
-          <Route path={`${config.basePath}/embedlink`} component={EmbedLink} />
-          <Route path={`${config.basePath}/configure`} component={Configure} />
+          <Route path='admin' component={ModerationQueue} />
+          <Route path='admin/embed' component={CommentStream} />
+          <Route path='admin/embedlink' component={EmbedLink} />
+          <Route path='admin/configure' component={Configure} />
         </Router>
       </Provider>
     )
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/Header.js b/client/coral-admin/src/components/Header.js
index 0e52686d8..ea268108e 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/components/Header.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/Header.js
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ export default (props) => (
   <Layout fixedDrawer>
     <Header title='Talk'>
       <Navigation>
-        <Link className={styles.navLink} to={`/${config.basePath}/`}>Moderate</Link>
-        <Link className={styles.navLink} to={`/${config.basePath}/configure`}>Configure</Link>
+        <Link className={styles.navLink} to={`/admin/`}>Moderate</Link>
+        <Link className={styles.navLink} to={`/admin/configure`}>Configure</Link>
       </Navigation>
     </Header>
     <Drawer>
       <Navigation>
-        <Link className={styles.navLink} to={`/${config.basePath}/`}>Moderate</Link>
-        <Link className={styles.navLink} to={`/${config.basePath}/configure`}>Configure</Link>
+        <Link className={styles.navLink} to={`/admin/`}>Moderate</Link>
+        <Link className={styles.navLink} to={`/admin/configure`}>Configure</Link>
       </Navigation>
     </Drawer>
     {props.children}
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/webpack.config.dev.js b/client/coral-admin/webpack.config.dev.js
index bd5913b5a..1eba29d66 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/webpack.config.dev.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/webpack.config.dev.js
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
-
 const path = require('path')
-const fs = require('fs')
 const autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer')
 const precss = require('precss')
-const config = require('./config.json')
-
-// doing a string replace here because I spent a day trying to do it the "webpack" way
-// ond nothing works. just trying to replace a string in an index.html file is
-// apparently something no one has ever done in the js community.
-let templateString = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'index.ejs')).toString()
-templateString = templateString.replace('<%= basePath %>', config.basePath)
-fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'public/index.html'), templateString)
 
 module.exports = {
   entry: {
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/webpack.config.js b/client/coral-admin/webpack.config.js
index 2c81bf4fc..10768b6e5 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/webpack.config.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
 const path = require('path')
-const fs = require('fs')
 const devConfig = require('./webpack.config.dev')
 const autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer')
 const precss = require('precss')
 const Copy = require('copy-webpack-plugin')
-const config = require('./config.json')
-
-// doing a string replace here because I spent a day trying to do it the "webpack" way
-// ond nothing works. just trying to replace a string in an index.html file is
-// apparently something no one has ever done in the js community.
-let templateString = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'index.ejs')).toString()
-templateString = templateString.replace('<%= basePath %>', config.basePath)
-fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'public/index.html'), templateString)
 
 module.exports = Object.assign({}, devConfig, {
   module: {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45470f3c8..bb62d4ca3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "app.js",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "./bin/www",
-    "build": "./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --config ./client/coral-embed-stream/webpack.config.js && cd client/coral-admin && npm run build",
+    "build": "./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --config ./client/coral-embed-stream/webpack.config.js && cd client/coral-admin && npm install && npm run build",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "pretest": "npm install",
     "test": "mocha tests --recursive",
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "autoprefixer": "^6.5.2",
     "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
+    "ejs": "^2.5.2",
     "express": "^4.14.0",
     "mongoose": "^4.6.5",
     "morgan": "^1.7.0",
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/index.ejs b/views/admin.ejs
similarity index 100%
rename from client/coral-admin/index.ejs
rename to views/admin.ejs