diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 838819e35..5d91243e8 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 const morgan = require('morgan');
 const path = require('path');
 
+const adminConfig = require('./client/coral-admin/config');
 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 +18,8 @@ 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/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 0c7aab592..bbd097221 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
+    "ejs": "^2.5.2",
     "express": "^4.14.0",
     "mongoose": "^4.6.5",
-    "uuid": "^2.0.3",
-    "morgan": "^1.7.0"
+    "morgan": "^1.7.0",
+    "uuid": "^2.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-core": "6.14.0",
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