diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index acc9296409..015c9d80a5 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import "@webcomponents/webcomponentsjs/webcomponents-lite";
 import {RouterHandler} from "./router/router-handler";
 import {Authentication} from "./auth/authentication";
 import {Core} from "./core/core";
@@ -16,4 +17,13 @@ class App {
     }
 }
 
-new App();
+if ('registerElement' in document
+    && 'import' in document.createElement('link')
+    && 'content' in document.createElement('template')) {
+    // platform is good!
+    new App();
+} else {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+        new App();
+    });
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d1d7550201..96932ad61b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
     "prod": "cp serve.js dist/serve.js && node serve.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@webcomponents/webcomponentsjs": "git://github.com/webcomponents/webcomponentsjs.git#v1.0.0",
     "markdown": "^0.5.0",
-    "navigo": "^4.7.1"
+    "navigo": "^4.7.1",
+    "whatwg-fetch": "^2.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-core": "^6.24.1",
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 91b3eac01b..f857321774 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const HtmlWebpackPluginConfig = new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
 var CopyWebpackPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
 
 module.exports = {
-    entry: ['./app/index.js'],
+    entry: ['whatwg-fetch', './app/index.js'],
     output: {
         path: path.resolve('dist'),
         filename: 'index_bundle.js'
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module.exports = {
     plugins: [HtmlWebpackPluginConfig, new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(), new CopyWebpackPlugin([{
         context: './app',
         from: '**/*.html',
-    }])],
+    }]), new webpack.IgnorePlugin(/vertx/)],
     devServer: {
         hot: true,
         contentBase: './',
diff --git a/webpack.config.prod.js b/webpack.config.prod.js
index d098f0eea8..bc159f4f67 100644
--- a/webpack.config.prod.js
+++ b/webpack.config.prod.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var CopyWebpackPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
 
 module.exports = {
     devtool: 'source-map',
-    entry: ['./app/index.js'],
+    entry: ['whatwg-fetch', './app/index.js'],
     output: {
         path: path.join(__dirname, 'dist'),
         filename: 'bundle.js'
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ module.exports = {
         new CopyWebpackPlugin([{
             context: './app',
             from: '**/*.html',
-        }])
+        }]),
+        new webpack.IgnorePlugin(/vertx/)
     ],
     module: {
         loaders: [
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c0c8450b34..a9039f1ea8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # yarn lockfile v1
 
 
+"@webcomponents/webcomponentsjs@git://github.com/webcomponents/webcomponentsjs.git#v1.0.0":
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "git://github.com/webcomponents/webcomponentsjs.git#004aaac0ee1d5908168825a6175d823ed3667067"
+
 abbrev@1:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.1.0.tgz#d0554c2256636e2f56e7c2e5ad183f859428d81f"
@@ -195,14 +199,6 @@ babel-generator@^6.24.1:
     source-map "^0.5.0"
     trim-right "^1.0.1"
 
-babel-helper-builder-react-jsx@^6.24.1:
-  version "6.24.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-helper-builder-react-jsx/-/babel-helper-builder-react-jsx-6.24.1.tgz#0ad7917e33c8d751e646daca4e77cc19377d2cbc"
-  dependencies:
-    babel-runtime "^6.22.0"
-    babel-types "^6.24.1"
-    esutils "^2.0.0"
-
 babel-helper-call-delegate@^6.24.1:
   version "6.24.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-helper-call-delegate/-/babel-helper-call-delegate-6.24.1.tgz#ece6aacddc76e41c3461f88bfc575bd0daa2df8d"
@@ -302,14 +298,6 @@ babel-plugin-syntax-decorators@^6.1.18:
   version "6.13.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-syntax-decorators/-/babel-plugin-syntax-decorators-6.13.0.tgz#312563b4dbde3cc806cee3e416cceeaddd11ac0b"
 
-babel-plugin-syntax-flow@^6.18.0:
-  version "6.18.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-syntax-flow/-/babel-plugin-syntax-flow-6.18.0.tgz#4c3ab20a2af26aa20cd25995c398c4eb70310c8d"
-
-babel-plugin-syntax-jsx@^6.3.13, babel-plugin-syntax-jsx@^6.8.0:
-  version "6.18.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-syntax-jsx/-/babel-plugin-syntax-jsx-6.18.0.tgz#0af32a9a6e13ca7a3fd5069e62d7b0f58d0d8946"
-
 babel-plugin-transform-decorators-legacy@^1.3.4:
   version "1.3.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-transform-decorators-legacy/-/babel-plugin-transform-decorators-legacy-1.3.4.tgz#741b58f6c5bce9e6027e0882d9c994f04f366925"
@@ -486,41 +474,6 @@ babel-plugin-transform-es2015-unicode-regex@^6.24.1:
     babel-runtime "^6.22.0"
     regexpu-core "^2.0.0"
 
-babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types@^6.22.0:
-  version "6.22.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types/-/babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-6.22.0.tgz#84cb672935d43714fdc32bce84568d87441cf7cf"
-  dependencies:
-    babel-plugin-syntax-flow "^6.18.0"
-    babel-runtime "^6.22.0"
-
-babel-plugin-transform-react-display-name@^6.23.0:
-  version "6.23.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-transform-react-display-name/-/babel-plugin-transform-react-display-name-6.23.0.tgz#4398910c358441dc4cef18787264d0412ed36b37"
-  dependencies:
-    babel-runtime "^6.22.0"
-
-babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-self@^6.22.0:
-  version "6.22.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-self/-/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-self-6.22.0.tgz#df6d80a9da2612a121e6ddd7558bcbecf06e636e"
-  dependencies:
-    babel-plugin-syntax-jsx "^6.8.0"
-    babel-runtime "^6.22.0"
-
-babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source@^6.22.0:
-  version "6.22.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source/-/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source-6.22.0.tgz#66ac12153f5cd2d17b3c19268f4bf0197f44ecd6"
-  dependencies:
-    babel-plugin-syntax-jsx "^6.8.0"
-    babel-runtime "^6.22.0"
-
-babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx@^6.24.1:
-  version "6.24.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx/-/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-6.24.1.tgz#840a028e7df460dfc3a2d29f0c0d91f6376e66a3"
-  dependencies:
-    babel-helper-builder-react-jsx "^6.24.1"
-    babel-plugin-syntax-jsx "^6.8.0"
-    babel-runtime "^6.22.0"
-
 babel-plugin-transform-regenerator@^6.24.1:
   version "6.24.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-transform-regenerator/-/babel-plugin-transform-regenerator-6.24.1.tgz#b8da305ad43c3c99b4848e4fe4037b770d23c418"
@@ -563,23 +516,6 @@ babel-preset-es2015@^6.24.1:
     babel-plugin-transform-es2015-unicode-regex "^6.24.1"
     babel-plugin-transform-regenerator "^6.24.1"
 
-babel-preset-flow@^6.23.0:
-  version "6.23.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-preset-flow/-/babel-preset-flow-6.23.0.tgz#e71218887085ae9a24b5be4169affb599816c49d"
-  dependencies:
-    babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types "^6.22.0"
-
-babel-preset-react@^6.24.1:
-  version "6.24.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-preset-react/-/babel-preset-react-6.24.1.tgz#ba69dfaea45fc3ec639b6a4ecea6e17702c91380"
-  dependencies:
-    babel-plugin-syntax-jsx "^6.3.13"
-    babel-plugin-transform-react-display-name "^6.23.0"
-    babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx "^6.24.1"
-    babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-self "^6.22.0"
-    babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source "^6.22.0"
-    babel-preset-flow "^6.23.0"
-
 babel-register@^6.24.1:
   version "6.24.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-register/-/babel-register-6.24.1.tgz#7e10e13a2f71065bdfad5a1787ba45bca6ded75f"
@@ -1212,7 +1148,7 @@ escape-string-regexp@^1.0.2:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-1.0.5.tgz#1b61c0562190a8dff6ae3bb2cf0200ca130b86d4"
 
-esutils@^2.0.0, esutils@^2.0.2:
+esutils@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esutils/-/esutils-2.0.2.tgz#0abf4f1caa5bcb1f7a9d8acc6dea4faaa04bac9b"
 
@@ -3163,6 +3099,10 @@ websocket-extensions@>=0.1.1:
   version "0.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/websocket-extensions/-/websocket-extensions-0.1.1.tgz#76899499c184b6ef754377c2dbb0cd6cb55d29e7"
 
+whatwg-fetch@^2.0.3:
+  version "2.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/whatwg-fetch/-/whatwg-fetch-2.0.3.tgz#9c84ec2dcf68187ff00bc64e1274b442176e1c84"
+
 which-module@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/which-module/-/which-module-1.0.0.tgz#bba63ca861948994ff307736089e3b96026c2a4f"