diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
index 318344bd28..8688cb63a3 100644
--- a/.babelrc
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
 				"regenerator": true
 			}
 		]
-	]
+	],
+	"sourceType": "unambiguous"
 }
diff --git a/demo/User/User.validate.js b/demo/User/User.validate.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c978b34e9..0000000000
--- a/demo/User/User.validate.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-const validate = require('express-validation');
-const Joi = require('joi');
-
-// TODO: move field specific validations to the config
-module.exports = {
-  post: validate({
-    body: {
-      email: Joi.string().email().required(),
-      password: Joi.string().required(),
-    },
-  }),
-};
diff --git a/demo/collections/Page.js b/demo/collections/Page.js
index 8f9519c81c..0bc07a5a6e 100644
--- a/demo/collections/Page.js
+++ b/demo/collections/Page.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import HttpStatus from 'http-status';
-import checkRoleMiddleware from '../../src/auth/checkRoleMiddleware';
-
+const HttpStatus = require('http-status');
+const checkRoleMiddleware = require('../../src/auth/checkRoleMiddleware');
 const Quote = require('../content-blocks/Quote');
 const CallToAction = require('../content-blocks/CallToAction');
 
diff --git a/demo/collections/User.js b/demo/collections/User.js
index 7fc17ad5b9..da864ce509 100644
--- a/demo/collections/User.js
+++ b/demo/collections/User.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-const passportLocalMongoose = require('passport-local-mongoose');
 const payloadConfig = require('../payload.config');
-const userValidate = require('../User/User.validate');
 
 module.exports = {
   slug: 'users',
@@ -34,9 +32,7 @@ module.exports = {
     strategy: 'jwt',
     passwordResets: true,
     registration: true,
-    registrationValidation: userValidate.post,
   },
-  plugins: [{ plugin: passportLocalMongoose, options: { usernameField: 'email' } }],
   fields: [
     {
       name: 'email',
diff --git a/demo/payload.config.js b/demo/payload.config.js
index 2dc2bfc85a..3ac63a6e5b 100644
--- a/demo/payload.config.js
+++ b/demo/payload.config.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const Header = require('./globals/Header');
 const Footer = require('./globals/Footer');
 
 module.exports = {
-  disableAdmin: true,
+  // disableAdmin: true,
   collections: [Page, Category],
   user: User,
   upload: Upload,
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = {
   compression: {},
   paths: {
     scssOverrides: path.resolve(__dirname, 'client/scss/overrides.scss'),
-    config: path.resolve(__dirname),
+    config: path.resolve(__dirname, 'payload.config.js'),
   },
   mongoURL: 'mongodb://localhost/payload',
   localization: {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d5d2682c03..d3e0d196f6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@
     "superagent": "^3.8.3",
     "superagent-promise": "^1.1.0",
     "universal-cookie": "^3.1.0",
-    "url-loader": "^1.0.1"
+    "url-loader": "^1.0.1",
+    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^3.7.2",
+    "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.25.0",
+    "webpack": "^4.41.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.2.0",
@@ -103,12 +106,6 @@
     "sass-loader": "7.1.0",
     "style-loader": "^0.21.0",
     "supertest": "^3.4.2",
-    "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^1.2.7",
-    "webpack": "^4.41.0",
-    "webpack-cli": "^3.3.9",
-    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^3.7.2",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "^3.8.1",
-    "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.25.0",
-    "webpack-merge": "^4.2.2"
+    "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^1.2.7"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/auth/checkRoleMiddleware.js b/src/auth/checkRoleMiddleware.js
index 338cb7a855..4e93db433e 100644
--- a/src/auth/checkRoleMiddleware.js
+++ b/src/auth/checkRoleMiddleware.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-import HttpStatus from 'http-status';
+const HttpStatus = require('http-status');
 
 /**
  * authorize a request by comparing the current user with one or more roles
  * @param roles
  * @returns {Function}
  */
-export default function checkRoleMiddleware(...roles) {
+
+const checkRoleMiddleware = (...roles) => {
   return (req, res, next) => {
     if (!req.user) {
       res.status(HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED)
@@ -17,4 +18,6 @@ export default function checkRoleMiddleware(...roles) {
       next();
     }
   };
-}
+};
+
+module.exports = checkRoleMiddleware;
diff --git a/src/auth/routes.js b/src/auth/routes.js
index a70e89e303..9c3252f720 100644
--- a/src/auth/routes.js
+++ b/src/auth/routes.js
@@ -30,19 +30,17 @@ const authRoutes = (userConfig, User) => {
   if (userConfig.auth.registration) {
     router
       .route(`${userConfig.slug}/register`) // TODO: not sure how to incorporate url params like `:pageId`
-      .post(userConfig.auth.registrationValidation, auth.register);
+      .post(auth.register);
 
     router
       .route('/first-register')
-      .post(userConfig.auth.registrationValidation,
-        (req, res, next) => {
-          User.countDocuments({}, (err, count) => {
-            if (err) res.status(500).json({ error: err });
-            if (count >= 1) return res.status(403).json({ initialized: true });
-            next();
-          });
-        },
-        auth.register);
+      .post((req, res, next) => {
+        User.countDocuments({}, (err, count) => {
+          if (err) res.status(500).json({ error: err });
+          if (count >= 1) return res.status(403).json({ initialized: true });
+          next();
+        });
+      }, auth.register);
   }
 
   return router;
diff --git a/src/client/components/index.js b/src/client/components/index.js
index 5e3c5ef52b..1cd3c25fa2 100644
--- a/src/client/components/index.js
+++ b/src/client/components/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { BrowserRouter as Router } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import Routes from './routes';
 import store from '../store';
-import LoadConfig from './utilities/LoadConfig';
 import MeasureWindow from './utilities/MeasureWindow';
 import MeasureScroll from './utilities/MeasureScroll';
 import SetLocale from './utilities/SetLocale';
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ const Index = () => {
         <Fragment>
           <MeasureScroll />
           <MeasureWindow />
-          <LoadConfig />
           <SetLocale />
           <SetSearchParams />
           <Routes />
diff --git a/src/client/components/layout/Sidebar/index.js b/src/client/components/layout/Sidebar/index.js
index 3cac190629..8e56082e97 100644
--- a/src/client/components/layout/Sidebar/index.js
+++ b/src/client/components/layout/Sidebar/index.js
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { withRouter, NavLink, Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-import { NavLink, Link } from 'react-router-dom';
+import config from 'payload-config';
+
 import Arrow from '../../graphics/Arrow';
 import Icon from '../../graphics/Icon';
 
 import './index.scss';
 
 const mapState = state => ({
-  config: state.common.config
+  config: state.common.config,
 });
 
-const Sidebar = props => {
-
+const Sidebar = (props) => {
   const {
     collections,
     routes: {
       admin,
-    }
-  } = props.config;
+    },
+  } = config;
 
   return (
     <aside className="sidebar">
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ const Sidebar = props => {
             : undefined;
 
           return (
-            <Link className={classes} key={i} to={href}>
+            <Link
+              className={classes}
+              key={i}
+              to={href}
+            >
               <Arrow />
               {collections[key].labels.plural}
             </Link>
@@ -43,21 +47,30 @@ const Sidebar = props => {
       </nav>
       <span className="uppercase-label">Globals</span>
       <nav>
-        <NavLink activeClassName="active" to="/media-library">
+        <NavLink
+          activeClassName="active"
+          to="/media-library"
+        >
           <Arrow />
           Media Library
         </NavLink>
-        <NavLink activeClassName="active" to="/components">
+        <NavLink
+          activeClassName="active"
+          to="/components"
+        >
           <Arrow />
           Components
         </NavLink>
-        <NavLink activeClassName="active" to="/settings">
+        <NavLink
+          activeClassName="active"
+          to="/settings"
+        >
           <Arrow />
           Settings
         </NavLink>
       </nav>
     </aside>
   );
-}
+};
 
 export default withRouter(connect(mapState)(Sidebar));
diff --git a/src/client/components/utilities/LoadConfig/index.js b/src/client/components/utilities/LoadConfig/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 10408fdfa9..0000000000
--- a/src/client/components/utilities/LoadConfig/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import { Component } from 'react';
-import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-import api from '../../../api';
-
-const mapDispatch = dispatch => ({
-  loadConfig: payload => dispatch({ type: 'LOAD_CONFIG', payload })
-})
-
-class LoadConfig extends Component {
-  componentDidMount() {
-    api.requests.get('/config').then((config) => {
-      this.props.loadConfig(config)
-    })
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
-export default connect(null, mapDispatch)(LoadConfig);
diff --git a/src/client/components/views/Login/index.js b/src/client/components/views/Login/index.js
index ae8486dbf7..3df8ec9fe0 100644
--- a/src/client/components/views/Login/index.js
+++ b/src/client/components/views/Login/index.js
@@ -11,30 +11,43 @@ import FormSubmit from '../../forms/Submit';
 import './index.scss';
 
 const mapStateToProps = state => ({
-  windowHeight: state.common.windowHeight
+  windowHeight: state.common.windowHeight,
 });
 
 const cookies = new Cookies();
 
-const handleAjaxResponse = res => {
+const handleAjaxResponse = (res) => {
   cookies.set('token', res.token, { path: '/' });
 };
 
-const Login = props => {
-
+const Login = (props) => {
   const Logo = props.logo;
   const minHeight = props.windowHeight;
 
   return (
-    <ContentBlock className="login" width="narrow" style={{ minHeight }}>
+    <ContentBlock
+      className="login"
+      width="narrow"
+      style={{ minHeight }}
+    >
       <div className="wrap">
         <Form
           handleAjaxResponse={handleAjaxResponse}
           method="POST"
           action="http://localhost:3000/login"
-          redirect="/">
-          <Email label="Email Address" name="email" required />
-          <Password error="password" label="Password" name="password" required />
+          redirect="/"
+        >
+          <Email
+            label="Email Address"
+            name="email"
+            required
+          />
+          <Password
+            error="password"
+            label="Password"
+            name="password"
+            required
+          />
           <FormSubmit>Login</FormSubmit>
         </Form>
         <Link to="/">To Dashboard</Link>
diff --git a/src/client/config/getWebpackDevConfig.js b/src/client/config/getWebpackDevConfig.js
index 8b5989352d..73fe05d160 100644
--- a/src/client/config/getWebpackDevConfig.js
+++ b/src/client/config/getWebpackDevConfig.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ module.exports = (config) => {
       alias: {
         payload: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../'),
         scssOverrides: config.paths.scssOverrides,
-        config: config.paths.config,
+        'payload-config': config.paths.config,
       },
     },
   };
diff --git a/src/collections/buildSchema.js b/src/collections/buildSchema.js
index 9ebf1eaafe..e15ec16bb7 100644
--- a/src/collections/buildSchema.js
+++ b/src/collections/buildSchema.js
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ const buildCollectionSchema = (collection, config, schemaOptions = {}) => {
     .plugin(autopopulate)
     .plugin(mongooseHidden());
 
-  if (collection.plugins) {
-    collection.plugins.forEach((plugin) => {
-      schema.plugin(plugin.plugin, plugin.options);
-    });
-  }
-
   return schema;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 443e4a6460..1508339d59 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import mongoose from 'mongoose';
+import passportLocalMongoose from 'passport-local-mongoose';
 import connectMongoose from './init/connectMongoose';
 import registerExpressMiddleware from './init/registerExpressMiddleware';
 import initPassport from './init/passport';
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ class Payload {
   registerUser = () => {
     this.config.user.fields.push(...baseUserFields);
     const userSchema = buildCollectionSchema(this.config.user, this.config);
+    userSchema.plugin(passportLocalMongoose, { usernameField: 'email' });
 
     this.User = mongoose.model(this.config.user.labels.singular, userSchema);
     initUserAuth(this.User, this.config, this.router);
diff --git a/src/init/webpack.js b/src/init/webpack.js
index ea5972581a..eb737243f3 100644
--- a/src/init/webpack.js
+++ b/src/init/webpack.js
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ const initWebpack = ({ config, app }) => {
     const filename = path.resolve(compiler.outputPath, 'index.html');
     compiler.outputFileSystem.readFile(filename, (err, result) => {
       if (err) {
-        return next(err)
+        return next(err);
       }
-      res.set('content-type', 'text/html')
-      res.send(result)
-      res.end()
-    })
-  })
-}
+      res.set('content-type', 'text/html');
+      res.send(result);
+      res.end();
+    });
+  });
+};
 
 export default initWebpack;