diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e4432901e5..2318781305 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@
     "babel-core": "^7.0.0-beta.3",
     "babel-loader": "^8.1.0",
     "babel-plugin-macros": "^2.8.0",
+    "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0",
     "bootstrap": "^4.5.0",
     "bootstrap-vue": "^2.15.0",
     "chart.js": "^2.9.3",
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index d9a48ca0ef..48a26db814 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ let windowManager: WindowManager = null;
 let clusterManager: ClusterManager = null;
 
 const vmURL = formatUrl({
-  pathname: path.join(__dirname, "dist/index.html"),
+  pathname: path.join(__dirname, "index.html"),
   protocol: "file",
   slashes: true,
 })
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ app.on('window-all-closed', function () {
 app.on("activate", () => {
   if (!windowManager) {
     logger.debug("activate main window")
-    windowManager = new WindowManager(false)
+    windowManager = new WindowManager({ showSplash: false })
     windowManager.showMain(vmURL)
   }
 })
diff --git a/src/main/window-manager.ts b/src/main/window-manager.ts
index b29152a697..7f48cdeea8 100644
--- a/src/main/window-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/window-manager.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class WindowManager {
   protected promiseIpc: any
   protected windowState: windowStateKeeper.State;
 
-  constructor(showSplash = true) {
+  constructor({ showSplash = true } = {}) {
     this.promiseIpc = new PromiseIpc({ timeout: 2000 })
     // Manage main window size&position with persistence
     this.windowState = windowStateKeeper({
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class WindowManager {
       }
     })
     if (showSplash) {
-      this.splashWindow.loadFile(getStaticUrl("splash.html"))
+      this.splashWindow.loadURL(getStaticUrl("splash.html"))
       this.splashWindow.show()
     }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/_vue/App.vue b/src/renderer/_vue/App.vue
index 5143d7c063..d4ded76902 100644
--- a/src/renderer/_vue/App.vue
+++ b/src/renderer/_vue/App.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <div id="app_vue">
+  <div id="app">
     <div id="lens-container" />
     <div class="draggable-top"/>
     <div class="main-view" :class="{ 'menu-visible': isMenuVisible }">
diff --git a/src/renderer/_vue/components/hashicon/hashicon.vue b/src/renderer/_vue/components/hashicon/hashicon.vue
index c0b5b0f130..98891612bf 100644
--- a/src/renderer/_vue/components/hashicon/hashicon.vue
+++ b/src/renderer/_vue/components/hashicon/hashicon.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <span class="hashicon" ref="hashicon" />
 </template>
 <script>
-import hashicon from '@/_vue/components/hashicon/hashicon'
+import hashicon from 'hashicon'
 
 export default {
   name:'Hashicon',
diff --git a/src/renderer/_vue/index.js b/src/renderer/_vue/index.js
index 58368cedd3..9f1b80cb17 100644
--- a/src/renderer/_vue/index.js
+++ b/src/renderer/_vue/index.js
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ setTimeout(() => {
     console.log("start vue")
     new Vue({
       components: { App },
-      persist,
       store,
       router,
       template: '<App/>'
diff --git a/src/renderer/template.html b/src/renderer/template.html
index 9d7e5fa91e..d9fc793a7d 100755
--- a/src/renderer/template.html
+++ b/src/renderer/template.html
@@ -9,9 +9,5 @@
 
 <div id="app"></div>
 
-<!--<div id="app_vue"></div>-->
-<!--<script src="dll.js"></script>-->
-<!--<script src="renderer_vue.js"></script>-->
-
 </body>
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webpack.main.ts b/webpack.main.ts
index 327a678386..c012d2ec0a 100755
--- a/webpack.main.ts
+++ b/webpack.main.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export default function (): webpack.Configuration {
       __dirname: false,
       __filename: false,
     },
-    // fixme: hiding warnings during compilation, but creates runtime error
+    // fixme: this will hide warnings during compilation, but creates runtime error
     // externals: [
     //   "@kubernetes/client-node",
     //   "handlebars",
diff --git a/webpack.renderer.ts b/webpack.renderer.ts
index ff32de8d65..632ce84437 100755
--- a/webpack.renderer.ts
+++ b/webpack.renderer.ts
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ export function webpackConfigReact(): webpack.Configuration {
       chunkFilename: 'chunks/[name].js',
     },
     resolve: {
-      alias: {
-        "@": rendererDir,
-      },
       extensions: [
         '.js', '.jsx', '.json',
         '.ts', '.tsx',
@@ -135,6 +132,13 @@ export function webpackConfigVue(): webpack.Configuration {
   const config = webpackConfigReact();
 
   config.resolve.extensions.push(".vue");
+
+  config.resolve.alias = {
+    "@": rendererDir,
+    "vue$": "vue/dist/vue.esm.js",
+    "vue-router$": "vue-router/dist/vue-router.esm.js",
+  }
+
   config.entry = {
     renderer_vue: path.resolve(rendererDir, "_vue/index.js")
   }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f2b549b3a7..f7bdb190e1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@
     "@babel/helper-plugin-utils" "^7.10.1"
     "@babel/plugin-transform-typescript" "^7.10.1"
 
-"@babel/runtime@^7.0.0", "@babel/runtime@^7.1.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.10.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.3.1", "@babel/runtime@^7.4.4", "@babel/runtime@^7.5.5", "@babel/runtime@^7.7.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.3", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.4", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.7", "@babel/runtime@^7.9.6":
+"@babel/runtime@^7.0.0", "@babel/runtime@^7.1.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.3.1", "@babel/runtime@^7.4.4", "@babel/runtime@^7.5.5", "@babel/runtime@^7.7.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.3", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.4", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.7", "@babel/runtime@^7.9.6":
   version "7.10.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/runtime/-/runtime-7.10.2.tgz#d103f21f2602497d38348a32e008637d506db839"
   integrity sha512-6sF3uQw2ivImfVIl62RZ7MXhO2tap69WeWK57vAaimT6AZbE4FbqjdEJIN1UqoD6wI6B+1n9UiagafH1sxjOtg==