diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ecec66e..f0d526c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Major refactor to bring dependencies up-to-date:
 - Upgrade Babel 5 -> 6
 - Replace Karma and Istanbul with ava and nyc
 - No more custom routers
+- Added server-side Babel require hook
 
 
 # v0.3.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e4bc2d6..0bbc0ac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "src/main.js",
   "scripts": {
     "postinstall": "npm run build",
-    "server": "node server.js",
+    "server": "node start.js",
     "build": "webpack -p --progress --config webpack.production.config.js",
     "test": "nyc ava --fail-fast --verbose --require babel-register",
     "coveralls": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls",
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 4c7d3b6..9627925 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const express = require('express');
+import express from 'express';
 const app = express();
 
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const app = express();
  ************************************************************/
 
 // Serve application file depending on environment
-app.get('/app.js', function(req, res) {
+app.get('/app.js', (req, res) => {
   if (process.env.PRODUCTION) {
     res.sendFile(__dirname + '/build/app.js');
   } else {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ app.get('/app.js', function(req, res) {
 });
 
 // Serve aggregate stylesheet depending on environment
-app.get('/style.css', function(req, res) {
+app.get('/style.css', (req, res) => {
   if (process.env.PRODUCTION) {
     res.sendFile(__dirname + '/build/style.css');
   } else {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ app.get('/style.css', function(req, res) {
 });
 
 // Serve index page
-app.get('*', function(req, res) {
+app.get('*', (req, res) => {
   res.sendFile(__dirname + '/build/index.html');
 });
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if (!process.env.PRODUCTION) {
     hot: true,
     noInfo: true,
     historyApiFallback: true
-  }).listen(9090, 'localhost', function (err, result) {
+  }).listen(9090, 'localhost', (err, result) => {
     if (err) {
       console.log(err);
     }
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ if (!process.env.PRODUCTION) {
  *****************/
 
 const port = process.env.PORT || 8080;
-const server = app.listen(port, function () {
+const server = app.listen(port, () => {
   const host = server.address().address;
   const port = server.address().port;
 
diff --git a/start.js b/start.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..166e2e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Server-side entrypoint that registers Babel's require() hook
+const babelRegister = require('babel-register');
+babelRegister();
+
+require('./server');