diff --git a/frontend/.babelrc b/frontend/.babelrc
index 4d3b7d3676..5e6d023488 100644
--- a/frontend/.babelrc
+++ b/frontend/.babelrc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "presets": ["react", "es2015", "stage-2"],
+  "plugins": ["transform-decorators-legacy"],
   "env": {
     "development": {
       "presets": ["react-hmre"]
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 74343f8386..33830e2bc6 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "babel-core": "^6.14.0",
     "babel-eslint": "^7.1.0",
     "babel-loader": "^6.2.5",
+    "babel-plugin-transform-decorators-legacy": "^1.3.4",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.14.0",
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.11.1",
     "babel-preset-react-hmre": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/frontend/src/jsconfig.json b/frontend/src/jsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..504cd646e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/jsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "experimentalDecorators": true
+  }
+}