diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 624aa4d5..0ccf9dd6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
   "description": "desktop application for the lightning network",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "concurrently --raw \"npm:build-main\" \"npm:build-renderer\"",
-    "build-dll": "node --trace-warnings -r babel-register ./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack --config webpack.config.renderer.dev.dll.js --colors",
-    "build-main": "node --trace-warnings -r babel-register ./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack --config webpack.config.main.prod.js --colors",
-    "build-renderer": "node --trace-warnings -r babel-register ./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack --config webpack.config.renderer.prod.js --colors",
+    "build-dll": "webpack --require babel-register --config webpack.config.renderer.dev.dll.js --progress",
+    "build-main": "webpack --require babel-register  --config webpack.config.main.prod.js --progress",
+    "build-renderer": "webpack --require babel-register --config webpack.config.renderer.prod.js --progress",
     "dev": "cross-env START_HOT=1 npm run start-renderer-dev",
     "flow": "flow",
     "flow-typed": "rimraf flow-typed/npm && flow-typed install --overwrite || true",
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
     "url-loader": "^1.0.1",
     "webpack": "^4.12.0",
     "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "^2.13.1",
-    "webpack-cli": "^3.0.7",
+    "webpack-command": "^0.4.1",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^3.1.4",
     "webpack-merge": "^4.1.3"
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index be33cf5e..f8330951 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -395,6 +395,31 @@
     "@webassemblyjs/wast-parser" "1.5.12"
     long "^3.2.0"
 
+"@webpack-contrib/config-loader@^1.2.0":
+  version "1.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@webpack-contrib/config-loader/-/config-loader-1.2.1.tgz#5b3dd474e207437939d294d200c68b7b00008e04"
+  dependencies:
+    "@webpack-contrib/schema-utils" "^1.0.0-beta.0"
+    chalk "^2.1.0"
+    cosmiconfig "^5.0.2"
+    is-plain-obj "^1.1.0"
+    loud-rejection "^1.6.0"
+    merge-options "^1.0.1"
+    minimist "^1.2.0"
+    resolve "^1.6.0"
+    webpack-log "^1.1.2"
+
+"@webpack-contrib/schema-utils@^1.0.0-beta.0":
+  version "1.0.0-beta.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@webpack-contrib/schema-utils/-/schema-utils-1.0.0-beta.0.tgz#bf9638c9464d177b48209e84209e23bee2eb4f65"
+  dependencies:
+    ajv "^6.1.0"
+    ajv-keywords "^3.1.0"
+    chalk "^2.3.2"
+    strip-ansi "^4.0.0"
+    text-table "^0.2.0"
+    webpack-log "^1.1.2"
+
 JSONStream@^1.0.4:
   version "1.3.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/JSONStream/-/JSONStream-1.3.3.tgz#27b4b8fbbfeab4e71bcf551e7f27be8d952239bf"
@@ -2372,6 +2397,10 @@ camelcase@^4.0.0, camelcase@^4.1.0:
   version "4.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/camelcase/-/camelcase-4.1.0.tgz#d545635be1e33c542649c69173e5de6acfae34dd"
 
+camelcase@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/camelcase/-/camelcase-5.0.0.tgz#03295527d58bd3cd4aa75363f35b2e8d97be2f42"
+
 caniuse-api@^1.5.2:
   version "1.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caniuse-api/-/caniuse-api-1.6.1.tgz#b534e7c734c4f81ec5fbe8aca2ad24354b962c6c"
@@ -2470,7 +2499,7 @@ chalk@^2.0.1:
     escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
     supports-color "^4.0.0"
 
-chalk@^2.3.0, chalk@^2.4.1:
+chalk@^2.3.0, chalk@^2.3.2, chalk@^2.4.1:
   version "2.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.1.tgz#18c49ab16a037b6eb0152cc83e3471338215b66e"
   dependencies:
@@ -2506,10 +2535,6 @@ chardet@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chardet/-/chardet-0.4.2.tgz#b5473b33dc97c424e5d98dc87d55d4d8a29c8bf2"
 
-chardet@^0.5.0:
-  version "0.5.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chardet/-/chardet-0.5.0.tgz#fe3ac73c00c3d865ffcc02a0682e2c20b6a06029"
-
 charenc@~0.0.1:
   version "0.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/charenc/-/charenc-0.0.2.tgz#c0a1d2f3a7092e03774bfa83f14c0fc5790a8667"
@@ -2637,6 +2662,10 @@ cli-spinners@^0.1.2:
   version "0.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-spinners/-/cli-spinners-0.1.2.tgz#bb764d88e185fb9e1e6a2a1f19772318f605e31c"
 
+cli-spinners@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-spinners/-/cli-spinners-1.3.1.tgz#002c1990912d0d59580c93bd36c056de99e4259a"
+
 cli-truncate@^0.2.1:
   version "0.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-truncate/-/cli-truncate-0.2.1.tgz#9f15cfbb0705005369216c626ac7d05ab90dd574"
@@ -3450,6 +3479,12 @@ default-require-extensions@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     strip-bom "^3.0.0"
 
+defaults@^1.0.3:
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/defaults/-/defaults-1.0.3.tgz#c656051e9817d9ff08ed881477f3fe4019f3ef7d"
+  dependencies:
+    clone "^1.0.2"
+
 define-properties@^1.1.2:
   version "1.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/define-properties/-/define-properties-1.1.2.tgz#83a73f2fea569898fb737193c8f873caf6d45c94"
@@ -4569,14 +4604,6 @@ external-editor@^2.1.0:
     iconv-lite "^0.4.17"
     tmp "^0.0.33"
 
-external-editor@^3.0.0:
-  version "3.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/external-editor/-/external-editor-3.0.0.tgz#dc35c48c6f98a30ca27a20e9687d7f3c77704bb6"
-  dependencies:
-    chardet "^0.5.0"
-    iconv-lite "^0.4.22"
-    tmp "^0.0.33"
-
 extglob@^0.3.1:
   version "0.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/extglob/-/extglob-0.3.2.tgz#2e18ff3d2f49ab2765cec9023f011daa8d8349a1"
@@ -5182,10 +5209,6 @@ global-dirs@^0.1.0:
   dependencies:
     ini "^1.3.4"
 
-global-modules-path@^2.1.0:
-  version "2.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/global-modules-path/-/global-modules-path-2.1.0.tgz#923ec524e8726bb0c1a4ed4b8e21e1ff80c88bbb"
-
 global@^4.3.0:
   version "4.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/global/-/global-4.3.2.tgz#e76989268a6c74c38908b1305b10fc0e394e9d0f"
@@ -5769,7 +5792,7 @@ iconv-lite@^0.4.17:
   version "0.4.17"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.17.tgz#4fdaa3b38acbc2c031b045d0edcdfe1ecab18c8d"
 
-iconv-lite@^0.4.22, iconv-lite@^0.4.23, iconv-lite@^0.4.4:
+iconv-lite@^0.4.23, iconv-lite@^0.4.4:
   version "0.4.23"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.23.tgz#297871f63be507adcfbfca715d0cd0eed84e9a63"
   dependencies:
@@ -5895,24 +5918,6 @@ inquirer@^5.2.0:
     strip-ansi "^4.0.0"
     through "^2.3.6"
 
-inquirer@^6.0.0:
-  version "6.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/inquirer/-/inquirer-6.0.0.tgz#e8c20303ddc15bbfc2c12a6213710ccd9e1413d8"
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-escapes "^3.0.0"
-    chalk "^2.0.0"
-    cli-cursor "^2.1.0"
-    cli-width "^2.0.0"
-    external-editor "^3.0.0"
-    figures "^2.0.0"
-    lodash "^4.3.0"
-    mute-stream "0.0.7"
-    run-async "^2.2.0"
-    rxjs "^6.1.0"
-    string-width "^2.1.0"
-    strip-ansi "^4.0.0"
-    through "^2.3.6"
-
 inquirer@~3.3.0:
   version "3.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/inquirer/-/inquirer-3.3.0.tgz#9dd2f2ad765dcab1ff0443b491442a20ba227dc9"
@@ -5942,10 +5947,6 @@ interpret@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/interpret/-/interpret-1.0.3.tgz#cbc35c62eeee73f19ab7b10a801511401afc0f90"
 
-interpret@^1.1.0:
-  version "1.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/interpret/-/interpret-1.1.0.tgz#7ed1b1410c6a0e0f78cf95d3b8440c63f78b8614"
-
 invariant@^2.0.0, invariant@^2.2.0, invariant@^2.2.1, invariant@^2.2.2:
   version "2.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/invariant/-/invariant-2.2.2.tgz#9e1f56ac0acdb6bf303306f338be3b204ae60360"
@@ -5968,6 +5969,10 @@ irregular-plurals@^1.0.0:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/irregular-plurals/-/irregular-plurals-1.2.0.tgz#38f299834ba8c00c30be9c554e137269752ff3ac"
 
+irregular-plurals@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/irregular-plurals/-/irregular-plurals-2.0.0.tgz#39d40f05b00f656d0b7fa471230dd3b714af2872"
+
 is-absolute-url@^2.0.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-absolute-url/-/is-absolute-url-2.1.0.tgz#50530dfb84fcc9aa7dbe7852e83a37b93b9f2aa6"
@@ -6220,7 +6225,7 @@ is-path-inside@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     path-is-inside "^1.0.1"
 
-is-plain-obj@^1.0.0, is-plain-obj@^1.1.0:
+is-plain-obj@^1.0.0, is-plain-obj@^1.1, is-plain-obj@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-plain-obj/-/is-plain-obj-1.1.0.tgz#71a50c8429dfca773c92a390a4a03b39fcd51d3e"
 
@@ -7559,6 +7564,10 @@ mdn-browser-compat-data@^0.0.36:
   dependencies:
     extend "3.0.1"
 
+meant@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/meant/-/meant-1.0.1.tgz#66044fea2f23230ec806fb515efea29c44d2115d"
+
 media-typer@0.3.0:
   version "0.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/media-typer/-/media-typer-0.3.0.tgz#8710d7af0aa626f8fffa1ce00168545263255748"
@@ -7627,6 +7636,12 @@ merge-descriptors@1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/merge-descriptors/-/merge-descriptors-1.0.1.tgz#b00aaa556dd8b44568150ec9d1b953f3f90cbb61"
 
+merge-options@^1.0.0, merge-options@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/merge-options/-/merge-options-1.0.1.tgz#2a64b24457becd4e4dc608283247e94ce589aa32"
+  dependencies:
+    is-plain-obj "^1.1"
+
 merge-stream@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/merge-stream/-/merge-stream-1.0.1.tgz#4041202d508a342ba00174008df0c251b8c135e1"
@@ -8323,7 +8338,7 @@ opener@^1.4.3:
   version "1.4.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/opener/-/opener-1.4.3.tgz#5c6da2c5d7e5831e8ffa3964950f8d6674ac90b8"
 
-opn@^5.1.0:
+opn@^5.1.0, opn@^5.3.0:
   version "5.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/opn/-/opn-5.3.0.tgz#64871565c863875f052cfdf53d3e3cb5adb53b1c"
   dependencies:
@@ -8356,6 +8371,17 @@ ora@^0.2.3:
     cli-spinners "^0.1.2"
     object-assign "^4.0.1"
 
+ora@^2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ora/-/ora-2.1.0.tgz#6caf2830eb924941861ec53a173799e008b51e5b"
+  dependencies:
+    chalk "^2.3.1"
+    cli-cursor "^2.1.0"
+    cli-spinners "^1.1.0"
+    log-symbols "^2.2.0"
+    strip-ansi "^4.0.0"
+    wcwidth "^1.0.1"
+
 original@>=0.0.5:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/original/-/original-1.0.0.tgz#9147f93fa1696d04be61e01bd50baeaca656bd3b"
@@ -8728,6 +8754,12 @@ plur@^2.1.2:
   dependencies:
     irregular-plurals "^1.0.0"
 
+plur@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/plur/-/plur-3.0.1.tgz#268652d605f816699b42b86248de73c9acd06a7c"
+  dependencies:
+    irregular-plurals "^2.0.0"
+
 pluralize@^7.0.0:
   version "7.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pluralize/-/pluralize-7.0.0.tgz#298b89df8b93b0221dbf421ad2b1b1ea23fc6777"
@@ -9096,6 +9128,10 @@ pretty-bytes@^1.0.2:
     get-stdin "^4.0.1"
     meow "^3.1.0"
 
+pretty-bytes@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pretty-bytes/-/pretty-bytes-5.1.0.tgz#6237ecfbdc6525beaef4de722cc60a58ae0e6c6d"
+
 pretty-error@^2.0.2:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pretty-error/-/pretty-error-2.1.0.tgz#87f4e9d706a24c87d6cbee9fabec001fcf8c75d8"
@@ -11066,7 +11102,7 @@ supports-color@^4.0.0:
   dependencies:
     has-flag "^2.0.0"
 
-supports-color@^5.1.0, supports-color@^5.4.0:
+supports-color@^5.1.0:
   version "5.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-5.4.0.tgz#1c6b337402c2137605efe19f10fec390f6faab54"
   dependencies:
@@ -11270,6 +11306,10 @@ timers-browserify@^2.0.4:
   dependencies:
     setimmediate "^1.0.4"
 
+titleize@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/titleize/-/titleize-1.0.1.tgz#21bc24fcca658eadc6d3bd3c38f2bd173769b4c5"
+
 tmp@^0.0.31:
   version "0.0.31"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tmp/-/tmp-0.0.31.tgz#8f38ab9438e17315e5dbd8b3657e8bfb277ae4a7"
@@ -11645,7 +11685,7 @@ upath@^1.0.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/upath/-/upath-1.1.0.tgz#35256597e46a581db4793d0ce47fa9aebfc9fabd"
 
-update-notifier@^2.5.0:
+update-notifier@^2.3.0, update-notifier@^2.5.0:
   version "2.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/update-notifier/-/update-notifier-2.5.0.tgz#d0744593e13f161e406acb1d9408b72cad08aff6"
   dependencies:
@@ -11891,6 +11931,12 @@ wbuf@^1.1.0, wbuf@^1.7.2:
   dependencies:
     minimalistic-assert "^1.0.0"
 
+wcwidth@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wcwidth/-/wcwidth-1.0.1.tgz#f0b0dcf915bc5ff1528afadb2c0e17b532da2fe8"
+  dependencies:
+    defaults "^1.0.3"
+
 wdio-dot-reporter@~0.0.8:
   version "0.0.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wdio-dot-reporter/-/wdio-dot-reporter-0.0.8.tgz#36195576da0d998210c71948cbb65f5bf11bfc65"
@@ -11950,21 +11996,37 @@ webpack-bundle-analyzer@^2.13.1:
     opener "^1.4.3"
     ws "^4.0.0"
 
-webpack-cli@^3.0.7:
-  version "3.0.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-cli/-/webpack-cli-3.0.7.tgz#d4171aa6a52f28d3a40048db3d0764e1c601c029"
+webpack-command@^0.4.1:
+  version "0.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-command/-/webpack-command-0.4.1.tgz#3f88aae87c28292ed0a97293615a2e962a1c66f4"
   dependencies:
-    chalk "^2.4.1"
-    cross-spawn "^6.0.5"
+    "@webpack-contrib/config-loader" "^1.2.0"
+    "@webpack-contrib/schema-utils" "^1.0.0-beta.0"
+    camelcase "^5.0.0"
+    chalk "^2.3.2"
+    debug "^3.1.0"
+    decamelize "^2.0.0"
     enhanced-resolve "^4.0.0"
-    global-modules-path "^2.1.0"
     import-local "^1.0.0"
-    inquirer "^6.0.0"
-    interpret "^1.1.0"
+    isobject "^3.0.1"
     loader-utils "^1.1.0"
-    supports-color "^5.4.0"
+    log-symbols "^2.2.0"
+    loud-rejection "^1.6.0"
+    meant "^1.0.1"
+    meow "^5.0.0"
+    merge-options "^1.0.0"
+    object.values "^1.0.4"
+    opn "^5.3.0"
+    ora "^2.1.0"
+    plur "^3.0.0"
+    pretty-bytes "^5.0.0"
+    strip-ansi "^4.0.0"
+    text-table "^0.2.0"
+    titleize "^1.0.1"
+    update-notifier "^2.3.0"
     v8-compile-cache "^2.0.0"
-    yargs "^11.1.0"
+    webpack-log "^1.1.2"
+    wordwrap "^1.0.0"
 
 webpack-dev-middleware@3.1.3:
   version "3.1.3"
@@ -12179,7 +12241,7 @@ wordwrap@0.0.2, wordwrap@~0.0.2:
   version "0.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wordwrap/-/wordwrap-0.0.2.tgz#b79669bb42ecb409f83d583cad52ca17eaa1643f"
 
-wordwrap@~1.0.0:
+wordwrap@^1.0.0, wordwrap@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wordwrap/-/wordwrap-1.0.0.tgz#27584810891456a4171c8d0226441ade90cbcaeb"
 
@@ -12343,23 +12405,6 @@ yargs@11.0.0, yargs@^11.0.0:
     y18n "^3.2.1"
     yargs-parser "^9.0.2"
 
-yargs@^11.1.0:
-  version "11.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-11.1.0.tgz#90b869934ed6e871115ea2ff58b03f4724ed2d77"
-  dependencies:
-    cliui "^4.0.0"
-    decamelize "^1.1.1"
-    find-up "^2.1.0"
-    get-caller-file "^1.0.1"
-    os-locale "^2.0.0"
-    require-directory "^2.1.1"
-    require-main-filename "^1.0.1"
-    set-blocking "^2.0.0"
-    string-width "^2.0.0"
-    which-module "^2.0.0"
-    y18n "^3.2.1"
-    yargs-parser "^9.0.2"
-
 yargs@^12.0.1:
   version "12.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yargs/-/yargs-12.0.1.tgz#6432e56123bb4e7c3562115401e98374060261c2"