diff --git a/babel.config.json b/babel.config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1320b9a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/babel.config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "presets": ["@babel/preset-env"]
+}
diff --git a/webpack.dev.js b/webpack.dev.js
index 28617f828..f39e027a1 100644
--- a/webpack.dev.js
+++ b/webpack.dev.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module.exports = merge(common, {
         rules: [
             {
                 test: /\.js$/,
-                exclude: /node_modules/,
+                exclude: /node_modules[\\/](?!query-string)/,
                 loader: "babel-loader"
             },
             {
diff --git a/webpack.prod.js b/webpack.prod.js
index 52d5050c3..a6fb07091 100644
--- a/webpack.prod.js
+++ b/webpack.prod.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module.exports = merge(common, {
         rules: [
             {
                 test: /\.js$/,
-                exclude: /node_modules/,
+                exclude: /node_modules[\\/](?!query-string)/,
                 loader: "babel-loader"
             },
             {