diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index bf3f05d057..6e154d061e 100755
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules/**
 reports/**
+dist/**
diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index b0a4cf80d4..c6b6835cb0 100755
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+    "parser": "babel-eslint",
     "env": {
         "node": true
     },
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@
         "wrap-iife": 2,
         "yoda": 2,
         // Strict Mode
-        "strict": [2, "global"],
+        "strict": [2, "never"],
         // Variables
         "no-catch-shadow": 2,
         "no-delete-var": 2,
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index af67fd4b29..174789b129 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,17 +1,4 @@
-lib-cov
-*.seed
-*.log
-*.csv
-*.dat
-*.out
-*.pid
-*.gz
-*.sublime-project
-*.sublime-workspace
-pids
-logs
 reports
-build
+dist
 node_modules
 npm-debug.log
-sftp-config.json
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83264c1109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# .npmignore so dist/ can be git-ignored but will be in npm package
+
+reports
+# dist < must end up in npm package. do not ignore.
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b59b05d0c2..eb7f4fa0d8 100755
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ before_script:
   - npm prune
   - 'curl -Lo travis_after_all.py https://git.io/vLSON'
 script:
-  - npm test
+  - npm run build
+  - npm run test
 after_success:
   - python travis_after_all.py
   - export $(cat .to_export_back)
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 4fa0e80378..0000000000
--- a/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-module.exports = {
-  rules: {
-    'no-session': require('./lib/rules/no-session'),
-    'no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment': require('./lib/rules/no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment'),
-    'no-zero-timeout': require('./lib/rules/no-zero-timeout'),
-    'audit-argument-checks': require('./lib/rules/audit-argument-checks')
-  },
-  rulesConfig: {
-    'no-session': 0,
-    'no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment': 0,
-    'no-zero-timeout': 0,
-    'audit-argument-checks': 0
-  }
-};
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e7729bc281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module.exports = {
+  rules: {
+    'no-session': require('./rules/no-session'),
+    'no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment': require('./rules/no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment'),
+    'no-zero-timeout': require('./rules/no-zero-timeout'),
+    'audit-argument-checks': require('./rules/audit-argument-checks')
+  },
+  rulesConfig: {
+    'no-session': 0,
+    'no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment': 0,
+    'no-zero-timeout': 0,
+    'audit-argument-checks': 0
+  }
+};
diff --git a/lib/rules/audit-argument-checks.js b/lib/rules/audit-argument-checks.js
index bd4a8c5fb7..2ee83fe116 100644
--- a/lib/rules/audit-argument-checks.js
+++ b/lib/rules/audit-argument-checks.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * @fileoverview Enforce check on all arguments passed to methods and publish functions
  * @author Dominik Ferber
  */
-'use strict';
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Rule Definition
@@ -17,14 +16,14 @@ module.exports = function (context) {
 
   function auditArgumentChecks (node) {
     if (node.type === 'FunctionExpression') {
-      var checkedParams = [];
+      const checkedParams = [];
 
       // short-circuit
       if (node.params.length === 0) {
         return;
       }
 
-      node.body.body.map(function (expression) {
+      node.body.body.map((expression) => {
         if (
           expression.type === 'ExpressionStatement' &&
           expression.expression.type === 'CallExpression' &&
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ module.exports = function (context) {
         }
       });
 
-      node.params.map(function (param) {
+      node.params.map((param) => {
         if (param.type === 'Identifier') {
           if (checkedParams.indexOf(param.name) === -1) {
             context.report(param, param.name + ' is not checked');
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ module.exports = function (context) {
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   return {
-    CallExpression: function (node) {
+    CallExpression: (node) => {
       if (
         node.callee.type === 'MemberExpression' &&
         !node.callee.computed &&
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ module.exports = function (context) {
       }
     }
   };
-
 };
 
 module.exports.schema = [];
diff --git a/lib/rules/no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment.js b/lib/rules/no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment.js
index 4e4c8f5d3e..968c751cee 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * @fileoverview Prevent deprecated template lifecycle callback assignments.
  * @author Dominik Ferber
  */
-'use strict';
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Rule Definition
@@ -44,11 +43,11 @@ module.exports = function (context) {
 
   return {
 
-    AssignmentExpression: function (node) {
+    AssignmentExpression: (node) => {
 
       if (node.operator === '=') {
 
-        var lhs = node.left;
+        const lhs = node.left;
         if (
           lhs.type === 'MemberExpression' && !lhs.computed &&
           lhs.object.type === 'MemberExpression' &&
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ module.exports = function (context) {
     }
 
   };
-
 };
 
 module.exports.schema = [];
diff --git a/lib/rules/no-session.js b/lib/rules/no-session.js
index af77953c73..d96fae802c 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-session.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-session.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * @fileoverview Prevent usage of Session
  * @author Dominik Ferber
  */
-'use strict';
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Rule Definition
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = function (context) {
 
   return {
 
-    MemberExpression: function (node) {
+    MemberExpression (node) {
       if (node.object.name === 'Session') {
         context.report(node, 'Unexpected Session statement.');
       }
diff --git a/lib/rules/no-zero-timeout.js b/lib/rules/no-zero-timeout.js
index 4636a626ce..f919b688a2 100644
--- a/lib/rules/no-zero-timeout.js
+++ b/lib/rules/no-zero-timeout.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * @fileoverview Prevent usage of Meteor.setTimeout with zero delay
  * @author Dominik Ferber
  */
-'use strict';
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Rule Definition
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 90edd2da17..b8ceb4526f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
   "name": "eslint-plugin-meteor",
   "author": "Dominik Ferber <dominik.ferber+npm@gmail.com>",
   "description": "Meteor specific linting rules for ESLint",
-  "main": "index.js",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "coveralls": "cat ./reports/coverage/lcov.info | coveralls",
     "lint": "eslint ./",
     "test": "npm run lint && npm run unit-test",
-    "unit-test": "istanbul cover --dir reports/coverage node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha tests/**/*.js -- --reporter dot",
-    "semantic-release": "semantic-release pre && npm publish && semantic-release post"
+    "unit-test": "istanbul cover --dir reports/coverage node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha tests/**/*.js -- --reporter dot --compilers js:babel/register",
+    "semantic-release": "semantic-release pre && npm publish && semantic-release post",
+    "prebuild": "rimraf dist && mkdir dist",
+    "dev": "babel lib -d dist -w",
+    "build": "babel lib -d dist"
   },
   "files": [
     "LICENSE",
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@
   "bugs": "https://github.com/dferber90/eslint-plugin-meteor/issues",
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
+    "babel": "5.8.23",
     "coveralls": "2.11.4",
     "cz-conventional-changelog": "1.0.1",
     "eslint": "1.5.1",
@@ -31,7 +35,8 @@
     "ghooks": "0.3.2",
     "istanbul": "0.3.21",
     "mocha": "2.3.3",
-    "semantic-release": "4.3.5"
+    "semantic-release": "4.3.5",
+    "rimraf": "2.4.3"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "eslint": ">=0.8.0"
diff --git a/tests/index.js b/tests/index.js
index 710d38fa8e..f8f364d3ea 100755
--- a/tests/index.js
+++ b/tests/index.js
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 /* eslint-env mocha */
-'use strict';
 
-var plugin = require('..');
+var plugin = require('../dist/index.js');
 
 var assert = require('assert');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 
-var rules = fs.readdirSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../lib/rules/'))
+var rules = fs.readdirSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../dist/rules/'))
   .filter(function (f) {
     return path.extname(f) === '.js';
   })
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ describe('all rule files should be exported by the plugin', function() {
     it('should export ' + ruleName, function() {
       assert.equal(
         plugin.rules[ruleName],
-        require(path.join('../lib/rules', ruleName))
+        require(path.join('../dist/rules', ruleName))
       );
     });
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/audit-argument-checks.js b/tests/lib/rules/audit-argument-checks.js
index 308f97e0e1..87aae45824 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/audit-argument-checks.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/audit-argument-checks.js
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
  * @fileoverview Enforce check on all arguments passed to methods and publish functions
  * @author Dominik Ferber
  */
-'use strict';
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Requirements
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-var rule = require('../../../lib/rules/audit-argument-checks');
+var rule = require('../../../dist/rules/audit-argument-checks');
 var RuleTester = require('eslint').RuleTester;
 
 
@@ -84,16 +83,16 @@ ruleTester.run('audit-argument-checks', rule, {
       parser: 'babel-eslint'
     },
     {
-      code: [
-        'Meteor.methods({' +
-        '  foo () {},' +
-        '  foo2 (bar) {' +
-        '    if (true) {' +
-        '      check(bar, Meteor.any)' +
-        '    }' +
-        '  }' +
-        '})'
-      ].join('\n'),
+      code: `
+        Meteor.methods({
+          foo () {},
+          foo2 (bar) {
+            if (true) {
+              check(bar, Meteor.any)
+            }
+          }
+        })
+      `,
       errors: [{
         message: 'bar is not checked',
         type: 'Identifier'
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment.js
index 770eb39122..60804e3388 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment.js
@@ -4,15 +4,13 @@
  * @copyright 2015 Dominik Ferber. All rights reserved.
  * See LICENSE file in root directory for full license.
  */
-'use strict';
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Requirements
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-var rule = require('../../../lib/rules/no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment'),
-
-  RuleTester = require('eslint').RuleTester;
+var rule = require('../../../dist/rules/no-blaze-lifecycle-assignment');
+var RuleTester = require('eslint').RuleTester;
 
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-session.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-session.js
index 22ef8ac22d..21e28982da 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-session.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-session.js
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@
  * @copyright 2015 Dominik Ferber. All rights reserved.
  * See LICENSE file in root directory for full license.
  */
-'use strict';
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Requirements
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-var rule = require('../../../lib/rules/no-session');
+var rule = require('../../../dist/rules/no-session');
 var RuleTester = require('eslint').RuleTester;
 
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/no-zero-timeout.js b/tests/lib/rules/no-zero-timeout.js
index 37ff65e364..e1c6feadb7 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/no-zero-timeout.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/no-zero-timeout.js
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
  * @fileoverview Prevent usage of Meteor.setTimeout with zero delay
  * @author Dominik Ferber
  */
-'use strict';
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Requirements
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-var rule = require('../../../lib/rules/no-zero-timeout');
+var rule = require('../../../dist/rules/no-zero-timeout');
 var RuleTester = require('eslint').RuleTester;