diff --git a/seasoned_api/package.json b/seasoned_api/package.json
index 8b2db1b..9f69350 100644
--- a/seasoned_api/package.json
+++ b/seasoned_api/package.json
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   },
   "main": "webserver/server.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "cross-env SEASONED_CONFIG=conf/development.json PROD=true NODE_PATH=. node src/webserver/server.js",
-    "test": "cross-env SEASONED_CONFIG=conf/test.json NODE_PATH=. mocha --recursive test/unit test/system",
+    "start": "cross-env SEASONED_CONFIG=conf/development.json PROD=true NODE_PATH=. babel-node src/webserver/server.js",
+    "test": "cross-env SEASONED_CONFIG=conf/test.json NODE_PATH=. mocha --require @babel/register --recursive test/unit test/system",
     "coverage": "cross-env SEASONED_CONFIG=conf/test.json NODE_PATH=. nyc mocha --recursive test && nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls",
     "lint": "./node_modules/.bin/eslint src/",
     "update": "cross-env SEASONED_CONFIG=conf/development.json NODE_PATH=. node src/plex/updateRequestsInPlex.js",
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
     "sqlite3": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@babel/core": "^7.5.5",
+    "@babel/node": "^7.5.5",
+    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.5.5",
+    "@babel/register": "^7.5.5",
     "coveralls": "^3.0.0",
     "documentation": "^12.0.3",
     "eslint": "^4.9.0",
diff --git a/seasoned_api/src/database/sqliteDatabase.js b/seasoned_api/src/database/sqliteDatabase.js
index e6b8bf7..aee129a 100644
--- a/seasoned_api/src/database/sqliteDatabase.js
+++ b/seasoned_api/src/database/sqliteDatabase.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class SqliteDatabase {
    * @param {Array} parameters in the SQL query
    * @returns {Promise}
    */
-   async run(sql, parameters) {
+   run(sql, parameters) {
       return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
          this.connection.run(sql, parameters, (error, result) => {
             if (error)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class SqliteDatabase {
    * @param {Array} parameters in the SQL query
    * @returns {Promise}
    */
-   async all(sql, parameters) {
+   all(sql, parameters) {
       return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
          this.connection.all(sql, parameters, (err, rows) => {
             if (err) {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class SqliteDatabase {
    * @param {Array} parameters in the SQL query
    * @returns {Promise}
    */
-   async get(sql, parameters) {
+   get(sql, parameters) {
       return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
          this.connection.get(sql, parameters, (err, rows) => {
             if (err) {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class SqliteDatabase {
    * @param {Array} parameters in the SQL query
    * @returns {Promise}
    */
-   async execute(sql) {
+   execute(sql) {
       return new Promise(resolve => {
          this.connection.exec(sql, (err, database) => {
              if (err) {
diff --git a/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/.babelrc b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/.babelrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1320b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/.babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "presets": ["@babel/preset-env"]
+}
diff --git a/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToMovie.js b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToMovie.js
index 9d06ca0..2b54c0f 100644
--- a/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToMovie.js
+++ b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToMovie.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const Movie = require('src/tmdb/types/movie');
+import { Movie } from './types'
 
 const tmdbSwitcher = (tmdbMovie, property) => tmdbMovie[property]
 
diff --git a/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToPerson.js b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToPerson.js
index 32e6911..3626ff4 100644
--- a/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToPerson.js
+++ b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToPerson.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const Person = require('src/tmdb/types/person');
+import { Person } from './types'
 const convertTmdbToMovie = require('src/tmdb/convertTmdbToMovie');
 
 function convertTmdbToPerson(tmdbPerson, cast=undefined) {
diff --git a/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToSeasoned.js b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToSeasoned.js
index cd552c2..0ce7886 100644
--- a/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToSeasoned.js
+++ b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToSeasoned.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const TMDB = require('src/media_classes/tmdb');
-const Movie = require('src/types/movie');
 
 function translateYear(tmdbReleaseDate) {
    return new Date(tmdbReleaseDate).getFullYear();
diff --git a/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToShow.js b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToShow.js
index 0bb0481..1a25fe5 100644
--- a/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToShow.js
+++ b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/convertTmdbToShow.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const Show = require('src/tmdb/types/show');
+import { Show } from './types'
 
 function convertTmdbToShow(tmdbShow, credits=undefined) {
   const show = new Show(tmdbShow.id, tmdbShow.name)
diff --git a/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/tmdb.js b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/tmdb.js
index 8c16f40..3675dd8 100644
--- a/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/tmdb.js
+++ b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/tmdb.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const moviedb = require('km-moviedb');
 const convertTmdbToMovie = require('src/tmdb/convertTmdbToMovie');
 const convertTmdbToShow = require('src/tmdb/convertTmdbToShow');
 const convertTmdbToPerson = require('src/tmdb/convertTmdbToPerson');
-const { tmdbInfo } = require('src/tmdb/types')
+// const { tmdbInfo } = require('src/tmdb/types')
 
 class TMDB {
   constructor(cache, apiKey, tmdbLibrary) {
diff --git a/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/types.js b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/types.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c8891e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/seasoned_api/src/tmdb/types.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import Movie from './types/movie.js'
+import Show from './types/show.js'
+import Person from './types/person.js'
+
+module.exports = { Movie, Show, Person }