diff --git a/build/jsWebCompile.js b/build/jsWebCompile.js
index d4454f6..b9fbb7f 100644
--- a/build/jsWebCompile.js
+++ b/build/jsWebCompile.js
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ var config = {
       test: /\.js$/,
       exclude: /node_modules/,
       loader: 'babel-loader',
-      query: { optional: 'runtime', loose: 'all', cacheDirectory: true }
+      query: { optional: [], loose: 'all', cacheDirectory: true }
     }]
   }
-};
+},
+    productionTransformers = ['runtime', 'minification.deadCodeElimination', 'minification.constantFolding', 'minification.memberExpressionLiterals', 'minification.propertyLiterals', 'optimisation.react.inlineElements', 'optimisation.react.constantElements'];
 
 /**
  * Compiles JavaScript for the browser
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ var config = {
  * @param {string}   inPath          - a full system path to the input file
  * @param {string}   outPath         - a full system path to the output file
  * @param {Function} callback        - a callback function which accepts 1 argument: an array of error strings or null
- * @param {boolean}  [devMode=false] - if true provides faster source map rebuilds, good for rapid development
+ * @param {boolean}  [devMode=false] - if true the compilation time is greatly reduced, good for rapid development
  * @example
  * import {jsWebCompile} from 'webcompiler';
  *
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ function jsWebCompile(inPath, outPath, callback) {
   config.output.path = parsed.dir;
   config.output.filename = parsed.base;
   config.devtool = (devMode ? 'eval-' : '') + 'source-map';
+  config.module.loaders[0].query.optional = devMode ? [] : productionTransformers;
   (0, _webpack2['default'])(config, function (e, stats) {
     var jsonStats = undefined,
         errors = undefined;
diff --git a/docs/global.html b/docs/global.html
index e78add0..c7f289f 100644
--- a/docs/global.html
+++ b/docs/global.html
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ <h5>Parameters:</h5>
                 </td>
             
 
-            <td class="description last">if true provides faster source map rebuilds, good for rapid development</td>
+            <td class="description last">if true the compilation time is greatly reduced, good for rapid development</td>
         </tr>
 
     
diff --git a/lib/jsWebCompile.js b/lib/jsWebCompile.js
index 2e80f1a..fc5efcc 100644
--- a/lib/jsWebCompile.js
+++ b/lib/jsWebCompile.js
@@ -4,20 +4,23 @@ import webpack from 'webpack';
 import {parse} from 'path';
 
 const config = {
-  cache: {},
-  debug: true,
-  devtool: '',
-  entry: '',
-  output: {path: '', filename: ''},
-  module: {
-    loaders: [{
-      test: /\.js$/,
-      exclude: /node_modules/,
-      loader: 'babel-loader',
-      query: {optional: 'runtime', loose: 'all', cacheDirectory: true}
-    }]
-  }
-};
+      cache: {},
+      debug: true,
+      devtool: '',
+      entry: '',
+      output: {path: '', filename: ''},
+      module: {
+        loaders: [{
+          test: /\.js$/,
+          exclude: /node_modules/,
+          loader: 'babel-loader',
+          query: {optional: [], loose: 'all', cacheDirectory: true}
+        }]
+      }
+    },
+    productionTransformers = ['runtime', 'minification.deadCodeElimination', 'minification.constantFolding',
+      'minification.memberExpressionLiterals', 'minification.propertyLiterals', 'optimisation.react.inlineElements',
+      'optimisation.react.constantElements'];
 
 /**
  * Compiles JavaScript for the browser
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ const config = {
  * @param {string}   inPath          - a full system path to the input file
  * @param {string}   outPath         - a full system path to the output file
  * @param {Function} callback        - a callback function which accepts 1 argument: an array of error strings or null
- * @param {boolean}  [devMode=false] - if true provides faster source map rebuilds, good for rapid development
+ * @param {boolean}  [devMode=false] - if true the compilation time is greatly reduced, good for rapid development
  * @example
  * import {jsWebCompile} from 'webcompiler';
  *
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ export default function jsWebCompile(inPath: string, outPath: string, callback:
   config.output.path = parsed.dir;
   config.output.filename = parsed.base;
   config.devtool = `${devMode ? 'eval-' : ''}source-map`;
+  config.module.loaders[0].query.optional = devMode ? [] : productionTransformers;
   webpack(config, function (e, stats) {
     let jsonStats, errors;
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0ef3923..2fe9c50 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "babel-loader": "5.x",
+    "babel-runtime": "5.x",
     "react-hot-loader": "1.x"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/spec/jsWebCompileSpec.js b/spec/jsWebCompileSpec.js
index b098ca3..06c8d23 100644
--- a/spec/jsWebCompileSpec.js
+++ b/spec/jsWebCompileSpec.js
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@ describe('jsWebCompile', function () {
             test: /\.js$/,
             exclude: /node_modules/,
             loader: 'babel-loader',
-            query: {optional: 'runtime', loose: 'all', cacheDirectory: true}
+            query: {
+              optional: ['runtime', 'minification.deadCodeElimination', 'minification.constantFolding',
+                'minification.memberExpressionLiterals', 'minification.propertyLiterals',
+                'optimisation.react.inlineElements', 'optimisation.react.constantElements'],
+              loose: 'all',
+              cacheDirectory: true
+            }
           }]
         }
       }, jasmine.any(Function));
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ describe('jsWebCompile', function () {
             test: /\.js$/,
             exclude: /node_modules/,
             loader: 'babel-loader',
-            query: {optional: 'runtime', loose: 'all', cacheDirectory: true}
+            query: {optional: [], loose: 'all', cacheDirectory: true}
           }]
         }
       }, jasmine.any(Function));