diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8bc7941666..baac52a82b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ examples/**/dist
 coverage
 *.lcov
 .nyc_output
+.vscode
diff --git a/examples/offline-nuxt/nuxt.config.js b/examples/offline-nuxt/nuxt.config.js
index 168ad0499c..915a70f372 100644
--- a/examples/offline-nuxt/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/examples/offline-nuxt/nuxt.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module.exports = {
   offline: true, // true or https://github.com/NekR/offline-plugin/blob/master/docs/options.md
   plugins: [
-    { src: '~plugins/init-offline.js', ssr: false }
+    { src: '~plugins/offline.js', ssr: false }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/examples/offline-nuxt/package.json b/examples/offline-nuxt/package.json
index 20c76d1b6b..e202ad873a 100644
--- a/examples/offline-nuxt/package.json
+++ b/examples/offline-nuxt/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "offline-config-nuxt",
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "../../bin/nuxt",
-    "build": "../../bin/nuxt build",
-    "start": "../../bin/nuxt start"
+    "dev": "nuxt",
+    "build": "nuxt build",
+    "start": "nuxt start"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "nuxt": "latest"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/offline-nuxt/pages/index.vue b/examples/offline-nuxt/pages/index.vue
index bb1b2bacae..5846d84ea3 100644
--- a/examples/offline-nuxt/pages/index.vue
+++ b/examples/offline-nuxt/pages/index.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 <template>
-<div>
-This is offline test
-</div>
+  <div>This is offline test</div>
 </template>
diff --git a/examples/offline-nuxt/plugins/init-offline.js b/examples/offline-nuxt/plugins/init-offline.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a0fd8f5edb..0000000000
--- a/examples/offline-nuxt/plugins/init-offline.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
-  require('offline-plugin/runtime').install()
-  window.onNuxtReady((app) => {
-    if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
-      if (navigator.serviceWorker.controller) {} else {
-        navigator.serviceWorker.register('/sw.js').then(function(res) {
-          console.log('sw loaded...')
-        }).catch(function(err) {
-          console.log(err);
-        });
-      }
-    } else if (window.applicationCache) {
-      // register appcache code
-      var iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
-      iframe.style.display = "none";
-      iframe.src = '/appcache/manifest.html';
-      document.body.appendChild(iframe);
-    }
-  })
-}
diff --git a/examples/offline-nuxt/plugins/offline.js b/examples/offline-nuxt/plugins/offline.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7224e02c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/offline-nuxt/plugins/offline.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
+  var OfflinePlugin = require('offline-plugin/runtime')
+  window.onNuxtReady(() => {
+    OfflinePlugin.install({
+      onInstalled: function () {
+        console.log('Offline plugin installed.') // eslint-disable-line no-console
+      },
+      onUpdating: function () {
+
+      },
+      onUpdateReady: function () {
+        OfflinePlugin.applyUpdate()
+      },
+      onUpdated: function () {
+        window.location.reload()
+      }
+    })
+  })
+}
diff --git a/lib/webpack/base.config.js b/lib/webpack/base.config.js
index cd45498db6..5d560d306d 100644
--- a/lib/webpack/base.config.js
+++ b/lib/webpack/base.config.js
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export default function ({ isClient, isServer }) {
           exclude: /node_modules/,
           query: defaults(this.options.build.babel, {
             presets: ['vue-app'],
+            babelrc: false,
             cacheDirectory: !!this.dev
           })
         },
diff --git a/lib/webpack/client.config.js b/lib/webpack/client.config.js
index b9a3616708..c2e53b90a5 100644
--- a/lib/webpack/client.config.js
+++ b/lib/webpack/client.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-import { each } from 'lodash'
+import { each, defaults } from 'lodash'
 import webpack from 'webpack'
 import HTMLPlugin from 'html-webpack-plugin'
 import FriendlyErrorsWebpackPlugin from 'friendly-errors-webpack-plugin'
@@ -11,38 +11,6 @@ import { BundleAnalyzerPlugin } from 'webpack-bundle-analyzer'
 import OfflinePlugin from 'offline-plugin'
 import base from './base.config.js'
 import { resolve } from 'path'
-import fs from 'fs-extra'
-import pify from 'pify'
-const rename = pify(fs.rename)
-
-// offline plugin copy generated assets to static directory
-function OfflinePluginCopyAssetsPlugin (assets, toDir) {
-  this.assets = assets
-  this.toDir = toDir
-}
-OfflinePluginCopyAssetsPlugin.prototype.apply = function (compiler) {
-  compiler.plugin('after-emit', function (compilation, callback) {
-    const assets = this.assets.length > 0 ? this.assets : []
-
-    if (!fs.existsSync(this.toDir)) {
-      fs.mkdirSync(this.toDir)
-      fs.mkdirSync(`${this.toDir}/appcache`)
-    }
-
-    let renamePromises = []
-    assets.forEach((asset) => {
-      renamePromises.push(rename(`.nuxt/dist/${asset}`, `${this.toDir}/${asset}`))
-    })
-
-    Promise.all(renamePromises)
-    .then(() => {
-      console.log('\nOffline content to static directory...') // eslint-disable-line no-console
-    })
-    .catch((error) => {
-      console.error('\nOffline-plugin copy error', error) // eslint-disable-line no-console
-    })
-  }.bind(this))
-}
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -148,11 +116,7 @@ export default function () {
   if (!this.dev && this.options.offline) {
     const offlineOpts = typeof this.options.offline === 'object' ? this.options.offline : {}
     config.plugins.push(
-      new OfflinePlugin(offlineOpts),
-      new OfflinePluginCopyAssetsPlugin(
-        ['sw.js', 'appcache/manifest.appcache', 'appcache/manifest.html'],
-        'static'
-      )
+      new OfflinePlugin(defaults(offlineOpts, {}))
     )
   }
   // Webpack Bundle Analyzer
diff --git a/lib/webpack/vue-loader.config.js b/lib/webpack/vue-loader.config.js
index 7b431505ac..d419725ddf 100644
--- a/lib/webpack/vue-loader.config.js
+++ b/lib/webpack/vue-loader.config.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { defaults } from 'lodash'
 export default function ({ isClient }) {
   let babelOptions = JSON.stringify(defaults(this.options.build.babel, {
     presets: ['vue-app'],
+    babelrc: false,
     cacheDirectory: !!this.dev
   }))
   let config = {