diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
index d0b9571cf..cede65ff2 100644
--- a/.babelrc
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   "presets": [
-    "electron"
+    "electron",
+    "react"
+  ],
+  "plugins": [
+    "transform-async-generator-functions"
   ],
   "sourceMaps": "inline"
 }