diff --git a/packages/client/package.json b/packages/client/package.json
index 8a4d87d..b440d61 100644
--- a/packages/client/package.json
+++ b/packages/client/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
     "react-redux": "^6.0.0",
     "redux": "^4.0.1"
   },
-  "main": "src/index.js",
-  "types": "src/index.d.ts"
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "types": "lib/index.d.ts"
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/src/renderer/ClientRenderer.tsx b/packages/client/src/renderer/ClientRenderer.tsx
index e96000b..0ddacfe 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/renderer/ClientRenderer.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/src/renderer/ClientRenderer.tsx
@@ -7,19 +7,18 @@ import {IRenderer} from './IRenderer'
 export class ClientRenderer implements IRenderer {
   constructor(
     readonly createStore: IStoreFactory,
-    readonly Component: Component,
+    readonly RootComponent: typeof Component,
     readonly target = document.body,
   ) {}
 
-  render() {
-    const state = (window as any).__PRELOADED_STATE__
-    const {Component} = this
+  render(state = (window as any).__PRELOADED_STATE__) {
+    const {RootComponent} = this
 
     if (state) {
       const store = this.createStore(state)
       ReactDOM.hydrate(
         <Provider store={store}>
-          <Component />
+          <RootComponent />
         </Provider>,
         this.target,
       )
@@ -27,11 +26,10 @@ export class ClientRenderer implements IRenderer {
       const store = this.createStore()
       ReactDOM.render(
         <Provider store={store}>
-          <Component />
+          <RootComponent />
         </Provider>,
         this.target,
       )
     }
   }
 }
-
diff --git a/packages/client/src/renderer/IRenderer.ts b/packages/client/src/renderer/IRenderer.ts
index f63bcc9..e353b71 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/renderer/IRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/renderer/IRenderer.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 export interface IRenderer {
-  render(): any
+  render(state?: any): any
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/src/renderer/IStoreFactory.ts b/packages/client/src/renderer/IStoreFactory.ts
index c785beb..8860572 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/renderer/IStoreFactory.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/renderer/IStoreFactory.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 import {Store} from 'redux'
 
 // TODO maybe Store should also be typed
-export type IStoreFactory<T> = (state?: T) => Store
+export type IStoreFactory = (state?: any) => Store
diff --git a/packages/client/src/renderer/ServerRenderer.tsx b/packages/client/src/renderer/ServerRenderer.tsx
index fcd7a27..7b8c568 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/renderer/ServerRenderer.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/src/renderer/ServerRenderer.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import {Component} from 'react'
 import {IRenderer} from './IRenderer'
+import {IStoreFactory} from './IStoreFactory'
+import {Provider} from 'react-redux'
 import {renderToNodeStream} from 'react-dom/server'
 
 export class ServerRenderer implements IRenderer {
   constructor(
     readonly createStore: IStoreFactory,
-    readonly Component: Component,
+    readonly RootComponent: typeof Component,
   ) {}
-  render() {
-    const {Component} = this
+  render(state?: any) {
+    const {RootComponent} = this
     const store = this.createStore(state)
 
     const stream = renderToNodeStream(
       <Provider store={store}>
-        <Component />
+        <RootComponent />
       </Provider>,
     )
     return stream
diff --git a/packages/client/tsconfig.json b/packages/client/tsconfig.json
index b360d6b..56fff90 100644
--- a/packages/client/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/client/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,19 +1,7 @@
 {
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.common.json"
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
-    "target": "es3",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "jsx": "react",
-    "noImplicitAny": true,
-    "strict": true,
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "noUnusedLocals": true,
-    "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
-    "experimentalDecorators": true,
-    "plugins": [{
-      "name": "typescript-tslint-plugin",
-      "suppressWhileTypeErrorsPresent": true
-    }]
+    "outDir": "lib",
+    "rootDir": "src"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/common/package.json b/packages/common/package.json
index 98b659d..817fcd3 100644
--- a/packages/common/package.json
+++ b/packages/common/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rondo/common",
   "private": true,
-  "main": "src/index.js",
-  "types": "src/index.d.ts"
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "types": "lib/index.d.ts"
 }
diff --git a/packages/common/tsconfig.json b/packages/common/tsconfig.json
index b360d6b..caad41d 100644
--- a/packages/common/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/common/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,19 +1,7 @@
 {
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.common.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
-    "target": "es3",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "jsx": "react",
-    "noImplicitAny": true,
-    "strict": true,
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "noUnusedLocals": true,
-    "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
-    "experimentalDecorators": true,
-    "plugins": [{
-      "name": "typescript-tslint-plugin",
-      "suppressWhileTypeErrorsPresent": true
-    }]
+    "outDir": "lib",
+    "rootDir": "src"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 59eaa15..0b42d91 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
     "uuid": "^3.3.2",
     "winston": "^3.1.0"
   },
-  "main": "src/index.js",
-  "types": "src/index.d.ts"
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "types": "lib/index.d.ts"
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/application/Application.ts b/packages/server/src/application/Application.ts
index 4257ef1..9c5e1c7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/application/Application.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/application/Application.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {IApplication} from './IApplication'
 import {IConfig} from './IConfig'
 import {IDatabase} from '../database/IDatabase'
 import {ILogger} from '../logger/ILogger'
-import {IRoutes} from '../../common/REST'
+import {IRoutes} from '@rondo/common'
 import {ITransactionManager} from '../database/ITransactionManager'
 import {IUserService, UserService} from '../services'
 import {loggerFactory, LoggerFactory} from '../logger/LoggerFactory'
diff --git a/packages/server/src/application/IApplication.ts b/packages/server/src/application/IApplication.ts
index 99bbb00..27e19c4 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/application/IApplication.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/application/IApplication.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import express from 'express'
 import {AsyncRouter} from '../router'
-import {IRoutes} from '../../common/REST'
+import {IRoutes} from '@rondo/common'
 import {IDatabase} from '../database/IDatabase'
 
 export interface IApplication {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/router/AsyncRouter.ts b/packages/server/src/router/AsyncRouter.ts
index e227d53..9656bbb 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/router/AsyncRouter.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/router/AsyncRouter.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {IRoutes, IRoute, IMethod} from '../../common/REST'
+import {IRoutes, IRoute, IMethod} from '@rondo/common'
 import express, {NextFunction} from 'express'
 
 export interface IRequest<T extends IRoute> extends express.Request {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/router/TransactionalRouter.ts b/packages/server/src/router/TransactionalRouter.ts
index f1a6c78..fb9ce8f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/router/TransactionalRouter.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/router/TransactionalRouter.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import express from 'express'
 import {AsyncRouter, IHandler} from './AsyncRouter'
-import {IRoutes, IMethod} from '../../common/REST'
+import {IRoutes, IMethod} from '@rondo/common'
 import {ITransactionManager} from '../database/ITransactionManager'
 
 export class TransactionalRouter<R extends IRoutes> extends AsyncRouter<R> {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/routes/BaseRoute.ts b/packages/server/src/routes/BaseRoute.ts
index a190ad6..ae4918e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/routes/BaseRoute.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/routes/BaseRoute.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import {IHandler} from '../middleware/IHandler'
 import {AsyncRouter} from '../router'
-import {IAPIDef} from '../../common/IAPIDef'
+import {IRoutes} from '@rondo/common'
 
-export abstract class BaseRoute<T extends IAPIDef> {
+export abstract class BaseRoute<T extends IRoutes> {
   readonly handle: IHandler
 
   constructor(protected readonly t: AsyncRouter<T>)  {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/routes/LoginRoutes.ts b/packages/server/src/routes/LoginRoutes.ts
index 579ef4a..6b1256c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/routes/LoginRoutes.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/routes/LoginRoutes.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {AsyncRouter} from '../router'
 import {BaseRoute} from './BaseRoute'
-import {IAPIDef} from '../../common/IAPIDef'
+import {IAPIDef} from '@rondo/common'
 import {IUserService} from '../services'
 import {Authenticator} from '../middleware'
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/routes/UserRoutes.ts b/packages/server/src/routes/UserRoutes.ts
index 97300cd..210f81b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/routes/UserRoutes.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/routes/UserRoutes.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {AsyncRouter} from '../router'
 import {BaseRoute} from './BaseRoute'
-import {IAPIDef} from '../../common/IAPIDef'
+import {IAPIDef} from '@rondo/common'
 import {IUserService} from '../services'
 import {ensureLoggedInApi} from '../middleware'
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/routes/application.tsx b/packages/server/src/routes/application.tsx
index 97c6e72..16f6974 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/routes/application.tsx
+++ b/packages/server/src/routes/application.tsx
@@ -1,45 +1,49 @@
-import React from 'react'
-import {CComponent} from '../../client/components/Component'
-import {Provider} from 'react-redux'
+// import React from 'react'
+// import {CComponent} from '@rondo/client'
+// import {Provider} from 'react-redux'
 import {Router} from 'express'
-import {createReadStream} from 'fs'
-import {createStore} from '../../client/store'
-import {join} from 'path'
-import {renderToNodeStream} from 'react-dom/server'
+// import {createReadStream} from 'fs'
+// import {createStore} from '../../client/store'
+// import {join} from 'path'
+// import {renderToNodeStream} from 'react-dom/server'
 
 export const application = Router()
 
-application.get('/client.js', (req, res) => {
-  const stream = createReadStream(join(__dirname, '../build/client.js'))
-  stream.pipe(res)
-})
+// application.get('/client.js', (req, res) => {
+//   const stream = createReadStream(join(__dirname, '../build/client.js'))
+//   stream.pipe(res)
+// })
 
-application.get('/no-ssr', (req, res) => {
-  res.write('<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>My Page</title></head><body>')
-  res.write(`</body><script src='client.js'></script></html>`)
-  res.end()
-})
+// application.get('/no-ssr', (req, res) => {
+//   res.write('<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>My Page</title></head><body>')
+//   res.write(`</body><script src='client.js'></script></html>`)
+//   res.end()
+// })
+
+// application.get('/', (req, res) => {
+//   const store = createStore({
+//     csrfToken: req.csrfToken(),
+//     value: '1234',
+//   })
+//   const stream = renderToNodeStream(
+//     <Provider store={store}>
+//       <CComponent />
+//     </Provider>,
+//   )
+//   const state = store.getState()
+//   res.write('<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>My Page</title></head><body>')
+//   // TODO attach javascript
+//   stream.pipe(res, { end: false })
+//   stream.on('end', () => {
+//     res.write(`</body>
+//     <script>window.__PRELOADED_STATE__ = ${JSON.stringify(state)
+// .replace( /</g, '\\u003c')}</script>
+//     <script src='client.js'></script>
+// </html>`)
+//     res.end()
+//   })
+// })
 
 application.get('/', (req, res) => {
-  const store = createStore({
-    csrfToken: req.csrfToken(),
-    value: '1234',
-  })
-  const stream = renderToNodeStream(
-    <Provider store={store}>
-      <CComponent />
-    </Provider>,
-  )
-  const state = store.getState()
-  res.write('<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>My Page</title></head><body>')
-  // TODO attach javascript
-  stream.pipe(res, { end: false })
-  stream.on('end', () => {
-    res.write(`</body>
-    <script>window.__PRELOADED_STATE__ = ${JSON.stringify(state)
-.replace( /</g, '\\u003c')}</script>
-    <script src='client.js'></script>
-</html>`)
-    res.end()
-  })
+  res.json({csrfToken: req.csrfToken})
 })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/test-utils/RequestTester.ts b/packages/server/src/test-utils/RequestTester.ts
index 6655ec2..e9d3c1e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/test-utils/RequestTester.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/test-utils/RequestTester.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import supertest from 'supertest'
-import {IMethod, IRoutes} from '../../common/REST'
+import {IMethod, IRoutes} from '@rondo/common'
 
 // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48215950/exclude-property-from-type
 type Omit<T, K extends keyof T> = Pick<T, Exclude<keyof T, K>>
diff --git a/packages/server/src/test-utils/TestUtils.ts b/packages/server/src/test-utils/TestUtils.ts
index 4f16f5e..fbcf96e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/test-utils/TestUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/test-utils/TestUtils.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {Connection, QueryRunner} from 'typeorm'
 import {
   ENTITY_MANAGER, ITransactionManager,
 } from '../database/ITransactionManager'
-import {IRoutes} from '../../common/REST'
+import {IRoutes} from '@rondo/common'
 import {IBootstrap} from '../application/IBootstrap'
 import {RequestTester} from './RequestTester'
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/test.ts b/packages/server/src/test.ts
index ca360ac..70b28e7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {Bootstrap} from './application/Bootstrap'
-import {IAPIDef} from '../common/IAPIDef'
+import {IAPIDef} from '@rondo/common'
 import {NamespaceMock, TestUtils} from './test-utils'
 import {config} from './config'
 
diff --git a/packages/server/tsconfig.json b/packages/server/tsconfig.json
index b360d6b..0d0ea08 100644
--- a/packages/server/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/server/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,19 +1,11 @@
 {
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.common.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
-    "target": "es3",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "jsx": "react",
-    "noImplicitAny": true,
-    "strict": true,
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "noUnusedLocals": true,
-    "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
-    "experimentalDecorators": true,
-    "plugins": [{
-      "name": "typescript-tslint-plugin",
-      "suppressWhileTypeErrorsPresent": true
-    }]
-  }
+    "outDir": "lib",
+    "rootDir": "src"
+  },
+  "references": [
+    {"path": "../client"},
+    {"path": "../common"}
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/tsconfig.common.json b/packages/tsconfig.common.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a003e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tsconfig.common.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    // following settings required for referenced projects
+    "composite": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+
+    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
+    "target": "es3",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "jsx": "react",
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "plugins": [{
+      "name": "typescript-tslint-plugin",
+      "suppressWhileTypeErrorsPresent": true
+    }]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/tsconfig.json b/packages/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f639ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "files": [],
+  "references": [
+    {"path": "client"},
+    {"path": "common"},
+    {"path": "server"}
+  ]
+}