diff --git a/nuxt.config.js b/nuxt.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e978d8..0000000
--- a/nuxt.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import config from '@rancher/shell/nuxt.config';
-
-export default config(__dirname, {
-  excludes:   [],
-  autoImport: []
-});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 063f5ca..8928bbd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@
     "js-yaml": "4.1.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "./node_modules/.bin/nuxt dev",
-    "nuxt": "./node_modules/.bin/nuxt",
-    "build": "./node_modules/.bin/nuxt build",
+    "dev": "NODE_ENV=dev ./node_modules/.bin/vue-cli-service serve", 
+    "build": "./node_modules/.bin/vue-cli-service build",
     "build-pkg": "./node_modules/@rancher/shell/scripts/build-pkg.sh",
     "serve-pkgs": "./node_modules/@rancher/shell/scripts/serve-pkgs"
   }
diff --git a/vue.config.js b/vue.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b55ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vue.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/**
+ * This file is here purely to support using the typescript version of the vue config vue.config.ts.
+ */
+require('ts-node').register({
+  project:         './tsconfig.json',
+  compilerOptions: { module: 'commonjs' },
+  logError:        true
+});
+
+module.exports = require('./vue.config.ts').default;
diff --git a/vue.config.ts b/vue.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52938bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vue.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import config from '@rancher/shell/vue.config';
+
+export default config(__dirname, {
+  excludes: [],
+  // excludes: ['fleet', 'example']
+  // autoLoad: ['fleet', 'example']
+});