diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 37727320b1..2f3635eabe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ awx/ui/templates/ui/index.html
 awx/ui/templates/ui/installing.html
 awx/ui_next/node_modules/
 awx/ui_next/coverage/
-awx/ui_next/build/locales/_build
+awx/ui_next/build
 rsyslog.pid
 /tower-license
 /tower-license/**
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 53e1d8eebd..6260b87cea 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ recursive-include awx/templates *.html
 recursive-include awx/api/templates *.md *.html
 recursive-include awx/ui/templates *.html
 recursive-include awx/ui/static *
+recursive-include awx/ui_next/build *.html
+recursive-include awx/ui_next/build *
 recursive-include awx/playbooks *.yml
 recursive-include awx/lib/site-packages *
 recursive-include awx/plugins *.ps1
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ac2b209b1d..f95bd63257 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -568,14 +568,25 @@ ui-zuul-lint-and-test:
 # UI NEXT TASKS
 # --------------------------------------
 
-ui-next-lint:
+awx/ui_next/node_modules:
 	$(NPM_BIN) --prefix awx/ui_next install
-	$(NPM_BIN) run --prefix awx/ui_next lint
-	$(NPM_BIN) run --prefix awx/ui_next prettier-check
 
-ui-next-test:
-	$(NPM_BIN) --prefix awx/ui_next install
-	$(NPM_BIN) run --prefix awx/ui_next test
+ui-release-next:
+	mkdir -p awx/ui_next/build/static
+	touch awx/ui_next/build/static/.placeholder
+
+ui-devel-next: awx/ui_next/node_modules
+	$(NPM_BIN) --prefix awx/ui_next run build
+	mkdir -p awx/public/static/css
+	mkdir -p awx/public/static/js
+	mkdir -p awx/public/static/media
+	cp -r awx/ui_next/build/static/css/* awx/public/static/css
+	cp -r awx/ui_next/build/static/js/* awx/public/static/js
+	cp -r awx/ui_next/build/static/media/* awx/public/static/media
+
+clean-ui-next:
+	rm -rf awx/ui_next/node_modules
+	rm -rf awx/ui_next/build
 
 ui-next-zuul-lint-and-test:
 	$(NPM_BIN) --prefix awx/ui_next install
@@ -594,10 +605,10 @@ dev_build:
 release_build:
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py release_build
 
-dist/$(SDIST_TAR_FILE): ui-release VERSION
+dist/$(SDIST_TAR_FILE): ui-release ui-release-next VERSION
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py $(SDIST_COMMAND)
 
-dist/$(WHEEL_FILE): ui-release
+dist/$(WHEEL_FILE): ui-release ui-release-next
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py $(WHEEL_COMMAND)
 
 sdist: dist/$(SDIST_TAR_FILE)
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index 7a477316da..d40c3e5a68 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ USE_TZ = True
 
 STATICFILES_DIRS = (
     os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'ui', 'static'),
+    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'ui_next', 'build', 'static'),
     os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
 )
 
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ TEMPLATES = [
         },
         'DIRS': [
             os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'),
+            os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'ui_next', 'build'),
         ],
     },
 ]
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/public/images/pfbg_2000.jpg b/awx/ui_next/public/static/media/pfbg_2000.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from awx/ui_next/public/images/pfbg_2000.jpg
rename to awx/ui_next/public/static/media/pfbg_2000.jpg
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/public/images/pfbg_576.jpg b/awx/ui_next/public/static/media/pfbg_576.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from awx/ui_next/public/images/pfbg_576.jpg
rename to awx/ui_next/public/static/media/pfbg_576.jpg
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/public/images/pfbg_576@2x.jpg b/awx/ui_next/public/static/media/pfbg_576@2x.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from awx/ui_next/public/images/pfbg_576@2x.jpg
rename to awx/ui_next/public/static/media/pfbg_576@2x.jpg
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/public/images/pfbg_768.jpg b/awx/ui_next/public/static/media/pfbg_768.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from awx/ui_next/public/images/pfbg_768.jpg
rename to awx/ui_next/public/static/media/pfbg_768.jpg
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/public/images/pfbg_768@2x.jpg b/awx/ui_next/public/static/media/pfbg_768@2x.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from awx/ui_next/public/images/pfbg_768@2x.jpg
rename to awx/ui_next/public/static/media/pfbg_768@2x.jpg
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/App.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/App.jsx
index ffafd07dba..9b230ac553 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/App.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/App.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import {
   useRouteMatch,
   useLocation,
-  HashRouter,
+  BrowserRouter,
   Route,
   Switch,
   Redirect,
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function App() {
 }
 
 export default () => (
-  <HashRouter>
+  <BrowserRouter basename="/next">
     <App />
-  </HashRouter>
+  </BrowserRouter>
 );
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/AppContainer/AppContainer.test.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/AppContainer/AppContainer.test.jsx
index c01a7ee6d4..93a7bb5963 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/AppContainer/AppContainer.test.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/AppContainer/AppContainer.test.jsx
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ describe('<AppContainer />', () => {
 
     // sidebar groups and route links
     expect(wrapper.find('NavExpandableGroup').length).toBe(2);
-    expect(wrapper.find('a[href="/#/foo"]').length).toBe(1);
-    expect(wrapper.find('a[href="/#/bar"]').length).toBe(1);
-    expect(wrapper.find('a[href="/#/fiz"]').length).toBe(1);
+    expect(wrapper.find('a[href="/foo"]').length).toBe(1);
+    expect(wrapper.find('a[href="/bar"]').length).toBe(1);
+    expect(wrapper.find('a[href="/fiz"]').length).toBe(1);
 
     expect(wrapper.find('#group_one').length).toBe(1);
     expect(wrapper.find('#group_two').length).toBe(1);
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/AppContainer/NavExpandableGroup.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/AppContainer/NavExpandableGroup.jsx
index 6403e617f7..370ac52f40 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/AppContainer/NavExpandableGroup.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/AppContainer/NavExpandableGroup.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { withRouter, Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { NavExpandable, NavItem } from '@patternfly/react-core';
 
 class NavExpandableGroup extends Component {
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ class NavExpandableGroup extends Component {
             groupId={groupId}
             isActive={this.isActivePath(path)}
             key={path}
-            to={`/#${path}`}
           >
-            {title}
+            <Link to={path}>{title}</Link>
           </NavItem>
         ))}
       </NavExpandable>
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/urls.py b/awx/ui_next/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb288cf625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/ui_next/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from django.conf.urls import url
+from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
+
+
+class IndexView(TemplateView):
+
+    template_name = 'index.html'
+
+
+app_name = 'ui_next'
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^next/*', IndexView.as_view(), name='ui_next')
+]
diff --git a/awx/urls.py b/awx/urls.py
index ba0f0ee421..bdcae84bcb 100644
--- a/awx/urls.py
+++ b/awx/urls.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from awx.main.views import (
 
 
 urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'', include('awx.ui_next.urls', namespace='ui_next')),
     url(r'', include('awx.ui.urls', namespace='ui')),
     url(r'^api/', include('awx.api.urls', namespace='api')),
     url(r'^sso/', include('awx.sso.urls', namespace='sso')),
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/bootstrap_development.sh b/tools/docker-compose/bootstrap_development.sh
index 095d3e0d04..68210a8713 100755
--- a/tools/docker-compose/bootstrap_development.sh
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/bootstrap_development.sh
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ make init
 
 mkdir -p /awx_devel/awx/public/static
 mkdir -p /awx_devel/awx/ui/static
+mkdir -p /awx_devel/awx/ui_next/build/static