diff --git a/.github/actions/build-and-test-branch/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-and-test-branch/action.yml
index db4b8980..a9c7cdc9 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-and-test-branch/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-and-test-branch/action.yml
@@ -31,27 +31,16 @@ runs:
         echo Python packages installed
       shell: bash
 
+    - name: Ensure frontend configuration files exist
+      run: |
+          python manage.py check
+      shell: bash
+
     - name: Install Arches applications
       uses: ./.github/actions/install-arches-applications
       with:
         secrets: ${{ inputs.secrets }}
 
-    - name: Checkout into feature branch
-      if: inputs.branch-type == 'feature'
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        repository: ${{ github.repository }}
-        ref: ${{ github.ref }}
-        path: .
-
-    - name: Checkout into target branch
-      if: inputs.branch-type == 'target'
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        repository: ${{ github.repository }}
-        ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
-        path: .
-
     - name: Install frontend dependencies
       run: |
           npm install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 849d09a0..3aaac8ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  build_feature_branch:
+  build_target_branch:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     services:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -33,14 +33,21 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           check-latest: true
 
+      - name: Checkout into target branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ github.repository }}
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+          path: .
+
       - name: Build and test branch
         uses: ./.github/actions/build-and-test-branch
         with:
           secrets: ${{ toJSON(secrets) }}
           project-name: 'arches_lingo'
-          branch-type: 'feature'
+          branch-type: 'target'
 
-  build_target_branch:
+  build_feature_branch:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     services:
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -67,12 +74,19 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           check-latest: true
 
+      - name: Checkout into feature branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ github.repository }}
+          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
+          path: .
+
       - name: Build and test branch
         uses: ./.github/actions/build-and-test-branch
         with:
           secrets: ${{ toJSON(secrets) }}
           project-name: 'arches_lingo'
-          branch-type: 'target'
+          branch-type: 'feature'
 
   check_frontend_coverage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -255,4 +269,4 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           else
             echo "Feature branch coverage ($feature_branch_python_coverage%) >= Target branch coverage ($target_branch_python_coverage%)."
-          fi
+          fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/arches_lingo/apps.py b/arches_lingo/apps.py
index 258a01be..fba8aa47 100644
--- a/arches_lingo/apps.py
+++ b/arches_lingo/apps.py
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 from django.apps import AppConfig
+from django.conf import settings
 
+from arches.settings_utils import generate_frontend_configuration
 
-class Arches_LingoConfig(AppConfig):
+
+class ArchesLingoConfig(AppConfig):
     name = "arches_lingo"
     verbose_name = "Arches Lingo"
     is_arches_application = True
+
+    def ready(self):
+        if settings.APP_NAME.lower() == self.name:
+            generate_frontend_configuration()
diff --git a/arches_lingo/install/requirements.txt b/arches_lingo/install/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 206ad43b..00000000
--- a/arches_lingo/install/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-arches>=7.6.0a1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/arches_lingo/install/requirements_dev.txt b/arches_lingo/install/requirements_dev.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 80981ab4..00000000
--- a/arches_lingo/install/requirements_dev.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-livereload
-sst
-coverage
-django-silk==5.1.0
-pre-commit
-black==24.4.2
diff --git a/arches_lingo/media/js/views/components/plugins/reference-data-manager.js b/arches_lingo/media/js/views/components/plugins/reference-data-manager.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b1fbe587..00000000
--- a/arches_lingo/media/js/views/components/plugins/reference-data-manager.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import ko from 'knockout';
-import { createApp } from 'vue';
-import PrimeVue from 'primevue/config';
-import RDMApp from '@/App.vue';
-import RDMAppTepmlate from 'templates/views/components/plugins/reference-data-manager.htm';
-
-ko.components.register('reference-data-manager', {
-    viewModel: function() {
-        const app = createApp(RDMApp);
-        app.use(PrimeVue);
-        app.mount('#rdm-mounting-point');
-    },
-    template: RDMAppTepmlate,
-});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/arches_lingo/media/js/views/root.js b/arches_lingo/media/js/views/root.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01a6d364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arches_lingo/media/js/views/root.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import LingoApp from '@/arches_lingo/App.vue';
+import createVueApplication from 'arches/arches/app/media/js/utils/create-vue-application';
+
+createVueApplication(LingoApp).then(vueApp => {
+    vueApp.mount('#lingo-mounting-point');
+});
diff --git a/arches_lingo/migrations/0001_initial.py b/arches_lingo/migrations/0001_initial.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 987ebe6f..00000000
--- a/arches_lingo/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-from arches.app.models import models
-
-
-from django.db import migrations, models
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-
-    initial = True
-
-    dependencies = [
-        ("models", "10121_workflowhistory"),
-    ]
-
-    def add_plugins(apps, schema_editor):
-        Plugin = apps.get_model("models", "Plugin")
-
-        Plugin.objects.update_or_create(
-            pluginid="29321ce0-bd95-4357-a2a5-822e9cb06f70",
-            name="Reference Data Manager (RDM)",
-            icon="fa fa-code-fork",
-            component="views/components/plugins/reference-data-manager",
-            componentname="reference-data-manager",
-            config={},
-            slug="reference-data-manager",
-            sortorder=0,
-        )
-
-    def remove_plugin(apps, schema_editor):
-        Plugin = apps.get_model("models", "Plugin")
-
-        for plugin in Plugin.objects.filter(
-            pluginid__in=["29321ce0-bd95-4357-a2a5-822e9cb06f70"]
-        ):
-            plugin.delete()
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.RunPython(add_plugins, remove_plugin),
-    ]
diff --git a/arches_lingo/settings.py b/arches_lingo/settings.py
index 0e3dfc66..0b31de25 100644
--- a/arches_lingo/settings.py
+++ b/arches_lingo/settings.py
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
     "django.contrib.gis",
     "django_hosts",
-    "arches_references",
     "arches",
     "arches.app.models",
     "arches.management",
@@ -145,6 +144,7 @@
     "corsheaders",
     "oauth2_provider",
     "django_celery_results",
+    "arches_references",
     # "silk",
 )
 
@@ -425,6 +425,9 @@
 # override this to permenantly display/hide the language switcher
 SHOW_LANGUAGE_SWITCH = len(LANGUAGES) > 1
 
+# TODO: remove when finalizing release
+SILENCED_SYSTEM_CHECKS += ["arches.E002"]
+
 try:
     from .package_settings import *
 except ImportError:
@@ -440,7 +443,3 @@
         from settings_local import *
     except ImportError as e:
         pass
-
-# returns an output that can be read by NODEJS
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    transmit_webpack_django_config(**locals())
diff --git a/arches_lingo/src/App.vue b/arches_lingo/src/App.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index d46924ff..00000000
--- a/arches_lingo/src/App.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<script setup>
-import Foo from "@/components/FooComponent.vue";
-</script>
-
-<template>
-    <Foo />
-</template>
diff --git a/arches_lingo/src/arches_lingo/App.vue b/arches_lingo/src/arches_lingo/App.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e437fa1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arches_lingo/src/arches_lingo/App.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<script setup>
+import Foo from "@/arches_lingo/components/FooComponent.vue";
+</script>
+
+<template>
+    <Foo />
+</template>
diff --git a/arches_lingo/src/components/FooComponent.vue b/arches_lingo/src/arches_lingo/components/FooComponent.vue
similarity index 100%
rename from arches_lingo/src/components/FooComponent.vue
rename to arches_lingo/src/arches_lingo/components/FooComponent.vue
diff --git a/arches_lingo/src/declarations.d.ts b/arches_lingo/src/declarations.d.ts
index e03bbaa8..6e9a067d 100644
--- a/arches_lingo/src/declarations.d.ts
+++ b/arches_lingo/src/declarations.d.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-// import declarations from other projects or Arches core
-import("../../node_modules/arches/arches/app/src/declarations.d.ts");
-
 // declare untyped modules that have been added to your project in `package.json`
 // Module homepage on npmjs.com uses logos "TS" or "DT" to indicate if typed
-declare module "arches";
 
-// declare filetypes used in `./src/` folder
-declare module "*.ts";
-declare module "*.vue";
+import("@/arches/declarations.d.ts");
diff --git a/arches_lingo/templates/arches_lingo/root.htm b/arches_lingo/templates/arches_lingo/root.htm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0bf82ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arches_lingo/templates/arches_lingo/root.htm
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{% extends "base-root.htm" %}
+
+{% block title %}
+
+{% endblock title %}
+
+{% block body %}
+<div id="lingo-mounting-point"></div>
+{% endblock body %}
diff --git a/arches_lingo/templates/views/components/plugins/reference-data-manager.htm b/arches_lingo/templates/views/components/plugins/reference-data-manager.htm
deleted file mode 100644
index 76750ab4..00000000
--- a/arches_lingo/templates/views/components/plugins/reference-data-manager.htm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<div id="rdm-mounting-point"></div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/arches_lingo/test_settings.py b/arches_lingo/test_settings.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9555c26b..00000000
--- a/arches_lingo/test_settings.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-import os
-
-# Depends on /arches being on the python path, as arches.tests is not importable
-from tests.test_settings import *
-
-APP_NAME = "arches_lingo"
-APP_ROOT = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-INSTALLED_APPS = (
-    "webpack_loader",
-    "django.contrib.admin",
-    "django.contrib.auth",
-    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
-    "django.contrib.sessions",
-    "django.contrib.messages",
-    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
-    "django.contrib.gis",
-    "arches",
-    "arches.app.models",
-    "arches.management",
-    "guardian",
-    "captcha",
-    "revproxy",
-    "corsheaders",
-    "oauth2_provider",
-    "django_celery_results",
-    "arches_lingo",
-)
-ROOT_URLCONF = "arches_lingo.urls"
-
-LOCALE_PATHS = [os.path.join(APP_ROOT, "locale")]
-
-# Further settings may need to be added from project, just don't
-# want to clobber anything from core test settings for now.
-# Also, settings can be overridden directly. See @override_settings
diff --git a/arches_lingo/urls.py b/arches_lingo/urls.py
index f80a1b81..9717b611 100644
--- a/arches_lingo/urls.py
+++ b/arches_lingo/urls.py
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 from django.conf.urls.i18n import i18n_patterns
 from django.urls import include, path
 
-from arches_lingo.views import ConceptTreeView
+from arches_lingo.views import LingoRootView, ConceptTreeView
 
 urlpatterns = [
+    path("", LingoRootView.as_view(), name="root"),
     path("concept_trees/", ConceptTreeView.as_view(), name="concept_trees"),
     path("", include("arches_references.urls")),
 ]
diff --git a/arches_lingo/views.py b/arches_lingo/views.py
index e605ed6a..945ee545 100644
--- a/arches_lingo/views.py
+++ b/arches_lingo/views.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 from django.contrib.postgres.expressions import ArraySubquery
 from django.db.models import CharField, F, OuterRef, Subquery, Value
 from django.db.models.expressions import CombinedExpression, Func
+from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.views.generic import View
 
@@ -13,8 +15,8 @@
     Value as ConceptValue,
 )
 from arches.app.utils.decorators import group_required
-
 from arches.app.utils.response import JSONResponse
+from arches.app.views.base import BaseManagerView
 
 from arches_lingo.const import (
     SCHEMES_GRAPH_ID,
@@ -199,3 +201,10 @@ def get(self, request):
         }
         # Todo: filter by nodegroup permissions
         return JSONResponse(data)
+
+
+class LingoRootView(BaseManagerView):
+    def get(self, request, graphid=None, resourceid=None):
+        context = self.get_context_data(main_script="views/root")
+        context["page_title"] = _("Lingo")
+        return render(request, "arches_lingo/root.htm", context)
diff --git a/tests/search_indexes/__init__.py b/tests/search_indexes/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 727eb9af..00000000
--- a/tests/search_indexes/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# these tests can be run from the command line via
-# python manage.py test tests/views --pattern="*.py" --settings="tests.test_settings"
diff --git a/tests/search_indexes/sample_index_tests.py b/tests/search_indexes/sample_index_tests.py
deleted file mode 100644
index aca30235..00000000
--- a/tests/search_indexes/sample_index_tests.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-from unittest.mock import Mock
-
-from arches.app.search.base_index import BaseIndex
-from arches_lingo.search_indexes.sample_index import SampleIndex
-from django.test import TestCase
-
-
-class TestSampleIndex(TestCase):
-    def test_prepare_index(self):
-        sample_index = SampleIndex(index_name="Sample Index")
-        sample_index.prepare_index()
-
-        expected_index_metadata = {
-            "mappings": {
-                "properties": {
-                    "tile_count": {"type": "keyword"},
-                    "graph_id": {"type": "keyword"},
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        self.assertEqual(sample_index.index_metadata, expected_index_metadata)
-
-    def test_get_documents_to_index(self):
-        sample_index = SampleIndex(index_name="Sample Index")
-
-        mock_resourceinstance = Mock(graph_id="test_graph_id")
-        mock_tiles = [Mock(), Mock(), Mock()]  # Mock tiles list
-
-        documents, doc_id = sample_index.get_documents_to_index(
-            mock_resourceinstance, mock_tiles
-        )
-
-        self.assertEqual(
-            documents,
-            {"tile_count": len(mock_tiles), "graph_id": mock_resourceinstance.graph_id},
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(doc_id, str(mock_resourceinstance.resourceinstanceid))
diff --git a/tests/test_settings.py b/tests/test_settings.py
index 9693188e..d901af69 100644
--- a/tests/test_settings.py
+++ b/tests/test_settings.py
@@ -1,53 +1,11 @@
-"""
-ARCHES - a program developed to inventory and manage immovable cultural heritage.
-Copyright (C) 2013 J. Paul Getty Trust and World Monuments Fund
-
-This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
-published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
-License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-"""
-
-from arches.settings import *
-import arches
 import os
 
-try:
-    from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
-except ImportError:  # unable to import prior to installing requirements.txt in setup.py
-    pass
+from arches_lingo.settings import *
 
 PACKAGE_NAME = "arches_lingo"
-APP_NAME = "arches_lingo"
-
-APP_ROOT = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-TEST_ROOT = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, "..", "tests"))
-
-ROOT_URLCONF = "arches_lingo.urls"
-
-ARCHES_APPLICATIONS = ()
-
-MIN_ARCHES_VERSION = arches.__version__
-MAX_ARCHES_VERSION = arches.__version__
-
-# LOAD_V3_DATA_DURING_TESTS = True will engage the most extensive the of the v3
-# data migration tests, which could add over a minute to the test process. It's
-# recommended that this setting only be set to True in tests/settings_local.py
-# and run in specific cases at the discretion of the developer.
-LOAD_V3_DATA_DURING_TESTS = False
-
-RESOURCE_GRAPH_LOCATIONS = (os.path.join(TEST_ROOT, "fixtures", "resource_graphs"),)
 
-ONTOLOGY_FIXTURES = os.path.join(TEST_ROOT, "fixtures", "ontologies", "test_ontology")
-ONTOLOGY_PATH = os.path.join(TEST_ROOT, "fixtures", "ontologies", "cidoc_crm")
+PROJECT_TEST_ROOT = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_TEST_ROOT, "fixtures", "data")
 
 BUSINESS_DATA_FILES = (
     # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
@@ -89,41 +47,9 @@
 
 TEST_RUNNER = "tests.base_test.ArchesTestRunner"
 SILENCED_SYSTEM_CHECKS.append(
-    "arches.W001"
-)  # Cache backend does not support rate-limiting
-
-# could add Chrome, PhantomJS etc... here
-LOCAL_BROWSERS = []  # ['Firefox']
-
-ENABLE_USER_SIGNUP = True
-FORCE_USER_SIGNUP_EMAIL_AUTHENTICATION = True
-
-OVERRIDE_RESOURCE_MODEL_LOCK = True
-
-ENABLE_TWO_FACTOR_AUTHENTICATION = False
-FORCE_TWO_FACTOR_AUTHENTICATION = False
+    "arches.W001",  # Cache backend does not support rate-limiting
+)
 
-DATATYPE_LOCATIONS.append("tests.fixtures.datatypes")
 ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS = [
     {"scheme": "http", "host": "localhost", "port": ELASTICSEARCH_HTTP_PORT}
 ]
-LANGUAGES = [
-    ("de", _("German")),
-    ("en", _("English")),
-    ("en-gb", _("British English")),
-    ("es", _("Spanish")),
-    ("ar", _("Arabic")),
-]
-
-DOCKER = False
-
-try:
-    from arches.settings_local import *
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
-if DOCKER:
-    try:
-        from arches.settings_docker import *
-    except ImportError:
-        pass
diff --git a/arches_lingo/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
similarity index 100%
rename from arches_lingo/tests.py
rename to tests/tests.py
diff --git a/webpack/webpack.common.js b/webpack/webpack.common.js
index 5e6c05ec..c8d01348 100644
--- a/webpack/webpack.common.js
+++ b/webpack/webpack.common.js
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@ module.exports = () => {
                         loader: Path.join(PROJECT_RELATIVE_NODE_MODULES_PATH, 'ts-loader'),
                         options: {
                             appendTsSuffixTo: [/\.vue$/],
-                            transpileOnly: true
+                            transpileOnly: true,
+                            configFile: Path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'tsconfig.json')
                         }
                     },
                     {