diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_buttons/acl_button_list.js b/js/components/ascribe_buttons/acl_button_list.js
index a4b224a5..01fbcc2d 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_buttons/acl_button_list.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_buttons/acl_button_list.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 import UserActions from '../../actions/user_actions';
 import UserStore from '../../stores/user_store';
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ let AclButtonList = React.createClass({
 
     handleResize() {
         this.setState({
-            buttonListSize: this.refs.buttonList.getDOMNode().offsetWidth
+            buttonListSize: ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.buttonList).offsetWidth
         });
     },
 
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form.js
index ccf48221..e5ff6bf7 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 import Button from 'react-bootstrap/lib/Button';
 import AlertDismissable from './alert';
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ let Form = React.createClass({
                 let refToValidate = {};
                 const property = this.refs[refName];
                 const input = property.refs.input;
-                const value = input.getDOMNode().value || input.state.value;
+                const value = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(input).value || input.state.value;
                 const { max,
                         min,
                         pattern,
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/input_checkbox.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/input_checkbox.js
index a0ee1a70..6a974be5 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_forms/input_checkbox.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/input_checkbox.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 /**
  * This component can be used as a custom input element for form properties.
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ let InputCheckbox = React.createClass({
         }
 
         // On every change, we're inversing the input's value
-        let inverseValue = !this.refs.checkbox.getDOMNode().checked;
+        let inverseValue = !ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.checkbox).checked;
 
         // pass it to the state
         this.setState({value: inverseValue});
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/property.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/property.js
index 9784eb49..7ae96190 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_forms/property.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/property.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 import Panel from 'react-bootstrap/lib/Panel';
 
@@ -97,9 +98,9 @@ const Property = React.createClass({
         // In order to set this.state.value from another component
         // the state of value should only be set if its not undefined and
         // actually references something
-        if(childInput && typeof childInput.getDOMNode().value !== 'undefined') {
+        if(childInput && typeof ReactDOM.findDOMNode(childInput).value !== 'undefined') {
             this.setState({
-                value: childInput.getDOMNode().value
+                value: ReactDOM.findDOMNode(childInput).value
             });
 
         // When implementing custom input components, their value isn't exposed like the one
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ const Property = React.createClass({
         // Therefore we have to make sure only to reset the initial value
         // of HTML inputs (which we determine by checking if there 'type' attribute matches
         // the ones included in AppConstants.possibleInputTypes).
-        let inputDOMNode = input.getDOMNode();
+        let inputDOMNode = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(input);
         if(inputDOMNode.type && typeof inputDOMNode.type === 'string' &&
            AppConstants.possibleInputTypes.indexOf(inputDOMNode.type.toLowerCase()) > -1) {
             inputDOMNode.value = this.state.initialValue;
@@ -176,10 +177,10 @@ const Property = React.createClass({
         // skip the focus of non-input elements
         let nonInputHTMLElements = ['pre', 'div'];
         if (this.refs.input &&
-            nonInputHTMLElements.indexOf(this.refs.input.getDOMNode().nodeName.toLowerCase()) > -1 ) {
+            nonInputHTMLElements.indexOf(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.input).nodeName.toLowerCase()) > -1 ) {
             return;
         }
-        this.refs.input.getDOMNode().focus();
+        ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.input).focus();
         this.setState({
             isFocused: true
         });
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ const Property = React.createClass({
             errors: null,
 
             // also update initialValue in case of the user updating and canceling its actions again
-            initialValue: this.refs.input.getDOMNode().value
+            initialValue: ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.input).value
         });
     },
 
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_panel/action_panel.js b/js/components/ascribe_panel/action_panel.js
index f6fe9a70..ccbd88aa 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_panel/action_panel.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_panel/action_panel.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 
+
 let ActionPanel = React.createClass({
     propTypes: {
         title: React.PropTypes.string,
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ let ActionPanel = React.createClass({
             this.props.onClick();
         }
 
-        this.refs.input.getDOMNode().focus();
+        ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.input).focus();
         this.setState({
             isFocused: true
         });
@@ -68,4 +70,4 @@ let ActionPanel = React.createClass({
     }
 });
 
-export default ActionPanel;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default ActionPanel;
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_slides_container/slides_container.js b/js/components/ascribe_slides_container/slides_container.js
index 7533ed94..c3c1f2c4 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_slides_container/slides_container.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_slides_container/slides_container.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 import SlidesContainerBreadcrumbs from './slides_container_breadcrumbs';
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ const SlidesContainer = React.createClass({
     handleContainerResize() {
         this.setState({
             // +30 to get rid of the padding of the container which is 15px + 15px left and right
-            containerWidth: this.refs.containerWrapper.getDOMNode().offsetWidth + 30
+            containerWidth: ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.containerWrapper).offsetWidth + 30
         });
     },
 
@@ -186,4 +187,4 @@ const SlidesContainer = React.createClass({
     }
 });
 
-export default SlidesContainer;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default SlidesContainer;
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_social_share/facebook_share_button.js b/js/components/ascribe_social_share/facebook_share_button.js
index aa0b6691..dd196b4c 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_social_share/facebook_share_button.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_social_share/facebook_share_button.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 import AppConstants from '../../constants/application_constants';
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ let FacebookShareButton = React.createClass({
 
         InjectInHeadUtils
             .inject(AppConstants.facebook.sdkUrl)
-            .then(() => { FB.XFBML.parse(this.refs.fbShareButton.getDOMNode().parentElement) });
+            .then(() => { FB.XFBML.parse(ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.fbShareButton).parentElement) });
     },
 
     shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps) {
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_social_share/twitter_share_button.js b/js/components/ascribe_social_share/twitter_share_button.js
index b2e8a7dc..b8c41fe2 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_social_share/twitter_share_button.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_social_share/twitter_share_button.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 import AppConstants from '../../constants/application_constants';
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ let TwitterShareButton = React.createClass({
     loadTwitterButton() {
         const { count, counturl, hashtags, size, text, url, via } = this.props;
 
-        twttr.widgets.createShareButton(url, this.refs.twitterShareButton.getDOMNode(), {
+        twttr.widgets.createShareButton(url, ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.twitterShareButton), {
             count,
             counturl,
             hashtags,
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_uploader/ascribe_file_drag_and_drop/file_drag_and_drop.js b/js/components/ascribe_uploader/ascribe_file_drag_and_drop/file_drag_and_drop.js
index 1157a540..d94c07ca 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_uploader/ascribe_file_drag_and_drop/file_drag_and_drop.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_uploader/ascribe_file_drag_and_drop/file_drag_and_drop.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import ProgressBar from 'react-bootstrap/lib/ProgressBar';
 
 import FileDragAndDropDialog from './file_drag_and_drop_dialog';
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ let FileDragAndDrop = React.createClass({
     },
 
     clearSelection() {
-        this.refs.fileSelector.getDOMNode().value = '';
+        ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.fileSelector).value = '';
     },
 
     handleDragOver(event) {
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ let FileDragAndDrop = React.createClass({
                 evt.initMouseEvent('click', true, true, window, 0, 0, 0, 80, 20, false, false, false, false, 0, null);
             }
 
-            this.refs.fileSelector.getDOMNode().dispatchEvent(evt);
+            ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.fileSelector).dispatchEvent(evt);
         }
     },
 
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_uploader/ascribe_upload_button/upload_button.js b/js/components/ascribe_uploader/ascribe_upload_button/upload_button.js
index 6612f968..5d255897 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_uploader/ascribe_upload_button/upload_button.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_uploader/ascribe_upload_button/upload_button.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 import { displayValidProgressFilesFilter } from '../react_s3_fine_uploader_utils';
 import { getLangText } from '../../../utils/lang_utils';
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ export default function UploadButton({ className = 'btn btn-default btn-sm' } =
         },
 
         clearSelection() {
-            this.refs.fileSelector.getDOMNode().value = '';
+            ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.fileSelector).value = '';
         },
 
         handleOnClick() {
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ export default function UploadButton({ className = 'btn btn-default btn-sm' } =
                     evt.initMouseEvent('click', true, true, window, 0, 0, 0, 80, 20, false, false, false, false, 0, null);
                 }
                 evt.stopPropagation();
-                this.refs.fileSelector.getDOMNode().dispatchEvent(evt);
+                ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.fileSelector).dispatchEvent(evt);
             }
         },
 
diff --git a/js/components/global_notification.js b/js/components/global_notification.js
index c1477f67..2e02f9f9 100644
--- a/js/components/global_notification.js
+++ b/js/components/global_notification.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 
 import GlobalNotificationActions from '../actions/global_notification_actions';
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ let GlobalNotification = React.createClass({
 
     handleContainerResize() {
         this.setState({
-            containerWidth: this.refs.notificationWrapper.getDOMNode().offsetWidth
+            containerWidth: ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.notificationWrapper).offsetWidth
         });
     },
 
diff --git a/js/components/whitelabel/prize/simple_prize/components/prize_settings_container.js b/js/components/whitelabel/prize/simple_prize/components/prize_settings_container.js
index b91f9789..2aacb267 100644
--- a/js/components/whitelabel/prize/simple_prize/components/prize_settings_container.js
+++ b/js/components/whitelabel/prize/simple_prize/components/prize_settings_container.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 import UserStore from '../../../../../stores/user_store';
 import UserActions from '../../../../../actions/user_actions';
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ let PrizeJurySettings = React.createClass({
     handleCreateSuccess(response) {
         PrizeJuryActions.fetchJury();
         this.displayNotification(response);
-        this.refs.form.refs.email.refs.input.getDOMNode().value = null;
+        ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs.form.refs.email.refs.input).value = null;
     },
 
     handleActivate(event) {