diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 6f6c05b7..eeb3a23f 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ const config = {
         asyncArrow: "always"
       }
     ]
+  },
+  settings: {
+    "import/core-modules": [ "core-js" ]
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bd74f0cd..9eef7b93 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "indent-string": "^4.0.0",
     "lodash.merge": "^4.6.0",
     "loglevel-colored-level-prefix": "^1.0.0",
-    "prettier": "^1.7.0",
+    "prettier": "^2.0.0",
     "pretty-format": "^23.0.1",
     "require-relative": "^0.8.7",
     "typescript": "^3.2.1",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 0014d55e..19d4a88f 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint no-console:0, global-require:0, import/no-dynamic-require:0 */
 /* eslint complexity: [1, 13] */
+
+// Add node 8 polyfills, to be removed if we decide to let go node 8 support
+import 'core-js/modules/es.string.trim-start';
+import 'core-js/modules/es.string.trim-end';
+
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import requireRelative from 'require-relative';