diff --git a/frontend/src/modules/scaffold/backboneFormsOverrides.js b/frontend/src/modules/scaffold/backboneFormsOverrides.js
index 0c091bed8..8134e490c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/modules/scaffold/backboneFormsOverrides.js
+++ b/frontend/src/modules/scaffold/backboneFormsOverrides.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ define([
     }
 
     until(isAttached(this.$el)).then(function() {
-      this.editor = CKEDITOR.replace(this.$el[0], {
+      this.editor = CKEDITOR.create(this.$el[0], {
         dataIndentationChars: '',
         disableNativeSpellChecker: false,
         enterMode: CKEDITOR[Origin.constants.ckEditorEnterMode],
@@ -112,24 +112,45 @@ define([
             elements.forEach(function(element) { writer.setRules(element, rules); });
           }
         },
-        toolbar: [
-          { name: 'document', groups: [ 'mode', 'document', 'doctools' ], items: [ 'Source', '-', 'ShowBlocks' ] },
-          { name: 'clipboard', groups: [ 'clipboard', 'undo' ], items: [ 'PasteText', 'PasteFromWord', '-', 'Undo', 'Redo' ] },
-          { name: 'editing', groups: [ 'find', 'selection', 'spellchecker' ], items: [ 'Find', 'Replace', '-', 'SelectAll' ] },
-          { name: 'paragraph', groups: [ 'list', 'indent', 'blocks', 'align', 'bidi' ], items: [ 'NumberedList', 'BulletedList', '-', 'Outdent', 'Indent', '-', 'Blockquote', 'CreateDiv' ] },
-          { name: 'direction', items: [ 'BidiLtr', 'BidiRtl' ] },
-          '/',
-          { name: 'basicstyles', groups: [ 'basicstyles', 'cleanup' ], items: [ 'Bold', 'Italic', 'Underline', 'Strike', 'Subscript', 'Superscript', '-', 'RemoveFormat'] },
-          { name: 'styles', items: [ 'JustifyLeft', 'JustifyCenter', 'JustifyRight', 'JustifyBlock' ] },
-          { name: 'links', items: [ 'Link', 'Unlink' ] },
-          { name: 'colors', items: [ 'TextColor', 'BGColor' ] },
-          { name: 'insert', items: [ 'SpecialChar', 'Table' ] },
-          { name: 'tools', items: [] },
-          { name: 'others', items: [ '-' ] }
-        ]
+        plugins: window.CKEDITOR.pluginsConfig,
+        toolbar: {
+          items: [
+            'sourceEditing',
+            'showBlocks',
+            'undo',
+            'redo',
+            '|',
+            'findAndReplace',
+            'selectAll',
+            '|',
+            'numberedList',
+            'bulletedList',
+            'blockQuote',
+            'indent',
+            'outdent',
+            '|',
+            'heading',
+            '|',
+            'bold',
+            'italic',
+            'underline',
+            'strikethrough',
+            'subscript',
+            'superscript',
+            'alignment',
+            'removeFormat',
+            '|',
+            'link',
+            'fontColor',
+            'fontBackgroundColor',
+            '|',
+            'specialCharacters',
+            'insertTable'
+          ],
+          shouldNotGroupWhenFull: true
+        }
       });
     }.bind(this));
-
     return this;
   };
 
diff --git a/routes/index/index.hbs b/routes/index/index.hbs
index 2ebbecf0c..356aa581c 100644
--- a/routes/index/index.hbs
+++ b/routes/index/index.hbs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/adapt.css" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="font-awesome-4.5.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
     <script type="text/javascript" src="modernizr.js"></script>
-    <script src="//cdn.ckeditor.com/4.17.0/full-all/ckeditor.js"></script>
+		<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/42.0.0/ckeditor5.css">
     {{#if isProduction}}
       <script type="text/javascript" src="require.js" data-main="js/origin.js{{#if dateStampAsString}}?{{dateStampAsString}}{{/if}}"></script>
     {{else}}
@@ -47,5 +47,159 @@
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
+    <script type="importmap">
+			{
+				"imports": {
+					"ckeditor5": "https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/42.0.0/ckeditor5.js",
+					"ckeditor5/": "https://cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/42.0.0/"
+				}
+			}
+		</script>
+    <script type="module">
+      import {
+        ClassicEditor,
+        AccessibilityHelp,
+        Alignment,
+        Autoformat,
+        AutoImage,
+        AutoLink,
+        Autosave,
+        BalloonToolbar,
+        BlockQuote,
+        BlockToolbar,
+        Bold,
+        CKBox,
+        CKBoxImageEdit,
+        Clipboard,
+        CloudServices,
+        Code,
+        CodeBlock,
+        Essentials,
+        FindAndReplace,
+        Font,
+        Heading,
+        Highlight,
+        HorizontalLine,
+        HtmlEmbed,
+        ImageBlock,
+        ImageCaption,
+        ImageInline,
+        ImageInsert,
+        ImageInsertViaUrl,
+        ImageResize,
+        ImageStyle,
+        ImageTextAlternative,
+        ImageToolbar,
+        ImageUpload,
+        Indent,
+        IndentBlock,
+        Italic,
+        Link,
+        LinkImage,
+        List,
+        ListProperties,
+        MediaEmbed,
+        Mention,
+        Paragraph,
+        PasteFromOffice,
+        PictureEditing,
+        RemoveFormat,
+        SelectAll,
+        ShowBlocks,
+        SourceEditing,
+        SpecialCharacters,
+        SpecialCharactersArrows,
+        SpecialCharactersCurrency,
+        SpecialCharactersEssentials,
+        SpecialCharactersLatin,
+        SpecialCharactersMathematical,
+        SpecialCharactersText,
+        Strikethrough,
+        Subscript,
+        Superscript,
+        Table,
+        TableCellProperties,
+        TableProperties,
+        TableToolbar,
+        TextTransformation,
+        TodoList,
+        Underline,
+        Undo
+      } from 'ckeditor5';
+      
+      window.CKEDITOR = ClassicEditor
+      window.CKEDITOR.pluginsConfig = [
+        AccessibilityHelp,
+        Alignment,
+        Autoformat,
+        AutoImage,
+        AutoLink,
+        Autosave,
+        BalloonToolbar,
+        BlockQuote,
+        BlockToolbar,
+        Bold,
+        CKBox,
+        CKBoxImageEdit,
+        Clipboard,
+        CloudServices,
+        Code,
+        CodeBlock,
+        Essentials,
+        FindAndReplace,
+        Font,
+        Heading,
+        Highlight,
+        HorizontalLine,
+        HtmlEmbed,
+        ImageBlock,
+        ImageCaption,
+        ImageInline,
+        ImageInsert,
+        ImageInsertViaUrl,
+        ImageResize,
+        ImageStyle,
+        ImageTextAlternative,
+        ImageToolbar,
+        ImageUpload,
+        Indent,
+        IndentBlock,
+        Italic,
+        Link,
+        LinkImage,
+        List,
+        ListProperties,
+        MediaEmbed,
+        Mention,
+        Paragraph,
+        PasteFromOffice,
+        PictureEditing,
+        RemoveFormat,
+        SelectAll,
+        ShowBlocks,
+        SourceEditing,
+        SpecialCharacters,
+        SpecialCharactersArrows,
+        SpecialCharactersCurrency,
+        SpecialCharactersEssentials,
+        SpecialCharactersLatin,
+        SpecialCharactersMathematical,
+        SpecialCharactersText,
+        Strikethrough,
+        Subscript,
+        Superscript,
+        Table,
+        TableCellProperties,
+        TableProperties,
+        TableToolbar,
+        TextTransformation,
+        TodoList,
+        Underline,
+        Undo
+      ];
+    </script>
+    <script>
+
+    </script>
   </body>
 </html>