diff --git a/lib/launcher.js b/lib/launcher.js
index fd63c8d3d..aa8b6e253 100644
--- a/lib/launcher.js
+++ b/lib/launcher.js
@@ -26,13 +26,36 @@ const baseBrowserDecoratorFactory = function (
   }
 }
 
-function Launcher (server, emitter, injector) {
-  this._browsers = []
-  let lastStartTime
+class Launcher {
+  constructor (server, emitter, injector) {
+    this._server = server
+    this._emitter = emitter
+    this._injector = injector
+    this._browsers = []
+    this._lastStartTime = null
+
+    this.launch.$inject = [
+      'config.browsers',
+      'config.concurrency'
+    ]
+
+    this.launchSingle.$inject = [
+      'config.protocol',
+      'config.hostname',
+      'config.port',
+      'config.urlRoot',
+      'config.upstreamProxy',
+      'config.processKillTimeout'
+    ]
+
+    this._emitter.on('exit', (callback) => this.killAll(callback))
+  }
 
-  const getBrowserById = (id) => this._browsers.find((browser) => browser.id === id)
+  getBrowserById (id) {
+    return this._browsers.find((browser) => browser.id === id)
+  }
 
-  this.launchSingle = (protocol, hostname, port, urlRoot, upstreamProxy, processKillTimeout) => {
+  launchSingle (protocol, hostname, port, urlRoot, upstreamProxy, processKillTimeout) {
     if (upstreamProxy) {
       protocol = upstreamProxy.protocol
       hostname = upstreamProxy.hostname
@@ -59,7 +82,7 @@ function Launcher (server, emitter, injector) {
       }
 
       try {
-        browser = injector.createChild([locals], ['launcher:' + name]).get('launcher:' + name)
+        browser = this._injector.createChild([locals], ['launcher:' + name]).get('launcher:' + name)
       } catch (e) {
         if (e.message.includes(`No provider for "launcher:${name}"`)) {
           log.error(`Cannot load browser "${name}": it is not registered! Perhaps you are missing some plugin?`)
@@ -67,7 +90,7 @@ function Launcher (server, emitter, injector) {
           log.error(`Cannot load browser "${name}"!\n  ` + e.stack)
         }
 
-        emitter.emit('load_error', 'launcher', name)
+        this._emitter.emit('load_error', 'launcher', name)
         return
       }
 
@@ -90,16 +113,16 @@ function Launcher (server, emitter, injector) {
     }
   }
 
-  this.launch = (names, concurrency) => {
+  launch (names, concurrency) {
     log.info(`Launching browsers ${names.join(', ')} with concurrency ${concurrency === Infinity ? 'unlimited' : concurrency}`)
     this.jobs = new Jobs({ maxConcurrency: concurrency })
 
-    lastStartTime = Date.now()
+    this._lastStartTime = Date.now()
 
-    if (server.loadErrors.length) {
+    if (this._server.loadErrors.length) {
       this.jobs.add((args, done) => done(), [])
     } else {
-      names.forEach((name) => injector.invoke(this.launchSingle, this)(name))
+      names.forEach((name) => this._injector.invoke(this.launchSingle, this)(name))
     }
 
     this.jobs.on('end', (err) => {
@@ -115,24 +138,9 @@ function Launcher (server, emitter, injector) {
     return this._browsers
   }
 
-  this.launch.$inject = [
-    'config.browsers',
-    'config.concurrency',
-    'config.processKillTimeout'
-  ]
-
-  this.launchSingle.$inject = [
-    'config.protocol',
-    'config.hostname',
-    'config.port',
-    'config.urlRoot',
-    'config.upstreamProxy',
-    'config.processKillTimeout'
-  ]
-
-  this.kill = (id, callback) => {
+  kill (id, callback) {
     callback = callback || function () {}
-    const browser = getBrowserById(id)
+    const browser = this.getBrowserById(id)
 
     if (browser) {
       browser.forceKill().then(callback)
@@ -142,8 +150,8 @@ function Launcher (server, emitter, injector) {
     return false
   }
 
-  this.restart = (id) => {
-    const browser = getBrowserById(id)
+  restart (id) {
+    const browser = this.getBrowserById(id)
     if (browser) {
       browser.restart()
       return true
@@ -151,7 +159,7 @@ function Launcher (server, emitter, injector) {
     return false
   }
 
-  this.killAll = (callback) => {
+  killAll (callback) {
     callback = callback || function () {}
     log.debug('Disconnecting all browsers')
 
@@ -165,20 +173,27 @@ function Launcher (server, emitter, injector) {
     ).then(callback)
   }
 
-  this.areAllCaptured = () => this._browsers.every((browser) => browser.isCaptured())
+  areAllCaptured () {
+    return this._browsers.every((browser) => browser.isCaptured())
+  }
 
-  this.markCaptured = (id) => {
-    const browser = getBrowserById(id)
+  markCaptured (id) {
+    const browser = this.getBrowserById(id)
     if (browser) {
       browser.markCaptured()
-      log.debug(`${browser.name} (id ${browser.id}) captured in ${(Date.now() - lastStartTime) / 1000} secs`)
+      log.debug(`${browser.name} (id ${browser.id}) captured in ${(Date.now() - this._lastStartTime) / 1000} secs`)
     }
   }
 
-  emitter.on('exit', this.killAll)
+  static generateId () {
+    return Math.floor(Math.random() * 100000000).toString()
+  }
+}
+
+Launcher.factory = function (server, emitter, injector) {
+  return new Launcher(server, emitter, injector)
 }
 
-Launcher.$inject = ['server', 'emitter', 'injector']
-Launcher.generateId = () => Math.floor(Math.random() * 100000000).toString()
+Launcher.factory.$inject = ['server', 'emitter', 'injector']
 
 exports.Launcher = Launcher
diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index 5fd6c08cd..1c9097087 100644
--- a/lib/server.js
+++ b/lib/server.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Server extends KarmaEventEmitter {
       emitter: ['value', this],
       server: ['value', this],
       watcher: ['value', watcher],
-      launcher: ['type', Launcher],
+      launcher: ['factory', Launcher.factory],
       config: ['value', config],
       preprocess: ['factory', preprocessor.createPriorityPreprocessor],
       fileList: ['factory', FileList.factory],