angular: TypeError: Cannot read property 'query' of null

I am having issues with RC1 router-deprecated with webpack. Apologies if this is answered somewhere else but I could not find it.

Error:

EXCEPTION: Error: Uncaught (in promise): TypeError: Cannot read property 'query' of null
browser_adapter.js:77EXCEPTION: Error: Uncaught (in promise): TypeError: Cannot read property 'query' of nullBrowserDomAdapter.logError @ browser_adapter.js:77BrowserDomAdapter.logGroup @ browser_adapter.js:87ExceptionHandler.call @ exception_handler.js:57(anonymous function) @ application_ref.js:265schedulerFn @ async.js:123SafeSubscriber.__tryOrUnsub @ Subscriber.js:225SafeSubscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:174Subscriber._next @ Subscriber.js:124Subscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:88Subject._finalNext @ Subject.js:128Subject._next @ Subject.js:120Subject.next @ Subject.js:77EventEmitter.emit @ async.js:112NgZone._zoneImpl.ng_zone_impl_1.NgZoneImpl.onError @ ng_zone.js:120NgZoneImpl.inner.inner.fork.onHandleError @ ng_zone_impl.js:66ZoneDelegate.handleError @ zone.js:327Zone.runGuarded @ zone.js:233_loop_1 @ zone.js:487drainMicroTaskQueue @ zone.js:494
browser_adapter.js:77STACKTRACE:BrowserDomAdapter.logError @ browser_adapter.js:77ExceptionHandler.call @ exception_handler.js:59(anonymous function) @ application_ref.js:265schedulerFn @ async.js:123SafeSubscriber.__tryOrUnsub @ Subscriber.js:225SafeSubscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:174Subscriber._next @ Subscriber.js:124Subscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:88Subject._finalNext @ Subject.js:128Subject._next @ Subject.js:120Subject.next @ Subject.js:77EventEmitter.emit @ async.js:112NgZone._zoneImpl.ng_zone_impl_1.NgZoneImpl.onError @ ng_zone.js:120NgZoneImpl.inner.inner.fork.onHandleError @ ng_zone_impl.js:66ZoneDelegate.handleError @ zone.js:327Zone.runGuarded @ zone.js:233_loop_1 @ zone.js:487drainMicroTaskQueue @ zone.js:494
browser_adapter.js:77Error: Uncaught (in promise): TypeError: Cannot read property 'query' of null
    at resolvePromise (zone.js:538)
    at zone.js:515
    at ZoneDelegate.invoke (zone.js:323)
    at Object.NgZoneImpl.inner.inner.fork.onInvoke (ng_zone_impl.js:45)
    at ZoneDelegate.invoke (zone.js:322)
    at Zone.run (zone.js:216)
    at zone.js:571
    at ZoneDelegate.invokeTask (zone.js:356)
    at Object.NgZoneImpl.inner.inner.fork.onInvokeTask (ng_zone_impl.js:36)
    at ZoneDelegate.invokeTask (zone.js:355)BrowserDomAdapter.logError @ browser_adapter.js:77ExceptionHandler.call @ exception_handler.js:60(anonymous function) @ application_ref.js:265schedulerFn @ async.js:123SafeSubscriber.__tryOrUnsub @ Subscriber.js:225SafeSubscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:174Subscriber._next @ Subscriber.js:124Subscriber.next @ Subscriber.js:88Subject._finalNext @ Subject.js:128Subject._next @ Subject.js:120Subject.next @ Subject.js:77EventEmitter.emit @ async.js:112NgZone._zoneImpl.ng_zone_impl_1.NgZoneImpl.onError @ ng_zone.js:120NgZoneImpl.inner.inner.fork.onHandleError @ ng_zone_impl.js:66ZoneDelegate.handleError @ zone.js:327Zone.runGuarded @ zone.js:233_loop_1 @ zone.js:487drainMicroTaskQueue @ zone.js:494
zone.js:461 Unhandled Promise rejection: Cannot read property 'query' of null ; Zone: angular ; Task: Promise.then ; Value: TypeError: Cannot read property 'query' of null(…)consoleError @ zone.js:461_loop_1 @ zone.js:490drainMicroTaskQueue @ zone.js:494
zone.js:463 Error: Uncaught (in promise): TypeError: Cannot read property 'query' of null(…)

webpack.config.js

module.exports = {  
  entry: './src/main.ts',
  output: {
    filename: 'bundle.js',
  },
  devtool: 'source-map',
  resolve: {
    extensions: ['', '.webpack.js', '.web.js', '.tsx', '.ts', '.js']
  },
  module: {
    loaders: [
      { test: /\.tsx|ts$/, loader: 'ts-loader' }
    ]
  }
}

tsconfig.json

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "module": "commonjs",
        "target": "es5",
        "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
        "experimentalDecorators": true
    },
    "exclude": [
        "node_modules",
        "typings/main",
        "typings/main.d.ts"
    ]
}