diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c447a4ef12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+lib-cov
+*.seed
+*.log
+*.csv
+*.dat
+*.out
+*.pid
+*.gz
+*.swp
+*.swo
+.DS_Store
+
+pids
+logs
+results
+# test coverage files
+coverage/
+
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log
+
+template/**/*.js
+
+.git
+docs
+misc
+src
+template
+.editorconfig
+.gitattributes
+.gitignore
+.jshintrc
+.travis.yml
+CONTRIBUTING.md
+Gruntfile.js
+karma.conf.js
+ROADMAP.md
+
+dist/assets
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1f6c981aca..68afa05224 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
  node_js:
    - "0.10"
 
- before_script:
+ before_install:
   - export DISPLAY=:99.0
   - sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start
   - npm install --quiet -g grunt-cli karma
-  - npm install
 
- script: grunt
\ No newline at end of file
+ script: grunt
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2ac748791b..42d573a6c5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,5 +20,8 @@
     "shelljs": "~0.2.0",
     "grunt-ddescribe-iit": "0.0.4"
   },
-  "license": "MIT"
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "scripts": {
+    "prepublish": "grunt build"
+  }
 }