diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5843d69e..089e9c503 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -137,3 +137,4 @@ UpdateLogs/
 NzbDrone.Web/*
 *log.txt
 siaqodb.lic
+node_modules/
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a3ff379a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+module.exports = function(grunt) {
+
+  // Project configuration.
+  grunt.initConfig({
+    pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
+    uglify: {
+      files: {
+        expand: true, // Enable dynamic expansion.
+        cwd: 'NzbDrone.Backbone/',      // Src matches are relative to this path.
+        src: ['**/*.js'], // Actual pattern(s) to match.
+        dest: 'build/',   // Destination path prefix.
+        ext: '.min.js'   // Dest filepaths will have this extension.
+      }
+    },
+    handlebars: {
+      options: {
+        namespace: "NzbDrone.Templates"
+      },  
+      files: {
+        expand: true, // Enable dynamic expansion.
+        cwd: 'NzbDrone.Backbone/',      // Src matches are relative to this path.
+        src: ['**/*Template.html'],
+        ext: '.hbs' // Actual pattern(s) to match.
+      }
+  }});
+
+  // Load the plugin that provides the "uglify" task.
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify');
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-handlebars');
+
+  // Default task(s).
+  grunt.registerTask('default', ['uglify']);
+
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b294aae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "name": "NzbDrone",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "description": "NZBDrone\r =====",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git://github.com/NzbDrone/NzbDrone.git"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "BSD",
+  "gitHead": "9ff7aa1bf7fe38c4c5bdb92f56c8ad556916ed67",
+  "readmeFilename": "readme.md",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "grunt": "*",
+    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "*",
+    "grunt-contrib-handlebars": "*"
+  }
+}