diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bf5ffabf..98f0f889 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #assety stuff
 public/css
-vendor/
+public/metamaps.bundle.js
 node_modules
 npm-debug.log
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83e0a7f5..11979c32 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ Start up the nodejs server which serves the UI files, the socketio realtime serv
 $ npm start
 ```
 
-Build the css. If you're developing and writing css, make sure that it will rebuild the css when you make changes, by running the `node-sass` process with the `-w` flag.
+Build the css. If you're developing and writing css, make sure that it will rebuild the css when you make changes, by running the `npm sass:watch` process and leaving it running.
 ```
-$ node-sass sass/application.scss public/css/application.css # to run it once
-$ node-sass -w sass/application.scss public/css/application.css # to watch it for more changes
+$ npm run sass # to build the css once
+$ npm run sass:watch # to watch it for more changes
 ```
 
 Run the metamaps api in another terminal, on whichever port you configured in your .env file.
@@ -86,4 +86,7 @@ use the forever node package.
 ```
 $ npm install -g forever
 $ forever start server.js
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+To build the javascript file
+`$ npm run build`
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ed1ed4a5..1a977786 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node server.js",
     "build": "webpack",
+    "sass": "node-sass sass/application.scss public/css/application.css",
+    "sass:watch": "node-sass -w sass/application.scss public/css/application.css",
     "test": "mocha-webpack --webpack-config webpack.test.config.js --require test_support/dom.js --recursive test",
     "eslint": "eslint src",
-    "eslint:fix": "eslint --fix src"
+    "eslint:fix": "eslint --fix src",
+    "postinstall": "[ \"$NODE_ENV\" === production ] && npm build && npm run sass"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",