diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e6a47f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+module.exports = function(grunt) {
+
+  // Project configuration.
+  grunt.initConfig({
+    pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
+    uglify: {
+      options: {
+        banner: '/*! <%= pkg.name %> <%= grunt.template.today("yyyy-mm-dd") %> */\n'
+      },
+      build: {
+        src: 'src/<%= pkg.name %>.js',
+        dest: 'build/<%= pkg.name %>.min.js'
+      }
+    },
+    /**
+     * generate plato report in plato-report subfolder
+     */
+    plato: {
+        options: {
+            // Task-specific options go here.
+        },
+        your_target: {
+                // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
+            files: {
+                 'plato-report': ['public/js/*.js']
+            }
+        },
+    },
+        
+  });
+
+  // Load the plugin that provides the "uglify" task.
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify');
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-plato');
+
+  // Default task(s).
+  grunt.registerTask('default', ['uglify']);
+
+};
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3ef7bb7..f10defe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 {
-    "name": "jscribble",
-    "version": "0.0.1",
-    "private": false,
-    "dependencies": {
-      "express": "~2.5.8",
-      "ejs": "~0.7.1",
-      "socket.io": "~0.9.6",
-      "socket.io-client": "~0.9.6",
-      "expresso":"~0.9.2"
+  "name": "jscribble",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "private": false,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "express": "~2.5.8",
+    "ejs": "~0.7.1",
+    "socket.io": "~0.9.6",
+    "socket.io-client": "~0.9.6",
+    "expresso": "~0.9.2"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "grunt": "~0.4.1",
+    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.1.1",
+    "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.3.1",
+    "grunt-plato": "~0.1.5",
+    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.2.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "0.8.x"
@@ -15,4 +22,4 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "expresso test/*"
   }
-}
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+}