diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b459a7d..d4b8348 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+.idea
+node_modules
 temp/
 experiments/
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ea8fad..a10773d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@ threejs-cookbook
 ================
 
 Examples for the Three.js Cookbook book I'm writing for Packt
+
+### Local Webserver (NodeJS)
+If you have installed NodeJS you can start a local web server by opening a command prompt and enter `npm start`. This will
+install webserver in the local project directory and running it on port **0.0.0.0:8081**.
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5abc8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "name": "threejs-cookbook",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "description": "Examples for the Three.js Cookbook book published by packt http://www.smartjava.org",
+  "main": "",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "prestart": "npm install --production",
+    "start": "http-server ./"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/josdirksen/threejs-cookbook"
+  },
+  "author": "Jos Dirksen",
+  "license": "",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/josdirksen/threejs-cookbook/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/josdirksen/threejs-cookbook",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "http-server": "^0.8.0"
+  }
+}