diff --git a/bin/jshint.sh b/bin/jshint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4dea73961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/jshint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ -d "../bin" ]; then
+  cd "../"
+fi
+
+JSHINT=./node_modules/jshint/bin/hint
+
+$JSHINT ./node/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0a73b923e..efc89fd7a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {
-  "name"          : "etherpad-lite",
-  "description"   : "A Etherpad based on node.js",
-  "homepage"      : "https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite",
-  "keywords"      : ["etherpad", "realtime", "collaborative", "editor"],
-  "author"        : "Peter 'Pita' Martischka <petermartischka@googlemail.com> - Primary Technology Ltd",
-  "contributors": [
-                    { "name": "John McLear", 
-                      "name": "Hans Pinckaers",
-                      "name": "Robin Buse"}
-                  ],
-  "dependencies"  : {
+  "name"           : "etherpad-lite",
+  "description"    : "A Etherpad based on node.js",
+  "homepage"       : "https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite",
+  "keywords"       : ["etherpad", "realtime", "collaborative", "editor"],
+  "author"         : "Peter 'Pita' Martischka <petermartischka@googlemail.com> - Primary Technology Ltd",
+  "contributors"   : [
+                      { "name": "John McLear", 
+                        "name": "Hans Pinckaers",
+                        "name": "Robin Buse" }
+                     ],
+  "dependencies"   : {
                       "socket.io"           : "0.8.7",
                       "ueberDB"             : "0.1.3",
                       "async"               : "0.1.15",
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
                       "log4js"              : "0.3.9",
                       "jsdom-nocontextifiy" : "0.2.10",
                       "async-stacktrace"    : "0.0.2"
-                    },
-  "version"       : "1.0.0"
+                     },
+  "devDependencies": {
+                      "jshint"  : "*"
+                     },
+  "version"        : "1.0.0"
 }