diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e43b0f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb6d1c0..436f7c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ To install, either download the repo, or as I would recommend, use [Pathogen](ht
 git clone git://github.com/jaxbot/browserlink.vim.git
 ```
 
-If you haven't already, you'll need to install [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/) (Node is used to send refresh commands to your page(s))
+If you haven't already, you'll need to install [Node.js](http://nodejs.org/)
+(Node is used to send refresh commands to your page(s)) and
+[npm](https://www.npmjs.com) (Node Packet Manager, which manages 
+dependencies for Node.js apps)
+
+Next, navigate to where you cloned browserlink.vim and run `npm install` 
 
 Lastly, you need some javascript on your page(s) to listen for the refresh commands.  For this there are two options:
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..475b0e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "name": "browserlink.vim",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
+  "description": "Live browser editing for Vim",
+  "main": "browserlink/browserlink.js",
+  "directories": {
+    "doc": "doc"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "websocketserver":"*",
+    "http":"*",
+    "fs":"*",
+    "path":"*"
+
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/jaxbot/browserlink.vim.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "vim",
+    "html",
+    "css",
+    "js",
+    "php",
+    "nodejs"
+  ],
+  "author": "jaxbot",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/jaxbot/browserlink.vim/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/jaxbot/browserlink.vim#readme"
+}