diff --git a/.bowerrc b/.bowerrc
index 3ffd231ea1..4a52096b99 100644
--- a/.bowerrc
+++ b/.bowerrc
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "directory": "website/public/bower_components",
-  "storage" : {
-    "packages" : ".bower-cache",
-    "registry" : ".bower-registry"
-  },
-  "tmp" : ".bower-tmp"
+  "directory": "website/public/bower_components"
 }
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 113c688efc..c0fb32fe35 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
 
 Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
+    v.customize ["setextradata", :id, "VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/vagrant", "1"]
+  end
   config.vm.box = "thepeopleseason/habitrpg"
   config.ssh.forward_agent = true
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fc065889b9..4823011752 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "./test/run_tests.sh",
     "start": "grunt run:dev",
-    "postinstall": "./node_modules/bower/bin/bower --config.interactive=false install -f; ./node_modules/.bin/grunt;",
+    "postinstall": "bower --config.interactive=false install -f; grunt;",
     "coverage": "COVERAGE=true mocha --require register-handlers.js --reporter html-cov > coverage.html; open coverage.html"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/vagrant.sh b/vagrant.sh
index 814fa3091e..a61831097e 100644
--- a/vagrant.sh
+++ b/vagrant.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ echo Installing GraphicsMagick - provides gm and convert...
 apt-get install -qq graphicsmagick
 
 echo Installing phantomjs and dependency...
-apt-get install -qq phantomjs libicu48
+apt-get install -qq libicu48
 
 echo Installing requirements for grunt-spritesmith...
 apt-get install -qq pkg-config libcairo2-dev libjpeg-dev
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ apt-get install -qq nodejs
 cd /vagrant
 
 echo Installing grunt/bower...
-npm install -g grunt-cli bower
+npm install -g grunt-cli bower phantomjs
 
 echo Installing HabitRPG
-npm install
+npm install --no-bin-link
 
 echo Installing Bower packages
 sudo -H -u vagrant bower --config.interactive=false install -f