diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4823011752..fc065889b9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "./test/run_tests.sh",
     "start": "grunt run:dev",
-    "postinstall": "bower --config.interactive=false install -f; grunt;",
+    "postinstall": "./node_modules/bower/bin/bower --config.interactive=false install -f; ./node_modules/.bin/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 a61831097e..1c0a3eadf4 100644
--- a/vagrant.sh
+++ b/vagrant.sh
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ npm install --no-bin-link
 echo Installing Bower packages
 sudo -H -u vagrant bower --config.interactive=false install -f
 
+echo Running Grunt
+sudo -H -u vagrant grunt
+
 ## # echo Seeding Mongodb...
 ## node ./src/seed.js
 ## no longer required - see comments in src/seed.js