diff --git a/.jshintignore b/.jshintignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19ffa6e4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+node_modules/
+www/bower_components/
+www/code/codemirror-5.7/
+www/code/mode/
+www/code/codemirror.js
diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad70ca4fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "laxcomma": true,
+    "laxbreak": true,
+    "node": true,
+    "sub": true
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e62340d72..ccc7b682b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,5 +7,11 @@
     "ws": "^1.0.1",
     "level": "~1.4.0",
     "nthen": "~0.1.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "jshint": "~2.9.1"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+      "lint": "jshint --config .jshintrc --exclude-path .jshintignore ."
   }
 }
diff --git a/travis.yml b/travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7e40534f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+language: node_js
+node_js:
+  - "0.12"
+script: npm run-script lint