diff --git a/Jakefile.js b/Jakefile.js
index 5aabf9a1..f24b9566 100644
--- a/Jakefile.js
+++ b/Jakefile.js
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@ var jake = require('jake'),
 require('jake-utils');
 
 // constants
-var VIS = './dist/vis.js';
-var VIS_CSS = './dist/vis.css';
-var VIS_TMP = './vis.js.tmp';
-var VIS_MIN = './dist/vis.min.js';
+var DIST = './dist';
+var VIS = DIST + '/vis.js';
+var VIS_CSS = DIST + '/vis.css';
+var VIS_TMP = DIST + '/vis.js.tmp';
+var VIS_MIN = DIST + '/vis.min.js';
 
 /**
  * default task
  */
-desc('Execute all tasks: build all libraries');
-task('default', ['build', 'minify', 'test'], function () {
+desc('Default task: build all libraries');
+task('default', ['build', 'minify'], function () {
   console.log('done');
 });
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ task('default', ['build', 'minify', 'test'], function () {
  */
 desc('Build the visualization library vis.js');
 task('build', {async: true}, function () {
+  jake.mkdirP(DIST);
+
   // concatenate and stringify the css files
   concat({
     src: [
@@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ task('minify', function () {
  * test task
  */
 desc('Test the library');
-task('test', ['build'], function () {
+task('test', function () {
   // TODO: use a testing suite for testing: nodeunit, mocha, tap, ...
   var filelist = new jake.FileList();
   filelist.include([
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a97439b5..b004b0dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,13 +134,9 @@ root of the project.
     cd vis
     npm install
 
-To be able to run jake from the command line, jake must be installed globally:
+Then, the project can be build running:
 
-    sudo npm install -g jake
-
-Then, the project can be build by executing jake in the root of the project:
-
-    jake
+    npm run build
 
 
 ## License
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b274d2b8..d6907b8b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
     "browser"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "jake test --trace"
+    "test": "jake test --trace",
+    "build": "jake --trace"
   },
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/test/dataset.js b/test/dataset.js
index 63446918..4934a7f3 100644
--- a/test/dataset.js
+++ b/test/dataset.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var assert = require('assert'),
     moment = require('moment'),
-    vis = require('../vis.js'),
+    vis = require('../dist/vis.js'),
     DataSet = vis.DataSet;
 
 var now = new Date();
diff --git a/test/dataview.js b/test/dataview.js
index 412caa5f..48721ece 100644
--- a/test/dataview.js
+++ b/test/dataview.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var assert = require('assert'),
     moment = require('moment'),
-    vis = require('../vis.js'),
+    vis = require('../dist/vis.js'),
     DataSet = vis.DataSet,
     DataView = vis.DataView;
 
diff --git a/test/eventbus.js b/test/eventbus.js
index df4d8a94..9019effc 100644
--- a/test/eventbus.js
+++ b/test/eventbus.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // test vis.EventBus
 
 var assert = require('assert'),
-    vis = require('../vis');
+    vis = require('../dist/vis');
 
 var bus = new vis.EventBus();