diff --git a/frontend-js/package.json b/frontend-js/package.json
index fdaa210ba8bad3b808b9f23c471706a27aa17f46..06d8f040f920227de9465f5986979172a0e8d438 100644
--- a/frontend-js/package.json
+++ b/frontend-js/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "//": "rm -rf dist & rmdir /q /s dist & mkdir dist & browserify --debug --standalone minerva src/main/js/minerva.js | exorcist dist/minerva.js.map > dist/minerva.js & uglifyjs --compress --mangle --in-source-map dist/minerva.js.map --source-map-include-sources --source-map dist/minerva.min.js.map -o dist/minerva.min.js dist/minerva.js",
     "build-deploy": "npm run build && npm run deploy",
     "build": "npm run clean && npm run build:css && npm run build:js",
-    "clean": "rm -rf dist & rmdir /q /s dist & mkdir dist",
+    "clean": "node scripts/clean.js",
     "deploy": "copy /Y \"dist\\*.js*\" \"C:/Program Files/apache-tomcat-7.0.72/webapps/minerva/resources/js\" &&  copy /Y \"dist\\*.css\" \"C:/Program Files/apache-tomcat-7.0.72/webapps/minerva/resources/css\" ",
     "lint": "jshint src/.",
     "test": "istanbul cover node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha -- --recursive src/test/js"
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@
     "uglifyjs": "^2.4.10"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "del": "^3.0.0",
     "dual-listbox": "^1.0.3",
     "http-status-codes": "^1.1.6",
     "js-cookie": "^2.1.3",
     "log4js": "0.6.38",
+    "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "pileup": "^0.6.8",
     "request": "^2.79.0"
   }
diff --git a/frontend-js/scripts/clean.js b/frontend-js/scripts/clean.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1822779c31f651f8caa6538c5138f32fd1f666cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-js/scripts/clean.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+var del = require('del');
+var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
+
+
+var exec = require('child_process').exec;
+function puts(error, stdout, stderr) { console.log(stdout) }
+
+
+var os = require('os');
+//control OS
+//then run command depengin on the OS
+
+del(["dist/"]).then(function(){
+  return mkdirp("dist");
+});