diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ syntax: glob
 *.mo
 .eggs/
 tarballcache/
+node_modules/
 
 syntax: regexp
 ^rcextensions
diff --git a/kallithea/public/less/package.json b/kallithea/public/less/package.json
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kallithea/public/less/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "kallithea",
+  "private": true,
+  "dependencies": {},
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "less": "~2.7",
+    "less-plugin-clean-css": "~1.5"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "less": "lessc style.less ../css/style.css"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/kallithea/public/css/style.css b/kallithea/public/less/style.less
copy from kallithea/public/css/style.css
copy to kallithea/public/less/style.less