diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -1,187 +1,7 @@
-module.exports = function(grunt) {
-  grunt.initConfig({
-
-    dirs: {
-      css: "rhodecode/public/css",
-      js: {
-        "src": "rhodecode/public/js/src",
-        "dest": "rhodecode/public/js"
-      }
-    },
-    copy: {
-      main: {
-        expand: true,
-        cwd: 'bower_components',
-        src: 'webcomponentsjs/webcomponents-lite.js',
-        dest: '<%= dirs.js.dest %>/vendors',
-      },
-    },
-    concat: {
-      polymercss:{
-        src: [
-          // Base libraries
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/components/root-styles-prefix.html',
-          '<%= dirs.css %>/style-polymer.css',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/components/root-styles-suffix.html'
-        ],
-        dest: '<%= dirs.js.dest %>/src/components/root-styles.gen.html',
-        nonull: true
-      },
-      dist: {
-        src: [
-          // Base libraries
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/jquery-1.11.1.min.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/logging.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/bootstrap.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/mousetrap.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/moment.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/appenlight-client-0.4.1.min.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/i18n_utils.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/deform.js',
-
-          // Plugins
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.pjax.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.dataTables.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/flavoured_checkbox.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.auto-grow-input.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.autocomplete.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.debounce.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.mark.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.timeago.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.timeago-extension.js',
-
-          // Select2
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/select2/select2.js',
-
-          // Code-mirror
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/codemirror/codemirror.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/codemirror/codemirror_loadmode.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/codemirror/codemirror_hint.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/codemirror/codemirror_overlay.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/codemirror/codemirror_placeholder.js',
-          // TODO: mikhail: this is an exception. Since the code mirror modes
-          // are loaded "on the fly", we need to keep them in a public folder
-          '<%= dirs.js.dest %>/mode/meta.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.dest %>/mode/meta_ext.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.dest %>/rhodecode/i18n/select2/translations.js',
-
-          // Rhodecode utilities
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/array.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/string.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/pyroutes.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/ajax.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/autocomplete.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/colorgenerator.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/ie.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/os.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/topics.js',
-
-          // Rhodecode widgets
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/widgets/multiselect.js',
+var gruntConfig = require('./grunt_config.json');
 
-          // Rhodecode components
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/init.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/connection_controller.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/codemirror.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/comments.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/constants.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/files.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/followers.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/menus.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/notifications.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/permissions.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/pjax.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/pullrequests.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/settings.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/select2_widgets.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/tooltips.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/users.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/notifications.js',
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/appenlight.js',
-          // Rhodecode main module
-          '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode.js',
-        ],
-        dest: '<%= dirs.js.dest %>/scripts.js',
-        nonull: true
-      }
-    },
-    crisper: {
-      dist: {
-        options: {
-          cleanup: false,
-          onlySplit: true
-        },
-        src: '<%= dirs.js.dest %>/rhodecode-components.html',
-        dest: '<%= dirs.js.dest %>/rhodecode-components.js'
-      }
-    },
-    less: {
-      development: {
-        options: {
-          compress: false,
-          yuicompress: false,
-          optimization: 0
-        },
-        files: {
-          "<%= dirs.css %>/style.css": "<%= dirs.css %>/main.less",
-          "<%= dirs.css %>/style-polymer.css": "<%= dirs.css %>/polymer.less"
-        }
-      },
-      production: {
-        options: {
-          compress: true,
-          yuicompress: true,
-          optimization: 2
-        },
-        files: {
-          "<%= dirs.css %>/style.css": "<%= dirs.css %>/main.less",
-          "<%= dirs.css %>/style-polymer.css": "<%= dirs.css %>/polymer.less"
-        }
-      },
-      components: {
-        files: [{
-          cwd: '<%= dirs.js.src %>/components/',
-          dest: '<%= dirs.js.src %>/components/',
-          src: ['**/*.less'],
-          expand: true,
-          ext: '.css'
-        }]
-      }
-    },
-
-    watch: {
-      less: {
-        files: ["<%= dirs.css %>/**/*.less"],
-        tasks: ["less:development", 'less:components', 'concat:polymercss', "vulcanize"]
-      },
-      js: {
-        files: ["<%= dirs.js.src %>/**/*.js", "<%= dirs.js.src %>/components/**/*.html"],
-        tasks: ['less:components', 'concat:polymercss', "vulcanize", 'crisper', "concat:dist"]
-      }
-    },
-
-    jshint: {
-      rhodecode: {
-        src: '<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/**/*.js',
-        options: {
-          jshintrc: '.jshintrc'
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    vulcanize: {
-      default: {
-        options: {
-          abspath: '',
-          inlineScripts: true,
-          inlineCss: true,
-          stripComments: true
-        },
-        files: {
-          '<%= dirs.js.dest %>/rhodecode-components.html': '<%= dirs.js.src %>/components/shared-components.html'
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  });
+module.exports = function(grunt) {
+  grunt.initConfig(gruntConfig);
 
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-less');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-concat');
diff --git a/grunt_config.json b/grunt_config.json
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grunt_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+{
+  "dirs": {
+    "css": {
+      "src":"rhodecode/public/css",
+      "dest":"rhodecode/public/css"
+    },
+    "js": {
+      "src": "rhodecode/public/js/src",
+      "dest": "rhodecode/public/js"
+    }
+  },
+  "copy": {
+    "main": {
+      "expand": true,
+      "cwd": "bower_components",
+      "src": "webcomponentsjs/webcomponents-lite.js",
+      "dest": "<%= dirs.js.dest %>/vendors"
+    }
+  },
+  "concat": {
+    "polymercss": {
+      "src": [
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/components/root-styles-prefix.html",
+        "<%= dirs.css.src %>/style-polymer.css",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/components/root-styles-suffix.html"
+      ],
+      "dest": "<%= dirs.js.dest %>/src/components/root-styles.gen.html",
+      "nonull": true
+    },
+    "dist": {
+      "src": [
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/jquery-1.11.1.min.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/logging.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/bootstrap.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/mousetrap.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/moment.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/appenlight-client-0.4.1.min.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/i18n_utils.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/deform.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.pjax.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.dataTables.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/flavoured_checkbox.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.auto-grow-input.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.autocomplete.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.debounce.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.mark.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.timeago.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/plugins/jquery.timeago-extension.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/select2/select2.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/codemirror/codemirror.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/codemirror/codemirror_loadmode.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/codemirror/codemirror_hint.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/codemirror/codemirror_overlay.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/codemirror/codemirror_placeholder.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.dest %>/mode/meta.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.dest %>/mode/meta_ext.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.dest %>/rhodecode/i18n/select2/translations.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/array.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/string.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/pyroutes.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/ajax.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/autocomplete.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/colorgenerator.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/ie.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/os.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/topics.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/widgets/multiselect.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/init.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/connection_controller.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/codemirror.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/comments.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/constants.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/files.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/followers.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/menus.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/notifications.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/permissions.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/pjax.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/pullrequests.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/settings.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/select2_widgets.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/tooltips.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/users.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/utils/notifications.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/appenlight.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode.js"
+      ],
+      "dest": "<%= dirs.js.dest %>/scripts.js",
+      "nonull": true
+    }
+  },
+  "crisper": {
+    "dist": {
+      "options": {
+        "cleanup": false,
+        "onlySplit": true
+      },
+      "src": "<%= dirs.js.dest %>/rhodecode-components.html",
+      "dest": "<%= dirs.js.dest %>/rhodecode-components.js"
+    }
+  },
+  "less": {
+    "development": {
+      "options": {
+        "compress": false,
+        "yuicompress": false,
+        "optimization": 0
+      },
+      "files": {
+        "<%= dirs.css.dest %>/style.css": "<%= dirs.css.src %>/main.less",
+        "<%= dirs.css.dest %>/style-polymer.css": "<%= dirs.css.src %>/polymer.less"
+      }
+    },
+    "production": {
+      "options": {
+        "compress": true,
+        "yuicompress": true,
+        "optimization": 2
+      },
+      "files": {
+        "<%= dirs.css.dest %>/style.css": "<%= dirs.css.src %>/main.less",
+        "<%= dirs.css.dest %>/style-polymer.css": "<%= dirs.css.src %>/polymer.less"
+      }
+    },
+    "components": {
+      "files": [
+        {
+          "cwd": "<%= dirs.js.src %>/components/",
+          "dest": "<%= dirs.js.src %>/components/",
+          "src": [
+            "**/*.less"
+          ],
+          "expand": true,
+          "ext": ".css"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "watch": {
+    "less": {
+      "files": [
+        "<%= dirs.css.src %>/**/*.less"
+      ],
+      "tasks": [
+        "less:development",
+        "less:components",
+        "concat:polymercss",
+        "vulcanize"
+      ]
+    },
+    "js": {
+      "files": [
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/**/*.js",
+        "<%= dirs.js.src %>/components/**/*.html"
+      ],
+      "tasks": [
+        "less:components",
+        "concat:polymercss",
+        "vulcanize",
+        "crisper",
+        "concat:dist"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "jshint": {
+    "rhodecode": {
+      "src": "<%= dirs.js.src %>/rhodecode/**/*.js",
+      "options": {
+        "jshintrc": ".jshintrc"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "vulcanize": {
+    "default": {
+      "options": {
+        "abspath": "",
+        "inlineScripts": true,
+        "inlineCss": true,
+        "stripComments": true
+      },
+      "files": {
+        "<%= dirs.js.dest %>/rhodecode-components.html": "<%= dirs.js.src %>/components/shared-components.html"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}