diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index afe6097..20f9d6e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,4 +42,10 @@ env.cmd
 coverage/**/*
 
 # logs
-debug.log
\ No newline at end of file
+debug.log
+
+
+# VS specific files
+.vs
+bin
+obj
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vs/TypeScriptNodeStarterTemplate/v15/.suo b/.vs/TypeScriptNodeStarterTemplate/v15/.suo
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d256b2..0000000
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diff --git a/TypeScriptNodeStarterTemplate.njsproj b/TypeScriptNodeStarterTemplate.njsproj
index b7a4446..674c85d 100644
--- a/TypeScriptNodeStarterTemplate.njsproj
+++ b/TypeScriptNodeStarterTemplate.njsproj
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@
     <LastActiveSolutionConfig>Debug|Any CPU</LastActiveSolutionConfig>
     <StartWebBrowser>True</StartWebBrowser>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" />
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'" />
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
+    <NODE_ENV>development</NODE_ENV>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release' ">
+    <NODE_ENV>production</NODE_ENV>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="package-lock.json" />
     <Content Include="package.json" />
@@ -137,8 +141,9 @@
       </FlavorProperties>
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
-
-  <Target Name="RunNpmScript">
-    
+  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
+    <Exec Command="(SET NODE_ENV=$(NODE_ENV)) &amp; npm run build" WorkingDirectory="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)" ConsoleToMSBuild="true">
+      <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="OutputOfExec" />
+    </Exec>
   </Target>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/Microsoft.NodejsTools.WebRole.dll b/bin/Microsoft.NodejsTools.WebRole.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index e0d0ccf..0000000
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diff --git a/obj/Debug/TypeScriptNodeStarterTemplate.njsproj.CoreCompileInputs.cache b/obj/Debug/TypeScriptNodeStarterTemplate.njsproj.CoreCompileInputs.cache
deleted file mode 100644
index 10cddb7..0000000
--- a/obj/Debug/TypeScriptNodeStarterTemplate.njsproj.CoreCompileInputs.cache
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-324ad010264b04b35e4f52396e697d21ae25d284
diff --git a/obj/Debug/TypeScriptNodeStarterTemplate.njsprojResolveAssemblyReference.cache b/obj/Debug/TypeScriptNodeStarterTemplate.njsprojResolveAssemblyReference.cache
deleted file mode 100644
index 62fb4c1..0000000
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d43cfd4..13821e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "npm run serve",
-    "build": "npm run build-sass && npm run build-ts && npm run tslint && npm run copy-static-assets",
+    "build": "npm run build-sass && npm run tslint && npm run copy-static-assets",
     "serve": "node dist/server.js",
     "watch-node": "nodemon dist/server.js",
     "watch": "concurrently -k -p \"[{name}]\" -n \"Sass,TypeScript,Node\" -c \"yellow.bold,cyan.bold,green.bold\" \"npm run watch-sass\" \"npm run watch-ts\" \"npm run watch-node\"",
diff --git a/src/controllers/home.ts b/src/controllers/home.ts
index e16b528..489ef79 100644
--- a/src/controllers/home.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/home.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ import { Request, Response } from "express";
  */
 export let index = (req: Request, res: Response) => {
   res.render("home", {
-    title: "Home"
+    title: "Hello world"
   });
 };