diff --git a/services/clsi/Gruntfile.coffee b/services/clsi/Gruntfile.coffee
index 09d37346cf..a30f141ed5 100644
--- a/services/clsi/Gruntfile.coffee
+++ b/services/clsi/Gruntfile.coffee
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
 			app:
 				src: "app.js"
 
+		mkdir:
+			all:
+				options:
+					create: ["cache", "compiles"]
+
 		mochaTest:
 			unit:
 				options:
@@ -70,6 +75,7 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-shell'
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-execute'
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-bunyan'
+	grunt.loadNpmTasks 'grunt-mkdir'
 
 	grunt.registerTask 'compile:bin', () ->	
 		callback = @async()
@@ -93,6 +99,6 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
 
 	grunt.registerTask 'install', 'compile:app'
 
-	grunt.registerTask 'default', ['run']
+	grunt.registerTask 'default', ['mkdir', 'run']
 
 
diff --git a/services/clsi/package.json b/services/clsi/package.json
index 73bb08af3d..56843026e7 100644
--- a/services/clsi/package.json
+++ b/services/clsi/package.json
@@ -9,23 +9,24 @@
   "author": "James Allen <james@sharelatex.com>",
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "0.2.9",
+    "body-parser": "^1.2.0",
+    "express": "^4.2.0",
+    "fs-extra": "^0.16.3",
+    "grunt-mkdir": "^1.0.0",
+    "heapdump": "^0.3.5",
+    "logger-sharelatex": "git+https://github.com/sharelatex/logger-sharelatex.git#v1.5.4",
     "lynx": "0.0.11",
+    "metrics-sharelatex": "git+https://github.com/sharelatex/metrics-sharelatex.git#v1.5.0",
     "mkdirp": "0.3.5",
     "mysql": "2.6.2",
     "request": "^2.21.0",
-    "logger-sharelatex": "git+https://github.com/sharelatex/logger-sharelatex.git#v1.5.4",
-    "settings-sharelatex": "git+https://github.com/sharelatex/settings-sharelatex.git#v1.0.0",
-    "metrics-sharelatex": "git+https://github.com/sharelatex/metrics-sharelatex.git#v1.5.0",
     "sequelize": "^2.1.3",
-    "wrench": "~1.5.4",
+    "settings-sharelatex": "git+https://github.com/sharelatex/settings-sharelatex.git#v1.0.0",
     "smoke-test-sharelatex": "git+https://github.com/sharelatex/smoke-test-sharelatex.git#v0.2.0",
     "sqlite3": "~3.1.8",
-    "express": "^4.2.0",
-    "body-parser": "^1.2.0",
-    "fs-extra": "^0.16.3",
     "underscore": "^1.8.2",
     "v8-profiler": "^5.2.4",
-    "heapdump": "^0.3.5"
+    "wrench": "~1.5.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "1.10.0",