diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index abc749bf3..a57d967f7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ assets/components/
 assets/javascript/vendor/
 assets/javascript/foundation.js
 assets/javascript/custom/demosite.js
+packaged/
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index f164ea897..96561a4d8 100755
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -5,6 +5,29 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 	grunt.initConfig({
 		pkg: grunt.file.readJSON('package.json'),
 
+		    // Compress and zip only the files required for deployment to the server. Exclude all dev dependencies.
+		    compress: {
+		      main: {
+		        options: {
+		          archive: 'packaged/<%= pkg.name %>.zip'
+		        },
+		        expand: true,
+		        cwd: '.',
+		        src: [
+							'**/*',
+							'!**/node_modules/**',
+							'!**/components/**',
+							'!**/scss/**',
+							'!**/bower.json',
+							'!**/Gruntfile.js',
+							'!**/package.json',
+							'!**/composer.json',
+							'!**/composer.lock',
+							'!**/codesniffer.ruleset.xml'
+						],
+		        dest: '<%= pkg.name %>'
+		      },
+		    },
 		sass: {
 
 			options: {
@@ -153,7 +176,9 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-copy');
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify');
 	grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-string-replace');
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-compress');
 
+	grunt.registerTask('package', ['compress:main']);
 	grunt.registerTask('build', ['copy', 'string-replace:fontawesome', 'sass', 'concat', 'uglify']);
 	grunt.registerTask('default', ['watch']);
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 501f9a043..db0781df3 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,15 @@ $ npm run watch
 $ npm run build
 ```
 
-And you're set!
+### 4. Compress all files required for deployment:
+It is not recommended that you deploy the entire theme folder to your webserver. There is no danger associated with doing this, but it is a waste of disk space and bandwidth. The node_modules and components for instance is only required during theme development.
+
+By executing the command below, you will compress only the files that are required for deployment. The file will be available as a .zip inside the folder named '/package'.
+
+```bash
+$ npm run package
+```
+
 
 ### How to structure your styles
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index d39264ce0..5488a141e
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@
   "title": "FoundationPress",
   "version": "1.4.0",
   "description": "FoundationPress is a WordPress starter theme based on Foundation 5 by Zurb",
-  "keywords": [ "FoundationPress", "WordPress", "starter theme", "Foundation", "semantic", "mobile first", "customizable", "responsive" ],
+  "keywords": [
+    "FoundationPress",
+    "WordPress",
+    "starter theme",
+    "Foundation",
+    "semantic",
+    "mobile first",
+    "customizable",
+    "responsive"
+  ],
   "homepage": "http://foundationpress.olefredrik.com/",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/olefredrik/FoundationPress/issues",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -16,11 +25,12 @@
     "bower": "^1.4.1",
     "grunt": "~0.4.1",
     "grunt-cli": "^0.1.13",
+    "grunt-contrib-compress": "^0.13.0",
     "grunt-contrib-concat": "~0.3.0",
     "grunt-contrib-copy": "~0.4.1",
     "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.2.7",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.5.3",
-    "grunt-sass": "1.0.0",
+    "grunt-sass": "^1.0.0",
     "grunt-string-replace": "~0.2.7",
     "node-sass": "3.2.0",
     "time-grunt": "^1.1.0"
@@ -29,6 +39,7 @@
     "build": "grunt build",
     "grunt": "grunt",
     "postinstall": "bower install && grunt build",
-    "watch": "grunt watch"
+    "watch": "grunt watch",
+    "package": "grunt package"
   }
 }