diff --git a/app/templates/skeleton/Gruntfile.js b/app/templates/skeleton/Gruntfile.js
index 8276ebd..6f9d399 100755
--- a/app/templates/skeleton/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/app/templates/skeleton/Gruntfile.js
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 
 var pkg = require('./package.json');
 
+// Configurable paths for the application
+var appConfig = {
+  dist: 'dist'
+};
+
 //Using exclusion patterns slows down Grunt significantly
 //instead of creating a set of patterns like '**/*.js' and '!**/node_modules/**'
 //this method is used to create a set of inclusive patterns for all subdirectories
@@ -10,7 +15,7 @@ var pkg = require('./package.json');
 //This enables users to create any directory structure they desire.
 var createFolderGlobs = function(fileTypePatterns) {
   fileTypePatterns = Array.isArray(fileTypePatterns) ? fileTypePatterns : [fileTypePatterns];
-  var ignore = ['node_modules','bower_components','dist','temp'];
+  var ignore = ['node_modules','bower_components',appConfig.dist,'temp'];
   var fs = require('fs');
   return fs.readdirSync(process.cwd())
           .map(function(file){
@@ -37,6 +42,10 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 
   // Project configuration.
   grunt.initConfig({
+
+    // Project settings
+    yeoman: appConfig,
+
     connect: {
       main: {
         options: {
@@ -65,7 +74,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     },
     clean: {
       before:{
-        src:['dist','temp']
+        src:['<%%= yeoman.dist %>','temp']
       },
       after: {
         src:['temp']
@@ -93,12 +102,12 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     copy: {
       main: {
         files: [
-          {src: ['img/**'], dest: 'dist/'},
-          {src: ['bower_components/font-awesome/fonts/**'], dest: 'dist/',filter:'isFile',expand:true},
-          {src: ['bower_components/bootstrap/fonts/**'], dest: 'dist/',filter:'isFile',expand:true}
-          //{src: ['bower_components/angular-ui-utils/ui-utils-ieshiv.min.js'], dest: 'dist/'},
-          //{src: ['bower_components/select2/*.png','bower_components/select2/*.gif'], dest:'dist/css/',flatten:true,expand:true},
-          //{src: ['bower_components/angular-mocks/angular-mocks.js'], dest: 'dist/'}
+          {src: ['img/**'], dest: '<%%= yeoman.dist %>'},
+          {src: ['bower_components/font-awesome/fonts/**'], dest: '<%%= yeoman.dist %>',filter:'isFile',expand:true},
+          {src: ['bower_components/bootstrap/fonts/**'], dest: '<%%= yeoman.dist %>',filter:'isFile',expand:true}
+          //{src: ['bower_components/angular-ui-utils/ui-utils-ieshiv.min.js'], dest: '<%%= yeoman.dist %>'},
+          //{src: ['bower_components/select2/*.png','bower_components/select2/*.gif'], dest:'<%%= yeoman.dist %>/css/',flatten:true,expand:true},
+          //{src: ['bower_components/angular-mocks/angular-mocks.js'], dest: '<%%= yeoman.dist %>'}
         ]
       }
     },
@@ -121,13 +130,13 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
           ]
         },
         src:'index.html',
-        dest: 'dist/index.html'
+        dest: '<%%= yeoman.dist %>/index.html'
       }
     },
     cssmin: {
       main: {
         src:['temp/app.css','<%%= dom_munger.data.appcss %>'],
-        dest:'dist/app.full.min.css'
+        dest:'<%%= yeoman.dist %>/app.full.min.css'
       }
     },
     concat: {
@@ -145,7 +154,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     uglify: {
       main: {
         src: 'temp/app.full.js',
-        dest:'dist/app.full.min.js'
+        dest:'<%%= yeoman.dist %>/app.full.min.js'
       }
     },
     htmlmin: {
@@ -160,11 +169,11 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
           removeStyleLinkTypeAttributes: true
         },
         files: {
-          'dist/index.html': 'dist/index.html'
+          '<%%= yeoman.dist %>/index.html': '<%%= yeoman.dist %>/index.html'
         }
       }
     },
-    //Imagemin has issues on Windows.  
+    //Imagemin has issues on Windows.
     //To enable imagemin:
     // - "npm install grunt-contrib-imagemin"
     // - Comment in this section
@@ -172,9 +181,9 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     // imagemin: {
     //   main:{
     //     files: [{
-    //       expand: true, cwd:'dist/',
+    //       expand: true, cwd:'<%%= yeoman.dist %>',
     //       src:['**/{*.png,*.jpg}'],
-    //       dest: 'dist/'
+    //       dest: '<%%= yeoman.dist %>'
     //     }]
     //   }
     // },
diff --git a/app/templates/skeleton/gulpfile.js b/app/templates/skeleton/gulpfile.js
index a36e648..cc1c1cd 100755
--- a/app/templates/skeleton/gulpfile.js
+++ b/app/templates/skeleton/gulpfile.js
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ var jasmine = require('gulp-jasmine');
 var stylish = require('jshint-stylish');
 var domSrc = require('gulp-dom-src');
 
+// Configurable paths for the application
+var appConfig = {
+  dist: 'dist'
+};
+
 var htmlminOptions = {
     collapseBooleanAttributes: true,
     collapseWhitespace: true,
@@ -32,7 +37,7 @@ var htmlminOptions = {
 };
 
 gulp.task('clean', function() {
-    rimraf.sync('dist');
+    rimraf.sync(appConfig.dist);
 });
 
 gulp.task('css', ['clean'], function() {
@@ -40,12 +45,12 @@ gulp.task('css', ['clean'], function() {
         .pipe(less())
         .pipe(cssmin({keepSpecialComments: 0}))
         .pipe(rename('app.full.min.css'))
-        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/'));
+        .pipe(gulp.dest(appConfig.dist + '/'));
 });
 
 gulp.task('js', ['clean'], function() {
 
-    var templateStream = gulp.src(['!node_modules/**','!index.html','!_SpecRunner.html','!.grunt/**','!dist/**','!bower_components/**','**/*.html'])
+    var templateStream = gulp.src(['!node_modules/**','!index.html','!_SpecRunner.html','!.grunt/**','!' + appConfig.dist + '/**','!bower_components/**','**/*.html'])
         .pipe(htmlmin(htmlminOptions))
         .pipe(ngHtml2js({
             moduleName: packagejson.name
@@ -62,10 +67,10 @@ gulp.task('js', ['clean'], function() {
         .pipe(concat('app.full.min.js'))
         .pipe(ngmin())
         .pipe(uglify())
-        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/'));
+        .pipe(gulp.dest(appConfig.dist + '/'));
 
 
-    /* 
+    /*
         Should be able to add to an existing stream easier, like:
         gulp.src([... partials html ...])
           .pipe(htmlmin())
@@ -89,29 +94,29 @@ gulp.task('indexHtml', ['clean'], function() {
             $('head').append('<link rel="stylesheet" href="app.full.min.css">');
         }))
         .pipe(htmlmin(htmlminOptions))
-        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/'));
+        .pipe(gulp.dest(appConfig.dist + '/'));
 });
 
 gulp.task('images', ['clean'], function(){
     return gulp.src('img/**')
         .pipe(imagemin())
-        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/'));
+        .pipe(gulp.dest(appConfig.dist + '/'));
 });
 
 gulp.task('fonts', ['clean'], function(){
     return gulp.src('bower_components/font-awesome/fonts/**')
-        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/bower_components/font-awesome/fonts/'));
+        .pipe(gulp.dest(appConfig.dist + '/bower_components/font-awesome/fonts/'));
 });
 
 gulp.task('jshint', function(){
-    gulp.src(['!node_modules/**','!.grunt/**','!dist/**','!bower_components/**','**/*.js'])
+    gulp.src(['!node_modules/**','!.grunt/**','!' + appConfig.dist + '/**','!bower_components/**','**/*.js'])
         .pipe(jshint())
         .pipe(jshint.reporter(stylish));
 });
 
 gulp.task('build', ['clean', 'css', 'js', 'indexHtml', 'images', 'fonts']);
 
-/* 
+/*
 
 -specifying clean dependency on each task is ugly
 https://github.com/robrich/orchestrator/issues/26
@@ -139,4 +144,4 @@ https://github.com/sindresorhus/gulp-jasmine/issues/2
     "rimraf": "~2.2.6",
     "streamqueue": "0.0.5",
     "gulp": "~3.5.5"
-*/
\ No newline at end of file
+*/