diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb80c4e2cc8db9c9874e5312f622cf21e727adaf..1b6d8e273a8c8730e4d1084e675fe17b7ee9626e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 node_modules
 .DS_store
-_site
\ No newline at end of file
+_site
+npm-debug.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5f4eb451589e6211c7854ad6b6334fd010975d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.*.swp
+._*
+.DS_Store
+.git
+.hg
+.npmrc
+.lock-wscript
+.svn
+.wafpickle-*
+config.gypi
+CVS
+npm-debug.log
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8daf131d4560e55ae5e7bddfc291637f5da8cee..c1dded57a81a897e2798ed56cc3ee1149bf37780 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # EBI-Framework v1.2
 
-This is an early EBI Visual Framework dev version of the v1.2 targeted for a July 2017 release. Homed here are the various assets that make the EBI Visual Framework (CSS, JS, and a few images and build scripts).
+v1.2 is targeted for a July 2017 release. Homed here are the various assets that make the EBI Visual Framework (CSS, JS, and a few images and build scripts).
 
 To view plans for v1.2 (and to join the discussion), [see issue 61](https://github.com/ebiwd/EBI-Framework/issues/61).
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aed9de75ecac96c7e072c04039341eaf94af9f99..0f67d37ad9277b27d1b27ea40f786e4cf4c957e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,19 @@
     "motion-ui-update": "wget https://github.com/zurb/motion-ui/archive/master.zip -d ./libraries/motion-ui.zip && del ./libraries/motion-ui && extract-zip ./libraries/motion-ui.zip ./libraries/motion-ui/ && del ./libraries/motion-ui.zip && echo \"Copying Motion UI files one level up as they've moved...\" && ncp ./libraries/motion-ui/motion-ui-master/ ./libraries/motion-ui/ && del ./libraries/motion-ui/motion-ui-master/ && echo \"Latest version of Motion UI downloaded, you'll need to run 'npm run scss' to build\"",
     "message_finished": "echo \"All done\""
   },
-  "private": true,
+  "name": "EBI-Framework",
+  "description": "Homed here are the various assets that make the EBI Visual Framework (CSS, JS, and a few images and build scripts).",
+  "version": "v1.2.0-alpha.2",
+  "license": "UNLICENSED",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/ebiwd/EBI-Framework.git"
+  },
+  "author": {
+    "name": "EBI Web Development",
+    "email": "khawkins@ebi.ac.uk",
+    "url": "https://github.com/ebiwd"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "concat-cli": "^4.0.0",
     "concatenate-files": "^0.1.1",