diff --git a/gulpfile.coffee b/gulpfile.coffee
index f866da0..31a70a6 100644
--- a/gulpfile.coffee
+++ b/gulpfile.coffee
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ gulp.task 'scripts', ->
   bundle = browserify
     entries: [paths.scripts.source]
     extensions: ['.coffee']
+    debug: not production
 
-  build = bundle.bundle(debug: not production)
+  build = bundle.bundle()
     .on 'error', handleError
     .pipe source paths.scripts.filename
 
@@ -88,19 +89,23 @@ gulp.task 'server', ->
     .createServer ecstatic root: __dirname + '/public'
     .listen 9001
 
-gulp.task "watch", ->
+gulp.task 'watch', ->
   livereload.listen()
 
   gulp.watch paths.templates.watch, ['templates']
   gulp.watch paths.styles.watch, ['styles']
   gulp.watch paths.assets.watch, ['assets']
 
-  bundle = watchify
+  bundle = watchify browserify
     entries: [paths.scripts.source]
     extensions: ['.coffee']
+    debug: not production
+    cache: {}
+    packageCache: {}
+    fullPaths: true
 
   bundle.on 'update', ->
-    build = bundle.bundle(debug: not production)
+    build = bundle.bundle()
       .on 'error', handleError
 
       .pipe source paths.scripts.filename
@@ -111,5 +116,8 @@ gulp.task "watch", ->
 
   .emit 'update'
 
-gulp.task "build", ['scripts', 'templates', 'styles', 'assets']
-gulp.task "default", ["build", "watch", "server"]
+gulp.task 'no-js', ['templates', 'styles', 'assets']
+gulp.task 'build', ['scripts', 'no-js']
+# scripts and watch conflict and will produce invalid js upon first run
+# which is why the no-js task exists.
+gulp.task 'default', ['no-js', 'watch', 'server']
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 92d1edb..9c98301 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,31 +16,31 @@
     "template"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "coffee-script": "~1.7.1"
+    "coffee-script": "~1.8.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "bower": "~1.3.5",
-    "browserify": "~4.1.11",
+    "browserify": "~6.1.0",
     "browserify-shim": "~3.8.0",
     "coffeeify": "~0.7.0",
     "deamdify": "^0.1.1",
-    "debowerify": "~0.8.2",
+    "debowerify": "~0.9.1",
     "ecstatic": "~0.5.3",
     "gulp": "~3.8.1",
-    "gulp-autoprefixer": "0.0.7",
-    "gulp-jade": "~0.6.0",
+    "gulp-autoprefixer": "1.0.1",
+    "gulp-jade": "~0.9.0",
     "gulp-livereload": "~2.1.0",
     "gulp-minify-css": "~0.3.5",
     "gulp-streamify": "0.0.5",
     "gulp-stylus": "1.3.3",
-    "gulp-uglify": "~0.1.0",
-    "gulp-util": "~2.2.17",
+    "gulp-uglify": "~1.0.1",
+    "gulp-util": "~3.0.1",
     "karma": "~0.12.21",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "~0.1.4",
     "karma-coffee-preprocessor": "~0.2.1",
-    "karma-jasmine": "~0.1.5",
-    "vinyl-source-stream": "~0.1.1",
-    "watchify": "~0.10.2"
+    "karma-jasmine": "~0.2.2",
+    "vinyl-source-stream": "~1.0.0",
+    "watchify": "~2.0.0"
   },
   "browser": {},
   "browserify-shim": {},