diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index 734519ced..f1a8f701c 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ var Generator = module.exports = function Generator(args, options) {
       options: {
         coffee: this.options.coffee,
         travis: true,
-        'skip-install': this.options['skip-install'],
+        'skip-install': true,
         components: [
           'angular/angular.js',
           'angular-mocks/angular-mocks.js'
diff --git a/templates/common/_package.json b/templates/common/_package.json
index c9429a5a2..959ce687f 100644
--- a/templates/common/_package.json
+++ b/templates/common/_package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,20 @@
     "time-grunt": "~0.2.1",
     "grunt-express-server": "~0.4.5",
     "grunt-open": "~0.2.0",
-    "connect-livereload": "~0.3.0"
+    "connect-livereload": "~0.3.0",
+    "karma-ng-scenario": "~0.1.0",
+    "grunt-karma": "~0.6.2",
+    "karma-firefox-launcher": "~0.1.3",
+    "karma-script-launcher": "~0.1.0",
+    "karma-html2js-preprocessor": "~0.1.0",
+    "karma-jasmine": "~0.1.5",
+    "karma-chrome-launcher": "~0.1.2",
+    "requirejs": "~2.1.10",
+    "karma-requirejs": "~0.2.1",
+    "karma-coffee-preprocessor": "~0.1.2",
+    "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "~0.1.1",
+    "karma": "~0.10.9",
+    "karma-ng-html2js-preprocessor": "~0.1.0"    
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.8.0"