diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c2c438fb..b487405d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 ## Submitting Pull Requests
 
-* run ```npm install``` to make sure your development dependencies are up-to-date
-* Please ensure that the test suite passes before submitting a PR:
- * ```npm test```
+* Please rebase your branch against the current master
+* Run ```npm install``` to make sure your development dependencies are up-to-date
+* [grunt-cli](https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-cli) >= 0.4.0 is required to sanity check your contribution
+* Please ensure that the test suite passes **and** that bootbox.js is lint free before submitting a PR:
+ * ```grunt```
 * If you've added new functionality, **please** include tests which validate its behaviour
-* Please ensure that bootbox.js is lint free:
- * ```grunt jshint```
+* **Please follow these basic steps to make pull request reviews easier!**
 
 ## Submitting bug reports
 
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index ef9eae2a..cc059ed6 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -16,9 +16,18 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         jshintrc: ".jshintrc"
       },
       all: ["bootbox.js"]
+    },
+
+    karma: {
+      unit: {
+        configFile: "karma.conf.js"
+      }
     }
   });
 
   grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-contrib-uglify");
   grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-contrib-jshint");
+  grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-karma");
+
+  grunt.registerTask("default", ["jshint", "karma"]);
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a292a6b7..272e1e1c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "karma-junit-reporter": "~0.1.0",
     "sinon": "~1.7.3",
     "sinon-chai": "~2.4.0",
-    "karma-chai": "0.0.1"
+    "karma-chai": "0.0.1",
+    "grunt-karma": "~0.6.2"
   }
 }