diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf6e349e..68173967 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ build/*/
 build/*.zip
 build/*.exe
 build/*.tgz
+b9/lib/js/node_modules/
 docs/generate/lib/node_modules
 plugins/c9.ide.layout.classic/less/*.css
 plugins/c9.vfs.standalone/www/less.html
diff --git a/b9/b9 b/b9/b9
index 0112745a..47216b9c 100755
--- a/b9/b9
+++ b/b9/b9
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ B9=$B9_DIR/b9
 
 source ./lib/_init.sh 
 
-NODEJS=$(_b9_init_nodejs)
-NPM=$(_b9_init_npm)
+NODEJS="$(_b9_init_nodejs)"
+NPM="$(_b9_init_npm)"
 
 TMPDIR=$(_b9_init_temp)
 TMP=$TMPDIR
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ usage() {
     echo "[Deployment]"
     echo "    package                     Package and upload version of Cloud9"
     echo "    deploy                      Deploy a Cloud9 version"
+    echo "    static                      Package static assets"
     echo ""
     echo "[Internal]"
     echo "    check                       Run b9 tests"
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ case $ORIGINAL_COMMAND in
     deploy)
         COMMAND=b9_deploy
         ;;
+    static)
+        COMMAND=b9_static
+        ;;
     prepare)
         COMMAND=b9_prepare
         ;;
diff --git a/b9/lib/_init.sh b/b9/lib/_init.sh
index 7ddde70d..726ad082 100644
--- a/b9/lib/_init.sh
+++ b/b9/lib/_init.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ _b9_init_npm() {
         exit 1
     fi
     
-    echo $NPM
+    echo $NODEJS $NPM
 }
 
 _B9_NODE_HELPER_INITIALIZED=0