diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index f018de63..2d741f3f 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 	"keywords": ["cachet", "laravel", "status", "page"],
 	"addons": ["cleardb"],
 	"env": {
-		"ENV": "heroku"
+		"ENV": "heroku",
+		"BUILDPACK_URL": "https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-php"
 	},
 	"scripts": {
 		"postdeploy": "php artisan migrate; php artisan key:generate"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0081e113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "gulp": "^3.8.8",
+        "laravel-elixir": "*"
+    }
+}