diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index 2cc52dd..fe27985 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ var Generator = module.exports = function Generator(args, options) {
           'test/mock/**/*.' + jsExt,
           'test/spec/**/*.' + jsExt
         ].join(','),
-        'bower-components-path': path.join(
-          this.options.appPath, 'bower_components'
-        )
+        'bower-components-path': 'bower_components'
       }
     });
 
@@ -312,7 +310,6 @@ Generator.prototype.packageFiles = function packageFiles() {
   this.coffee = this.env.options.coffee;
   this.template('root/_bower.json', 'bower.json');
   this.template('root/_bowerrc', '.bowerrc');
-  this.template('root/gitignore', '.gitignore');
   this.template('root/_package.json', 'package.json');
   this.template('root/_Gruntfile.js', 'Gruntfile.js');
 };
diff --git a/common/index.js b/common/index.js
index fab748b..526c45c 100644
--- a/common/index.js
+++ b/common/index.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Generator.prototype.setupEnv = function setupEnv() {
   this.copy('.editorconfig');
   this.copy('.gitattributes');
   this.copy('.jshintrc');
+  this.copy('gitignore', '.gitignore');
   this.directory('test');
 
   this.sourceRoot(join(__dirname, '../templates/common'));
diff --git a/templates/common/root/_Gruntfile.js b/templates/common/root/_Gruntfile.js
index da23cf3..bb19bf0 100644
--- a/templates/common/root/_Gruntfile.js
+++ b/templates/common/root/_Gruntfile.js
@@ -15,15 +15,17 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
   // Time how long tasks take. Can help when optimizing build times
   require('time-grunt')(grunt);
 
+  // Configurable paths for the application
+  var appConfig = {
+    app: require('./bower.json').appPath || 'app',
+    dist: 'dist'
+  };
+
   // Define the configuration for all the tasks
   grunt.initConfig({
 
     // Project settings
-    yeoman: {
-      // configurable paths
-      app: require('./bower.json').appPath || 'app',
-      dist: 'dist'
-    },
+    yeoman: appConfig,
 
     // Watches files for changes and runs tasks based on the changed files
     watch: {
@@ -85,20 +87,32 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
       livereload: {
         options: {
           open: true,
-          base: [
-            '.tmp',
-            '<%%= yeoman.app %>'
-          ]
+          middleware: function (connect) {
+            return [
+              connect.static('.tmp'),
+              connect().use(
+                '/bower_components',
+                connect.static('./bower_components')
+              ),
+              connect.static(appConfig.app)
+            ];
+          }
         }
       },
       test: {
         options: {
           port: 9001,
-          base: [
-            '.tmp',
-            'test',
-            '<%%= yeoman.app %>'
-          ]
+          middleware: function (connect) {
+            return [
+              connect.static('.tmp'),
+              connect.static('test'),
+              connect().use(
+                '/bower_components',
+                connect.static('./bower_components')
+              ),
+              connect.static(appConfig.app)
+            ];
+          }
         }
       },
       dist: {
@@ -163,11 +177,11 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     wiredep: {
       app: {
         src: ['<%%= yeoman.app %>/index.html'],
-        ignorePath: new RegExp('^<%%= yeoman.app %>/')
+        ignorePath: new RegExp('^<%%= yeoman.app %>/|../')
       }<% if (compass) { %>,
       sass: {
-        src: ['<%%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
-        ignorePath: '<%%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components/'
+      src: ['<%%= yeoman.app %>/styles/{,*/}*.{scss,sass}'],
+      ignorePath: /(\.\.\/){1,2}bower_components\//
       }<% } %>
     },<% if (coffee) { %>
 
@@ -206,7 +220,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         imagesDir: '<%%= yeoman.app %>/images',
         javascriptsDir: '<%%= yeoman.app %>/scripts',
         fontsDir: '<%%= yeoman.app %>/styles/fonts',
-        importPath: '<%%= yeoman.app %>/bower_components',
+        importPath: './bower_components',
         httpImagesPath: '/images',
         httpGeneratedImagesPath: '/images/generated',
         httpFontsPath: '/styles/fonts',
@@ -376,9 +390,10 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
           src: ['generated/*']
         }<% if (bootstrap) { %>, {
           expand: true,
-          cwd: '<%%= yeoman.app %><%
-            if (!compassBootstrap) {
-              %>/bower_components/bootstrap/dist<%
+          cwd: '<% if (!compassBootstrap) {
+              %>bower_components/bootstrap/dist<%
+            } else {
+              %>.<%
             } %>',
           src: '<% if (compassBootstrap) {
               %>bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/vendor/assets/fonts/bootstrap<%
diff --git a/templates/common/root/_bowerrc b/templates/common/root/_bowerrc
index acec9ae..69fad35 100644
--- a/templates/common/root/_bowerrc
+++ b/templates/common/root/_bowerrc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "directory": "<%= appPath %>/bower_components"
+  "directory": "bower_components"
 }
diff --git a/templates/common/root/gitignore b/templates/common/root/gitignore
index 3f13bd9..a22a458 100644
--- a/templates/common/root/gitignore
+++ b/templates/common/root/gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ node_modules
 dist
 .tmp
 .sass-cache
-<%= appPath %>/bower_components
+bower_components