diff --git a/libresapi/src/libresapi.pro b/libresapi/src/libresapi.pro
index bcbf542ab..f1f387e4a 100644
--- a/libresapi/src/libresapi.pro
+++ b/libresapi/src/libresapi.pro
@@ -13,13 +13,23 @@ CONFIG += libmicrohttpd
 INCLUDEPATH += ../../libretroshare/src
 
 unix {
-	webui_files.path = "$${DATA_DIR}/webui"
-	webui_files.files = webfiles/*
-	INSTALLS += webui_files
+
+        webui_files.path = "$${DATA_DIR}/webui"
+        webui_files.files = webui-src/public-gen/app.js
+        webui_files.files += webui-src/public-gen/app.css
+        webui_files.files += webui-src/public-gen/index.html
+	INSTALLS += webui_files        
 
 	webui_img_files.path = "$${DATA_DIR}/webui/img"
 	webui_img_files.files = ../../retroshare-gui/src/gui/images/logo/logo_splash.png
 	INSTALLS += webui_img_files
+
+        create_webfiles.commands = sh $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_/webui-src/make-src/build.sh $$_PRO_FILE_PWD_/webui-src
+        QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += create_webfiles
+        PRE_TARGETDEPS += create_webfiles
+
+        system($$create_webfiles.commands)
+
 }
 
 win32{
diff --git a/libresapi/src/webui-src/.gitignore b/libresapi/src/webui-src/.gitignore
index cff629a7a..9688f9995 100644
--- a/libresapi/src/webui-src/.gitignore
+++ b/libresapi/src/webui-src/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules/*
 public/*
+public-gen/*
diff --git a/libresapi/src/webui-src/README.md b/libresapi/src/webui-src/README.md
index 3d2748d6c..bab6fdc79 100644
--- a/libresapi/src/webui-src/README.md
+++ b/libresapi/src/webui-src/README.md
@@ -56,3 +56,4 @@ need 4 master
 [X] unsubscribe lobby
 [X] unread chat message counter in menu
 [X] list chat-lobby participants
+[ ] creating app.js on build (no need for npm on regulary build)
diff --git a/libresapi/src/webui-src/app/menudef.js b/libresapi/src/webui-src/app/menudef.js
index da41fb616..7181a986f 100644
--- a/libresapi/src/webui-src/app/menudef.js
+++ b/libresapi/src/webui-src/app/menudef.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-rs=require("retroshare");
+var rs=require("retroshare");
 module.exports = {  nodes: [
 	{
 		name: "home",
diff --git a/libresapi/src/webui-src/make-src/build.sh b/libresapi/src/webui-src/make-src/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..70ef86d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libresapi/src/webui-src/make-src/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/sh
+echo $1
+if [ "$1" == "" ];then
+	publicdest=../public-gen
+	src=..
+else
+	publicdest=$1/public-gen
+	src=$1
+fi
+echo $publicdest
+
+if [ -d "$publicdest" ]; then
+	echo remove $publicdest
+	rm $publicdest -R
+fi
+echo mkdir $publicdest
+mkdir $publicdest
+
+echo copy template.js ...
+cp $src/make-src/template.js $publicdest/app.js
+
+for filename in $src/app/*.js; do
+	fname=$(basename "$filename")
+	fname="${fname%.*}"
+	echo adding $fname ...
+	echo require.register\(\"$fname\", function\(exports, require, module\) { >> $publicdest/app.js
+	cat $filename >> $publicdest/app.js
+	echo >> $publicdest/app.js
+	echo }\)\; >> $publicdest/app.js
+done
+
+echo building app.css
+cat $src/app/green-black.scss >> $publicdest/app.css
+cat $src/make-src/main.css >> $publicdest/app.css
+cat $src/make-src/chat.css >> $publicdest/app.css
+
+echo copy index.html
+cp $src/app/assets/index.html $publicdest/index.html
+
+echo build.sh complete
diff --git a/libresapi/src/webui-src/make-src/chat.css b/libresapi/src/webui-src/make-src/chat.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e76d764c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libresapi/src/webui-src/make-src/chat.css
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+.chat {
+  padding: 15px; }
+  .chat.container {
+    height: 100%;
+    padding: 0px;
+    position: relative;
+    box-sizing: border-box; }
+  .chat.header {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0px;
+    left: 0px;
+    right: 0px;
+    height: 50px;
+    background-color: black;
+    border-bottom: solid 1px gray;
+    box-sizing: border-box; }
+  .chat.left {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 50px;
+    bottom: 0px;
+    left: 0px;
+    width: 200px;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    background-color: black; }
+  .chat.right {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 50px;
+    right: 0px;
+    bottom: 0px;
+    width: 200px;
+    box-sizing: border-box; }
+  .chat.middle {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 0px;
+    margin-top: 50px;
+    left: 200px;
+    right: 200px;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    padding: 0px;
+    height: 100%;
+    overflow-y: scroll; }
+  .chat.bottom {
+    position: absolute;
+    bottom: 0px;
+    right: 200px;
+    left: 200px;
+    padding: 5px; }
+  .chat.msg {
+    padding: 0px; }
+    .chat.msg.container {
+      position: relative;
+      border-bottom: solid 1px lightgray;
+      padding: 10px;
+      height: unset; }
+    .chat.msg.from {
+      position: absolute;
+      width: 100px;
+      top: 10px;
+      left: 0px;
+      color: white;
+      text-align: right; }
+    .chat.msg.when {
+      float: right;
+      color: lightgray;
+      margin-bottom: 10px; }
+    .chat.msg.text {
+      padding-left: 100px;
+      top: 0px;
+      left: 100px;
+      white-space: pre-wrap;
+      height: initial; }
+
diff --git a/libresapi/src/webui-src/make-src/main.css b/libresapi/src/webui-src/make-src/main.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..539963e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libresapi/src/webui-src/make-src/main.css
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+html, body, #main {
+  height: 100%; }
diff --git a/libresapi/src/webui-src/make-src/template.js b/libresapi/src/webui-src/make-src/template.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0f04f75d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libresapi/src/webui-src/make-src/template.js
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+(function() {
+  'use strict';
+
+  var globals = typeof window === 'undefined' ? global : window;
+  if (typeof globals.require === 'function') return;
+
+  var modules = {};
+  var cache = {};
+  var aliases = {};
+  var has = ({}).hasOwnProperty;
+
+  var endsWith = function(str, suffix) {
+    return str.indexOf(suffix, str.length - suffix.length) !== -1;
+  };
+
+  var _cmp = 'components/';
+  var unalias = function(alias, loaderPath) {
+    var start = 0;
+    if (loaderPath) {
+      if (loaderPath.indexOf(_cmp) === 0) {
+        start = _cmp.length;
+      }
+      if (loaderPath.indexOf('/', start) > 0) {
+        loaderPath = loaderPath.substring(start, loaderPath.indexOf('/', start));
+      }
+    }
+    var result = aliases[alias + '/index.js'] || aliases[loaderPath + '/deps/' + alias + '/index.js'];
+    if (result) {
+      return _cmp + result.substring(0, result.length - '.js'.length);
+    }
+    return alias;
+  };
+
+  var _reg = /^\.\.?(\/|$)/;
+  var expand = function(root, name) {
+    var results = [], part;
+    var parts = (_reg.test(name) ? root + '/' + name : name).split('/');
+    for (var i = 0, length = parts.length; i < length; i++) {
+      part = parts[i];
+      if (part === '..') {
+        results.pop();
+      } else if (part !== '.' && part !== '') {
+        results.push(part);
+      }
+    }
+    return results.join('/');
+  };
+
+  var dirname = function(path) {
+    return path.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/');
+  };
+
+  var localRequire = function(path) {
+    return function expanded(name) {
+      var absolute = expand(dirname(path), name);
+      return globals.require(absolute, path);
+    };
+  };
+
+  var initModule = function(name, definition) {
+    var module = {id: name, exports: {}};
+    cache[name] = module;
+    definition(module.exports, localRequire(name), module);
+    return module.exports;
+  };
+
+  var require = function(name, loaderPath) {
+    var path = expand(name, '.');
+    if (loaderPath == null) loaderPath = '/';
+    path = unalias(name, loaderPath);
+
+    if (has.call(cache, path)) return cache[path].exports;
+    if (has.call(modules, path)) return initModule(path, modules[path]);
+
+    var dirIndex = expand(path, './index');
+    if (has.call(cache, dirIndex)) return cache[dirIndex].exports;
+    if (has.call(modules, dirIndex)) return initModule(dirIndex, modules[dirIndex]);
+
+    throw new Error('Cannot find module "' + name + '" from '+ '"' + loaderPath + '"');
+  };
+
+  require.alias = function(from, to) {
+    aliases[to] = from;
+  };
+
+  require.register = require.define = function(bundle, fn) {
+    if (typeof bundle === 'object') {
+      for (var key in bundle) {
+        if (has.call(bundle, key)) {
+          modules[key] = bundle[key];
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      modules[bundle] = fn;
+    }
+  };
+
+  require.list = function() {
+    var result = [];
+    for (var item in modules) {
+      if (has.call(modules, item)) {
+        result.push(item);
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  };
+
+  require.brunch = true;
+  require._cache = cache;
+  globals.require = require;
+})();
+