diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 46c6cbd82d..e5cd405528 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ gulp.task('less', function() {
     .pipe(gulp.dest('./public/css/'));
 });
 
+gulp.task('build', ['less']);
+
 gulp.task('watch', ['less', 'serve', 'sync'], function() {
   gulp.watch('./public/css/*.less', ['less']);
 });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 97277d8279..d156bb0873 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "less": "~1.7.5",
     "less-middleware": "~2.0.1",
     "lodash": "^3.9.3",
-    "loopback": "^2.18.0",
+    "loopback": "https://github.com/FreeCodeCamp/loopback.git#fix/no-password",
     "loopback-boot": "^2.8.0",
     "loopback-component-passport": "git://github.com/FreeCodeCamp/loopback-component-passport.git#feature/emailOptional",
     "loopback-connector-mongodb": "^1.10.0",