diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10a002b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "varstmt" : true
+} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 839b7df..bf74c17 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pipes.bowerFilesMinified = function() {
 pipes.validatedAppScripts = function() {
 	return gulp.src(paths.appFiles)
 		.pipe(plugins.jshint())
-		.pipe(plugins.debug({title: 'validated-js:'}));
+    	.pipe(plugins.jshint.reporter('jshint-stylish'));
 }
 
 pipes.validatedIndex = function() {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0891d8f..18b4be1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "gulp-util": "^3.0.7",
     "jasmine-core": "^2.4.1",
     "jshint": "^2.9.1",
+    "jshint-stylish": "^2.1.0",
     "karma": "^0.13.19",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "^0.2.2",
     "karma-firefox-launcher": "^0.1.7",