diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index df79ab876..885ffe042 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ var rename = require('gulp-rename');
 var istanbul = require('gulp-istanbul');
 var bump = require('gulp-bump');
 var tag_version = require('gulp-tag-version');
-var dox = require("gulp-dox");
-var markdown = require("metalsmith-markdown");
+var jshint = require('gulp-jshint');
+var stylish = require('jshint-stylish');
+
+var paths = {
+  scripts: ['./src/*.js']
+};
 
 gulp.task('jison2', function() {
     return gulp.src('./src/*.jison')
@@ -155,3 +159,9 @@ gulp.task('patch', function() { return inc('patch'); })
 gulp.task('feature', function() { return inc('minor'); })
 gulp.task('release', function() { return inc('major'); })
 
+// Using gulp-jshint and jshint-stylish
+gulp.task('lint', function() {
+    return gulp.src(paths.scripts)
+        .pipe(jshint())
+        .pipe(jshint.reporter(stylish));
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 36355657f..d88628c99 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "gulp-istanbul": "^0.4.0",
     "gulp-jasmine": "~1.0.1",
     "gulp-jison": "~1.0.0",
+    "gulp-jshint": "^1.9.0",
     "gulp-less": "^1.3.6",
     "gulp-rename": "~1.2.0",
     "gulp-shell": "^0.2.10",
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
     "he": "^0.5.0",
     "jasmine": "~2.0.1",
     "jison": "~0.4.15",
+    "jshint-stylish": "^1.0.0",
     "karma": "~0.12.20",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "~0.1.5",
     "karma-jasmine": "~0.2.1",
diff --git a/src/graphDb.js b/src/graphDb.js
index 9cfe14d3a..adc2bb3a3 100644
--- a/src/graphDb.js
+++ b/src/graphDb.js
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ exports.addVertex = function (id, text, type, style) {
 exports.addLink = function (start, end, type, linktext) {
     //console.log('Got edge', start, end);
     var edge = {start: start, end: end, type: undefined, text: ''};
-    var linktext = type.text;
+    linktext = type.text;
+
     if (typeof linktext !== 'undefined') {
         edge.text = linktext;
     }
@@ -204,4 +205,3 @@ exports.clear = function () {
 exports.defaultStyle = function () {
     return "fill:#ffa;stroke: #f66; stroke-width: 3px; stroke-dasharray: 5, 5;fill:#ffa;stroke: #666;";
 };
-
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 170c2861a..d832ccec8 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ module.exports.detectType = function(text,a){
     }
 
     return "graph";
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+};