diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 218f2af16d..48aacdf08a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-BOOTSTRAP = ./docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css
-BOOTSTRAP_LESS = ./less/bootstrap.less
+BOOTSTRAP ?= ./docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css
+BOOTSTRAP_LESS ?= ./less/bootstrap.less
 DATE=$(shell date +%I:%M%p)
 CHECK=\033[32m✔ Done\033[39m
 HR=\033[37m--------------------------------------------------\033[39m
+PATH := ./node_modules/.bin:$(PATH)
+
 
 #
 # BUILD DOCS
@@ -12,21 +14,25 @@ build:
 	@echo "\n\n"
 	@echo "\033[36mBuilding Bootstrap...\033[39m"
 	@echo "${HR}"
-	@./node_modules/.bin/jshint js/*.js --config js/.jshintrc
-	@./node_modules/.bin/jshint js/tests/unit/*.js --config js/.jshintrc
-	@echo "Running JSHint on javascript...             ${CHECK}"
-	@./node_modules/.bin/recess --compile ${BOOTSTRAP_LESS} > ${BOOTSTRAP}
-	@echo "Compiling LESS with Recess...               ${CHECK}"
+	@printf "Running JSHint on JavaScript..."
+	@jshint js/*.js --config js/.jshintrc
+	@jshint js/tests/unit/*.js --config js/.jshintrc
+	@echo "             ${CHECK}"
+	@printf "Compiling LESS with Recess..."
+	@recess --compile ${BOOTSTRAP_LESS} > ${BOOTSTRAP}
+	@echo "               ${CHECK}"
+	@printf "Prepping documentation assets..."
 	@cp fonts/* docs/assets/fonts/
 	@cp js/*.js docs/assets/js/
 	@cp js/tests/vendor/jquery.js docs/assets/js/
-	@echo "Prepping fonts and JavaScript...            ${CHECK}"
+	@echo "            ${CHECK}"
+	@printf "Compiling and minifying JavaScript..."
 	@cat js/bootstrap-transition.js js/bootstrap-alert.js js/bootstrap-button.js js/bootstrap-carousel.js js/bootstrap-collapse.js js/bootstrap-dropdown.js js/bootstrap-modal.js js/bootstrap-tooltip.js js/bootstrap-popover.js js/bootstrap-scrollspy.js js/bootstrap-tab.js js/bootstrap-typeahead.js js/bootstrap-affix.js > docs/assets/js/bootstrap.js
-	@./node_modules/.bin/uglifyjs -nc docs/assets/js/bootstrap.js > docs/assets/js/bootstrap.min.tmp.js
+	@uglifyjs -nc docs/assets/js/bootstrap.js > docs/assets/js/bootstrap.min.tmp.js
 	@echo "/**\n* Bootstrap.js v3.0.0 by @fat & @mdo\n* Copyright 2012 Twitter, Inc.\n* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt\n*/" > docs/assets/js/copyright.js
 	@cat docs/assets/js/copyright.js docs/assets/js/bootstrap.min.tmp.js > docs/assets/js/bootstrap.min.js
 	@rm docs/assets/js/copyright.js docs/assets/js/bootstrap.min.tmp.js
-	@echo "Compiling and minifying javascript...       ${CHECK}"
+	@echo "       ${CHECK}"
 	@echo "${HR}"
 	@echo "\033[36mSuccess!\n\033[39m"
 	@echo "\033[37mThanks for using Bootstrap,"
@@ -37,8 +43,8 @@ build:
 #
 
 test:
-	./node_modules/.bin/jshint js/*.js --config js/.jshintrc
-	./node_modules/.bin/jshint js/tests/unit/*.js --config js/.jshintrc
+	jshint js/*.js --config js/.jshintrc
+	jshint js/tests/unit/*.js --config js/.jshintrc
 	node js/tests/server.js &
 	phantomjs js/tests/phantom.js "http://localhost:3000/js/tests"
 	kill -9 `cat js/tests/pid.txt`
@@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ bootstrap-js: bootstrap/js/*.js
 bootstrap/js/*.js: js/*.js
 	mkdir -p bootstrap/js
 	cat js/bootstrap-transition.js js/bootstrap-alert.js js/bootstrap-button.js js/bootstrap-carousel.js js/bootstrap-collapse.js js/bootstrap-dropdown.js js/bootstrap-modal.js js/bootstrap-tooltip.js js/bootstrap-popover.js js/bootstrap-scrollspy.js js/bootstrap-tab.js js/bootstrap-typeahead.js js/bootstrap-affix.js > bootstrap/js/bootstrap.js
-	./node_modules/.bin/uglifyjs -nc bootstrap/js/bootstrap.js > bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.tmp.js
+	uglifyjs -nc bootstrap/js/bootstrap.js > bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.tmp.js
 	echo "/*!\n* Bootstrap.js by @fat & @mdo\n* Copyright 2012 Twitter, Inc.\n* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt\n*/" > bootstrap/js/copyright.js
 	cat bootstrap/js/copyright.js bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.tmp.js > bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js
 	rm bootstrap/js/copyright.js bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.tmp.js
@@ -80,10 +86,10 @@ bootstrap-css: bootstrap/css/*.css
 
 bootstrap/css/*.css: less/*.less
 	mkdir -p bootstrap/css
-	./node_modules/.bin/recess --compile ${BOOTSTRAP_LESS} > bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css
-	./node_modules/.bin/recess --compress ${BOOTSTRAP_LESS} > bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css
-	./node_modules/.bin/recess --compile ${BOOTSTRAP_RESPONSIVE_LESS} > bootstrap/css/bootstrap-responsive.css
-	./node_modules/.bin/recess --compress ${BOOTSTRAP_RESPONSIVE_LESS} > bootstrap/css/bootstrap-responsive.min.css
+	recess --compile ${BOOTSTRAP_LESS} > bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css
+	recess --compress ${BOOTSTRAP_LESS} > bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css
+	recess --compile ${BOOTSTRAP_RESPONSIVE_LESS} > bootstrap/css/bootstrap-responsive.css
+	recess --compress ${BOOTSTRAP_RESPONSIVE_LESS} > bootstrap/css/bootstrap-responsive.min.css
 
 #
 # FONTS