diff --git a/.jshintrc b/test/.jshintrc
similarity index 100%
rename from .jshintrc
rename to test/.jshintrc
diff --git a/test/test.sh b/test/test.sh
index 66f739a5..fe518024 100644
--- a/test/test.sh
+++ b/test/test.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 #linting js files
 npm i jshint -g
 echo "jshint server.js client.js lib/cloudfunc.js"
-jshint --config ./.jshintrc ./server.js ./client.js 
+jshint --config ./test/.jshintrc ./server.js ./client.js 
 echo "jshint ./lib/cloudfunc.js ./lib/server/minify/minify.js ./lib/client/keyBinding.js"
-jshint --config ./.jshintrc ./lib/cloudfunc.js ./lib/server/minify/minify.js ./lib/client/keyBinding.js
+jshint --config ./test/.jshintrc ./lib/cloudfunc.js ./lib/server/minify/minify.js ./lib/client/keyBinding.js
 echo "jshint ./package.json ./config.json"
-jshint --config ./.jshintrc ./package.json ./config.json
+jshint --config ./test/.jshintrc ./package.json ./config.json
 npm i uglify-js clean-css html-minifier css-b64-images
 #linting css files
 npm i recess -g