diff --git a/tasks/alias.js b/tasks/alias.js
index 0b1fe20..30a04c6 100644
--- a/tasks/alias.js
+++ b/tasks/alias.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = function( grunt ) {
 grunt.registerTask( "default", [ "test" ] );
 grunt.registerTask( "test", [ "build", "jshint", "jscs", "csslint" ] );
-grunt.registerTask( "build", [ "svg", "sass", "csscomb", "cssmin" ] );
+grunt.registerTask( "build", [ "variables", "svg", "sass", "csscomb", "cssmin" ] );
 grunt.registerTask( "perf", [
 	"start-selenium-server",
 	"connect:perf",
diff --git a/tasks/options/perfjankie.js b/tasks/options/perfjankie.js
index 6f44de5..e09bd08 100644
--- a/tasks/options/perfjankie.js
+++ b/tasks/options/perfjankie.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-module.exports = {
+module.exports = function( grunt ) {
+grunt.loadNpmTasks( "perfjankie" );
+
+return {
 	options: {
 		suite: "perfSlides - Performance Analysis"
 	},
@@ -40,4 +43,5 @@ module.exports = {
 			]
 		}
 	}
-}
+};
+};
diff --git a/tasks/variables.js b/tasks/variables.js
index 5ba72e8..36847ba 100644
--- a/tasks/variables.js
+++ b/tasks/variables.js
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 module.exports = function( grunt ) {
-	grunt.registerTask( "buildVariables", function() {
+	grunt.registerTask( "variables", function() {
 		var jsass = require( "jsass-vars" );
 		var path = require( "path" );
 		var varPath = path.join( process.cwd(), "scss/variables/*" );
-
+		var distPath = path.join( process.cwd(), "dist" );
+		grunt.file.mkdir( distPath );
 		jsass( varPath, {
-			"dest": path.join( process.cwd(), "dist" ),
+			"dest": distPath,
 			"name": "chassis"
 		} );
 	} )
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};