diff --git a/.bowerrc b/.bowerrc
index 47ad66735b..2e479a15eb 100644
--- a/.bowerrc
+++ b/.bowerrc
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 {
-  "directory": "public/lib"
+  "directory": "public/lib",
+  "storage": {
+          "packages": ".bower-cache",
+          "registry": ".bower-registry"
+  },
+  "tmp": ".bower-tmp"
 }