diff --git a/dev/clean.js b/dev/clean.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..224e09d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/clean.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Define some pseudo module globals
+var isPro = require('../libs/debug').isPro;
+var isDev = require('../libs/debug').isDev;
+var isDbg = require('../libs/debug').isDbg;
+
+//
+// NOTE: Only use native *node* `require`s in this file
+//   since dependencies may not be installed yet
+//
+var fs = require('fs');
+
+var rmFilesExceptHidden = function (dirPath) {
+  var files = null;
+  var filePath = null;
+  var i = null;
+
+  try {
+    files = fs.readdirSync(dirPath);
+  } catch (aE) {
+    console.warn(dirPath, 'path not found');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (files.length > 0) {
+    for (i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
+      filePath = dirPath + '/' + files[i];
+      if (fs.statSync(filePath).isFile() && files[i].indexOf('.') !== 0) {
+        fs.unlinkSync(filePath);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+console.log('Attempting to clean caches');
+rmFilesExceptHidden('./dev/cache/express-minify/release/');
+
+
diff --git a/dev/postinit.js b/dev/postinstall.js
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/postinit.js
rename to dev/postinstall.js
diff --git a/dev/preinit.js b/dev/preinstall.js
similarity index 90%
rename from dev/preinit.js
rename to dev/preinstall.js
index 0aac40f29..2f73abefd 100644
--- a/dev/preinit.js
+++ b/dev/preinstall.js
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ console.log('Attempting to delete `package-lock.json`');
 try {
   fs.unlinkSync('./package-lock.json');
 } catch (aE) {
-  console.log('Nothing to delete');
+  console.warn('`package-lock.json` not found');
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 00960e318..93015d569 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@
   "license": "(GPL-3.0 AND GFDL-1.3)",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node app.js",
-    "preinstall": "node dev/preinit.js",
-    "postinstall": "node dev/postinit.js"
+    "preinstall": "node dev/preinstall.js",
+    "postinstall": "node dev/postinstall.js",
+    "clean": "node dev/clean.js"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=8.9.0 <9.0.0",