diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 198113bb..5205a556 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ $ cd /vagrant && cargo run -- scrape
 To install dependencies for the front-end development server and run it:
 
 ```
-$ cd /vagrant/front && npm install && bower install
+$ cd /vagrant/front
 $ ember server --proxy=http://localhost:8080
 ```
 
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 72a10780..cb97e4eb 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
                       path: "vagrant/native_deps.sh",
                       keep_color: true)
 
+  config.vm.provision("frontend",
+                      type: "shell",
+                      path: "vagrant/frontend.sh",
+                      keep_color: true)
+
   config.vm.provision("postgres",
                       type: "shell",
                       path: "vagrant/postgres.sh",
diff --git a/vagrant/frontend.sh b/vagrant/frontend.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1ccc521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/frontend.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+# global deps
+npm install -g ember-cli
+npm install -g bower
+
+# keep node modules in VM file system to speedup npm install and fix it on Windows/Linux machines
+mkdir -p /home/vagrant/local_front/node_modules
+rm -f /vagrant/front/node_modules || true
+ln -s /home/vagrant/local_front/node_modules /vagrant/front/
+chown -R vagrant:vagrant /home/vagrant/local_front
+chown -R vagrant:vagrant /vagrant/front/node_modules
+
+# install local deps
+su vagrant <<'EOF'
+cd /vagrant/front
+npm install
+bower install
+EOF
diff --git a/vagrant/native_deps.sh b/vagrant/native_deps.sh
index 403763f2..997316cd 100755
--- a/vagrant/native_deps.sh
+++ b/vagrant/native_deps.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,3 @@ locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y postgresql libpq-dev npm nodejs curl git
 ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
-
-# frontend deps
-npm install -g ember-cli
-npm install -g bower
diff --git a/vagrant/vagrant_env.sh b/vagrant/vagrant_env.sh
index 393ba952..7a404c0a 100755
--- a/vagrant/vagrant_env.sh
+++ b/vagrant/vagrant_env.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export GITHUB_SCRAPE_INTERVAL=2
 export RELEASES_SCRAPE_INTERVAL=720
 export BUILDBOT_SCRAPE_INTERVAL=80
 export SERVER_PORT=8080
+export POST_COMMENTS=false
 
 # VM config for cargo
 export CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/rust-dashboard/target