diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 89ad502a4a..f14d8a6a19 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -396,7 +396,16 @@ gulp.task('copy.scss', function() {
 
 gulp.task('copy.libs', function() {
   var merge = require('merge2');
-  var webAnimations = gulp.src('scripts/resources/web-animations-js/web-animations.min.js')
+  var webAnimations = gulp.src([
+      'scripts/resources/web-animations-js/web-animations.min.js',
+      'node_modules/systemjs/node_modules/es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader.src.js',
+      'node_modules/systemjs/dist/system.src.js',
+      'node_modules/angular2/bundles/angular2-polyfills.js',
+      'node_modules/angular2/bundles/angular2.dev.js',
+      'node_modules/angular2/bundles/router.dev.js',
+      'node_modules/angular2/bundles/http.dev.js',
+      'node_modules/rxjs/bundles/Rx.js'
+    ])
     .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/js'));
 
   var libs = gulp.src([
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/e2e.template.html b/scripts/e2e/e2e.template.html
index 64129f4479..876f90fb23 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/e2e.template.html
+++ b/scripts/e2e/e2e.template.html
@@ -5,18 +5,19 @@
   <meta charset="UTF-8" />
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
 
-  <link ios-href="/dist/bundles/ionic.ios.css" rel="stylesheet">
-  <link md-href="/dist/bundles/ionic.md.css" rel="stylesheet">
+  <!-- using relative paths in order for snapshot e2e tests to also work -->
+  <link ios-href="../../../bundles/ionic.ios.css" rel="stylesheet">
+  <link md-href="../../../bundles/ionic.md.css" rel="stylesheet">
 
-  <script src="/node_modules/systemjs/node_modules/es6-module-loader/dist/es6-module-loader.src.js"></script>
-  <script src="/node_modules/systemjs/dist/system.src.js"></script>
-  <script src="/node_modules/angular2/bundles/angular2-polyfills.js"></script>
-  <script src="/node_modules/angular2/bundles/angular2.dev.js"></script>
-  <script src="/node_modules/angular2/bundles/router.dev.js"></script>
-  <script src="/node_modules/angular2/bundles/http.dev.js"></script>
-  <script src="/scripts/resources/web-animations-js/web-animations.min.js"></script>
-  <script src="/dist/bundles/ionic.system.js"></script>
-  <script src="/node_modules/rxjs/bundles/Rx.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../js/es6-module-loader.src.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../js/system.src.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../js/angular2-polyfills.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../js/angular2.dev.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../js/router.dev.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../js/http.dev.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../js/web-animations.min.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../bundles/ionic.system.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../js/Rx.js"></script>
 
   <script>
     if (!console.time) {
diff --git a/scripts/snapshot/snapshot.task.js b/scripts/snapshot/snapshot.task.js
index 07a934d979..fcf0cf750c 100644
--- a/scripts/snapshot/snapshot.task.js
+++ b/scripts/snapshot/snapshot.task.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module.exports = function(gulp, argv, buildConfig) {
     console.log('Serving `dist` on http://localhost:' + buildConfig.protractorPort);
   });
 
-  gulp.task('snapshot', ['clean.build', 'protractor-server'], function(done) {
+  gulp.task('snapshot', ['protractor-server'], function(done) {
     snapshot(done);
   });