diff --git a/bin/rspec b/bin/rspec
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..cf3d49c41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE'] ||= File.expand_path('../Gemfile', __dir__)
+load Gem.bin_path('rspec-core', 'rspec')
diff --git a/bin/setup b/bin/setup
index 04e288aec..94fd4d797 100755
--- a/bin/setup
+++ b/bin/setup
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
-require 'pathname'
 require 'fileutils'
 include FileUtils
 
 # path to your application root.
-APP_ROOT = Pathname.new File.expand_path('../', __dir__)
+APP_ROOT = File.expand_path('..', __dir__)
 
 def system!(*args)
   system(*args) || abort("\n== Command #{args} failed ==")
@@ -18,8 +17,11 @@ chdir APP_ROOT do
   system! 'gem install bundler --conservative'
   system('bundle check') || system!('bundle install')
 
+  # Install JavaScript dependencies if using Yarn
+  # system('bin/yarn')
+
   # puts "\n== Copying sample files =="
-  # if !File.exist?('config/database.yml')
+  # unless File.exist?('config/database.yml')
   #   cp 'config/database.yml.sample', 'config/database.yml'
   # end
 
diff --git a/bin/update b/bin/update
index f02dfd611..58bfaed51 100755
--- a/bin/update
+++ b/bin/update
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
-require 'pathname'
 require 'fileutils'
 include FileUtils
 
 # path to your application root.
-APP_ROOT = Pathname.new File.expand_path('../', __dir__)
+APP_ROOT = File.expand_path('..', __dir__)
 
 def system!(*args)
   system(*args) || abort("\n== Command #{args} failed ==")
@@ -18,6 +17,9 @@ chdir APP_ROOT do
   system! 'gem install bundler --conservative'
   system('bundle check') || system!('bundle install')
 
+  # Install JavaScript dependencies if using Yarn
+  # system('bin/yarn')
+
   puts "\n== Updating database =="
   system! 'bin/rails db:migrate'
 
diff --git a/bin/yarn b/bin/yarn
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..542c351ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/yarn
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+APP_ROOT = File.expand_path('..', __dir__)
+Dir.chdir(APP_ROOT) do
+  begin
+    exec "yarnpkg", *ARGV
+  rescue Errno::ENOENT
+    warn "Yarn executable was not detected in the system."
+    warn "Download Yarn at https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install"
+    exit 1
+  end
+end