diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 095dd08..f777581 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 *.pyc
 *.kate-swp
 /nohup.out
+/webapp/linux-minetest-kit.zip
+/webapp/linux-minetest-kit
+/webapp/screenshots
+/webapp/program.log
diff --git a/webapp/reset-minetest.sh b/webapp/reset-minetest.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..351ba63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/reset-minetest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+zip_name=linux-minetest-kit.zip
+extracted_name=linux-minetest-kit
+in_use_name=minetest
+running=`ps ax | grep -v grep | grep $in_use_name | wc -l`
+if [ $running -gt 0 ]; then
+  echo "killing minetest processes..."
+  killall $in_use_name
+fi
+wget -O $zip_name https://downloads.minetest.org/$zip_name || exit 1
+if [ -d "$extracted_name" ]; then
+  if [ "`ls -lR $extracted_name/minetest/bin/*.png | wc -l`" -gt 0 ]; then
+    if [ ! -d screenshots ]; then mkdir screenshots; fi
+    # NOTE: system-wide install of minetest puts screenshots in ~/ (cwd)
+    mv $extracted_name/minetest/bin/*.png screenshots/ || exit 2
+  fi
+  rm -Rf "$extracted_name" || exit 3
+fi
+unzip -u $zip_name || exit 4
+cd "$extracted_name"
+echo "compiling libraries..."
+bash -e mtcompile-libraries.sh build >& libraries.log
+echo "  (see libraries.log in case of any errors)"
+#echo "compiling program..."
+#bash -e mtcompile-program.sh build >& program.log
+echo "done."
+echo
+echo "Run the following manually:"
+echo "  cd '$extracted_name' && bash -e mtcompile-program.sh build >& program.log"
+echo
+echo