diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 51aad4c..39d9346 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     "build:wasm": "tree-sitter generate && tree-sitter build-wasm",
     "parse": "tree-sitter generate && tree-sitter parse",
     "test": "tree-sitter generate && tree-sitter test",
-    "dev": "nodemon --ignore ./src --exec 'tree-sitter generate && tree-sitter parse example'"
+    "dev": "nodemon --ignore ./src --exec 'tree-sitter generate && tree-sitter parse example'",
+    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build && npm run build:wasm"
   },
   "author": "",
   "license": "MIT",