diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7e2dc1e9..de9d504a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ jobs:
           keys:
           - v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "package.json" }}
           - v1-dependencies-
+      - run:
+          name: install js dependencies
+          command: npm install
+      - run:
+          name: build js code
+          command: npm run build
       - run:
           name: install python dependencies
-          command: |
-            npm install
-            npm run prod
-            pip install -e .
+          command: pip install -e .
       - save_cache:
           paths:
             - node_modules