diff --git a/js/node/package.json b/js/node/package.json
index 980b6b43bc..489c8f523a 100644
--- a/js/node/package.json
+++ b/js/node/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "rebuild": "tsc && node ./script/build --rebuild",
     "rebuildd": "tsc && node ./script/build --rebuild --config=Debug",
     "rebuildr": "tsc && node ./script/build --rebuild --config=RelWithDebInfo",
-    "install": "prebuild-install -r napi || (tsc && node ./script/build)",
+    "install": "prebuild-install -r napi || (tsc --build script && node ./script/build)",
     "prepare": "tsc --build script && tsc",
     "test": "tsc --build test && mocha ./test/test-main",
     "prepack": "node ./script/prepack"
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@
       3
     ]
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}