diff --git a/compiler/packages/react-forgive/package.json b/compiler/packages/react-forgive/package.json
index 666edfa027..82e7af8bb9 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/react-forgive/package.json
+++ b/compiler/packages/react-forgive/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "package": "rm -f react-forgive-0.0.0.vsix && vsce package --yarn",
     "postinstall": "cd client && yarn install && cd ../server && yarn install && cd ..",
     "pretest": "yarn run compile && yarn run lint",
-    "test": "vscode-test",
+    "test": "yarn build:compiler && vscode-test",
     "vscode:prepublish": "yarn run compile",
     "watch": "scripts/build.mjs --watch"
   },