diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 523b377..ed9db95 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 /enum/
 /json/
 /css/
+_virtual
 
 # IDE
 .idea
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8bca33b..30bc44a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "rollup -c",
     "build:watch": "rollup -c -w",
+    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build",
     "patch": "npm version patch",
     "minor": "npm version minor",
-    "publish": "npm publish",
+    "release": "npm publish",
     "postinstall": "echo 'Thanks for using our component library!'"
   },
   "dependencies": {