diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 44d835d2c..7b4ec3466 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ services:
 
 before_script:
   - npm install electron-prebuilt -g
+  - npm run build
 
 after_failure:
   - cat test1/logs/all-logs.log