diff --git a/packages/scripts/package.json b/packages/scripts/package.json
index f780919b..08dd6439 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/scripts/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 	"scripts": {
 		"tauri": "pnpm tsx tauri.ts",
 		"prep": "pnpm tsx prepare.ts",
-		"prepare": "pnpm tsx prepare.ts",
 		"setup-win": "./setup.ps1",
 		"setup-nix": "./setup.sh",
 		"autoformat": "./format.sh",
diff --git a/packages/scripts/prepare.ts b/packages/scripts/prepare.ts
index cefd2b09..1c433334 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/prepare.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/prepare.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ catch (error) {
 }
 
 consola.start('building the web_commons package...');
-exec('pnpm -w web_common build', { cwd: env.__root }, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+exec('NODE_ENV=production pnpm -w web_common build', { cwd: env.__root }, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
 	if (error) {
 		consola.error(`web_commons build failed: ${error.message}`);
 		env.__exit(1);