diff --git a/typescript-generator-core/src/main/java/cz/habarta/typescript/generator/TypeScriptGenerator.java b/typescript-generator-core/src/main/java/cz/habarta/typescript/generator/TypeScriptGenerator.java
index e1d304fcf..5a767fd61 100644
--- a/typescript-generator-core/src/main/java/cz/habarta/typescript/generator/TypeScriptGenerator.java
+++ b/typescript-generator-core/src/main/java/cz/habarta/typescript/generator/TypeScriptGenerator.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ private void generateNpmPackageJson(Output output) {
                 npmPackageJson.main = Utils.replaceExtension(outputFile, ".js").getName();
                 npmPackageJson.dependencies = !settings.npmPackageDependencies.isEmpty() ? settings.npmPackageDependencies : null;
                 npmPackageJson.devDependencies = Collections.singletonMap("typescript", settings.typescriptVersion);
-                npmPackageJson.scripts = Collections.singletonMap("prepublish", "tsc --module umd --moduleResolution node --sourceMap " + outputFile.getName());
+                npmPackageJson.scripts = Collections.singletonMap("build", "tsc --module umd --moduleResolution node --sourceMap " + outputFile.getName());
             }
             getNpmPackageJsonEmitter().emit(npmPackageJson, npmOutput.getWriter(), npmOutput.getName(), npmOutput.shouldCloseWriter());
         }