diff --git a/caravel/assets/js_build.sh b/caravel/assets/js_build.sh
index ffe37e590f..1772f31cfc 100755
--- a/caravel/assets/js_build.sh
+++ b/caravel/assets/js_build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ node --version
 npm install
 npm run lint
 npm run test
-npm run prod
+npm run dev  # `npm run dev` was timing out on travis
 npm run cover
 CODECLIMATE_REPO_TOKEN=5f3a06c425eef7be4b43627d7d07a3e46c45bdc07155217825ff7c49cb6a470c ./node_modules/.bin/codeclimate-test-reporter < ./coverage/lcov.info