diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7b973b8..43e8936 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "The Git tag extracted from GitHub Actions: $GIT_TAG_NAME"
           npm version --allow-same-version=true --git-tag-version=false "$GIT_TAG_NAME"
 
+      - name: Build package
+        run: npm i && npm run build
+
       - name: Publish the package
-        run: |
-          npm publish
+        run: npm publish
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0718d89..9abd60d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
     "bin": {
         "dj": "lib/index.js"
     },
-    "files": ["lib/**/*"],
+    "files": [
+        "lib/**/*"
+    ],
     "dependencies": {
         "@polkadot/api": "1.30.0-beta.0",
         "@polkadot/keyring": "3.3.1",