diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e97af83a..4c34bbce 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ build: clean build-server
 
 .PHONY: build-client
 build-client:
-	cd client && $(MAKE) install build
+	cd client && $(MAKE) ci build
 
 .PHONY: build-server
 build-server: build-client
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ release-directly-to-prod: dev-env pydist twine-prod
 
 .PHONY: dev-env
 dev-env:
-	cd client && $(MAKE) install
+	cd client && $(MAKE) ci
 	pip install -r server/requirements-dev.txt
 
 .PHONY: gui-env
diff --git a/client/Makefile b/client/Makefile
index 47825cee..b682f8a7 100644
--- a/client/Makefile
+++ b/client/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 clean:
 	rm -rf node_modules
 
+.PHONY: ci
+ci:
+	npm ci client
+
 .PHONY: install
 install:
 	npm install client