diff --git a/pkg/interface/package-lock.json b/pkg/interface/package-lock.json
index 61b37093d..5d920b44d 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/package-lock.json
+++ b/pkg/interface/package-lock.json
@@ -1783,36 +1783,30 @@
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+          "bundled": true,
           "requires": {
             "regenerator-runtime": "^0.13.4"
           }
         },
         "@types/lodash": {
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-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.168.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-oVfRvqHV/V6D1yifJbVRU3TMp8OT6o6BG+U9MkwuJ3U8/CsDHvalRpsxBqivn71ztOFZBTfJMvETbqHiaNSj7Q=="
+          "bundled": true
         },
         "@urbit/eslint-config": {
           "version": "1.0.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@urbit/eslint-config/-/eslint-config-1.0.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-Xmzb6MvM7KorlPJEq/hURZZ4BHSVy/7CoQXWogsBSTv5MOZnMqwNKw6yt24k2AO/2UpHwjGptimaNLqFfesJbw=="
+          "bundled": true
         },
         "big-integer": {
           "version": "1.6.48",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/big-integer/-/big-integer-1.6.48.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-j51egjPa7/i+RdiRuJbPdJ2FIUYYPhvYLjzoYbcMMm62ooO6F94fETG4MTs46zPAF9Brs04OajboA/qTGuz78w=="
+          "bundled": true
         },
         "lodash": {
           "version": "4.17.20",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.20.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-PlhdFcillOINfeV7Ni6oF1TAEayyZBoZ8bcshTHqOYJYlrqzRK5hagpagky5o4HfCzzd1TRkXPMFq6cKk9rGmA=="
+          "bundled": true
         },
         "regenerator-runtime": {
           "version": "0.13.7",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/regenerator-runtime/-/regenerator-runtime-0.13.7.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-a54FxoJDIr27pgf7IgeQGxmqUNYrcV338lf/6gH456HZ/PhX+5BcwHXG9ajESmwe6WRO0tAzRUrRmNONWgkrew=="
+          "bundled": true
         }
       }
     },
@@ -9861,7 +9855,6 @@
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/extend-shallow/-/extend-shallow-2.0.1.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha1-Ua99YUrZqfYQ6huvu5idaxxWiQ8=",
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "is-extendable": "^0.1.0"
           }
@@ -9928,7 +9921,6 @@
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-number/-/is-number-3.0.0.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha1-JP1iAaR4LPUFYcgQJ2r8fRLXEZU=",
           "dev": true,
-          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "kind-of": "^3.0.2"
           }
diff --git a/pkg/interface/package.json b/pkg/interface/package.json
index 8b8c7853f..5f11a51e4 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/package.json
+++ b/pkg/interface/package.json
@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@
     "lint-file": "eslint",
     "tsc": "tsc",
     "tsc:watch": "tsc --watch",
+    "preinstall": "./preinstall.sh",
     "build:dev": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack --config config/webpack.dev.js",
-    "build:prod": "cd ../npm/api && npm i && cd ../../interface && cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config config/webpack.prod.js",
+    "build:prod": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config config/webpack.prod.js",
     "start": "webpack-dev-server --config config/webpack.dev.js",
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
   },
diff --git a/pkg/interface/preinstall.sh b/pkg/interface/preinstall.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..986808087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/interface/preinstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cd ../npm
+
+for i in $(find . -type d -maxdepth 1) ; do
+    packageJson="${i}/package.json"
+    if [ -f "${packageJson}" ]; then
+        echo "installing ${i}..."
+        cd ./${i}
+        npm install
+        cd ..
+    fi
+done
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