diff --git a/buildpack-run.sh b/buildpack-run.sh
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+++ b/buildpack-run.sh
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+# Runs build script so heroku-buildpack-static
+# has a freshly compiled static site to work with.
+rm -r build
+npm install
+npm run build
diff --git a/static.json b/static.json
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+{
+    "root": "build/"
+}