diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 55cf78a295a..8606e256c04 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const fs = require('fs')
+const cp = require('child_process')
 const path = require('path')
 const gulp = require('gulp')
 const postcss = require('gulp-postcss')
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ const css = {
 
 const common = {
   clean () {
-    return del(outputPath)
+    return del(['./static/**/*', '!./static/yarn.lock', '!./static/node_modules'])
   },
 
   syncResourceFile () {
@@ -74,6 +75,20 @@ const common = {
   }
 }
 
+exports.electron = () => {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(outputPath, 'node_modules'))) {
+    cp.execSync('yarn', {
+      cwd: outputPath,
+      stdio: 'inherit'
+    })
+  }
+
+  cp.execSync('yarn electron:dev', {
+    cwd: outputPath,
+    stdio: 'inherit'
+  })
+}
+
 exports.clean = common.clean
 exports.watch = gulp.parallel(common.keepSyncResourceFile, css.watchCSS)
 exports.build = gulp.series(common.clean, common.syncResourceFile, css.buildCSS)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7735b52a39f..26852af50e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         "release-app": "run-s gulp:build cljs:release-app",
         "release-publishing": "run-s gulp:build cljs:release-publishing",
         "dev-release-app": "run-s gulp:build cljs:dev-release-app",
-        "dev-electron-app": "cd static/ && yarn && yarn electron:dev",
+        "dev-electron-app": "gulp electron",
         "debug-electron-app": "cd static/ && yarn electron:debug",
         "clean": "gulp clean",
         "test": "run-s cljs:test cljs:run-test",