diff --git a/android/app/buildAssets.sh b/android/app/buildAssets.sh
index df97bceb..b936c8db 100755
--- a/android/app/buildAssets.sh
+++ b/android/app/buildAssets.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-
+if [ -d "../../node_modules" ]
+then
+  echo "node_modules already present."
+else
+  echo "node_modules not present, running npm install."
+  npm install
+fi
 npm run build
 rm -rf src/main/assets
 mkdir -p src/main/assets
-cp -R ../../dist/* src/main/assets
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+cp -R ../../dist/* src/main/assets