diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ba0ec3a85a5..72c1051096a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "flow": "flow; test $? -eq 0 -o $? -eq 2",
     "lint": "standard",
     "postinstall": "npm run download-sync-client && webpack",
+    "pre-push-tests": "if [ -z $NO_PUSH_TESTS ]; then npm run unittest; fi",
     "start-log": "node ./tools/start.js --user-data-dir-name=brave-development --enable-logging=stderr --v=1 --enable-extension-activity-logging --enable-sandbox-logging --enable-dcheck",
     "start": "node ./tools/start.js --user-data-dir-name=brave-development --enable-logging --v=0 --enable-extension-activity-logging --enable-sandbox-logging --enable-dcheck",
     "start2": "node ./tools/start.js --user-data-dir-name=brave-development-2 --enable-logging --v=0 --enable-extension-activity-logging --enable-sandbox-logging --enable-dcheck",
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@
   "pre-push": {
     "run": [
       "lint",
-      "unittest"
+      "pre-push-tests"
     ]
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/tools/lib/ignoredPaths.js b/tools/lib/ignoredPaths.js
index 2949ca6442a..8abc7ba1fb7 100644
--- a/tools/lib/ignoredPaths.js
+++ b/tools/lib/ignoredPaths.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 module.exports = [
-  'pre-comit',
+  'pre-commit',
   'pre-push',
   'test/',
   'docs/',