diff --git a/scripts/wasm_build_lib.sh b/scripts/wasm_build_lib.sh
index 2983a6a78..a27dd0910 100755
--- a/scripts/wasm_build_lib.sh
+++ b/scripts/wasm_build_lib.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ CORES=$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
 ADDITIONAL_FLAGS=
 SUFFIX=
 LINK_FLAGS=
+MODE="dev"
 case $MODE in
   "debug") ADDITIONAL_FLAGS="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DWASM_FAST_LINKING=1" ;;
   "dev") ADDITIONAL_FLAGS="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DWASM_FAST_LINKING=1" ;;
@@ -69,9 +70,8 @@ emmake make \
     -j${CORES} \
     duckdb_wasm
 
-npm install -g js-beautify
-js-beautify ${BUILD_DIR}/duckdb_wasm.js > ${BUILD_DIR}/beauty.js
-awk '!(/var .*wasmExports\[/ || /var [_a-z0-9A-Z]+ = Module\[\"[_a-z0-9A-Z]+\"\] = [0-9]+;/) || /var _duckdb_web/ || /var _main/ || /var _malloc/ || /var _free/ || /var stack/ || /var ___dl_seterr/ || /var __em/ || /var _em/ || /var _pthread/' ${BUILD_DIR}/beauty.js > ${BUILD_DIR}/duckdb_wasm.js
+npx js-beautify ${BUILD_DIR}/duckdb_wasm.js > ${BUILD_DIR}/beauty.js
+#awk '!(/var .*wasmExports\[/ || /var [_a-z0-9A-Z]+ = Module\[\"[_a-z0-9A-Z]+\"\] = [0-9]+;/) || /var _duckdb_web/ || /var _main/ || /var _malloc/ || /var _free/ || /var stack/ || /var ___dl_seterr/ || /var __em/ || /var _em/ || /var _pthread/' ${BUILD_DIR}/beauty.js > ${BUILD_DIR}/duckdb_wasm.js
 
 cp ${BUILD_DIR}/duckdb_wasm.wasm ${DUCKDB_LIB_DIR}/duckdb${SUFFIX}.wasm
 sed \