diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8a44d71..a45ebbe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ cd orbit-db
 npm install
 ```
 
+You'll also need babel and webpack, if you don't have them installed already:
+
+```
+npm install --global babel-cli
+npm install --global webpack
+```
+
 ### Browser example
 
 ```
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 867b897..0952262 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
     "test": "mocha",
     "build": "npm run build:es5 && npm run build:dist && npm run build:examples",
     "build:examples": "webpack --config conf/webpack.example.config.js --sort-modules-by size",
-    "build:dist": "webpack --config conf/webpack.config.js --sort-modules-by size && cp dist/orbitdb.min.js examples/browser/lib/orbitdb.min.js",
-    "build:debug": "webpack --config conf/webpack.debug.config.js --sort-modules-by size && cp dist/orbitdb.js examples/browser/lib/orbitdb.min.js",
+    "build:dist": "webpack --config conf/webpack.config.js --sort-modules-by size && mkdir -p examples/browser/lib && cp dist/orbitdb.min.js examples/browser/lib/orbitdb.min.js",
+    "build:debug": "webpack --config conf/webpack.debug.config.js --sort-modules-by size && mkdir -p examples/browser/lib && cp dist/orbitdb.js examples/browser/lib/orbitdb.min.js",
     "build:es5": "babel src --out-dir ./dist/es5/ --presets babel-preset-es2015 --plugins babel-plugin-transform-runtime"
   }
 }