diff --git a/bw-dev b/bw-dev
index cfe8747f..a76bb828 100755
--- a/bw-dev
+++ b/bw-dev
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ case "$CMD" in
     black)
         makeitblack
         ;;
+    prettier)
+        npx prettier --write bookwyrm/static/js/*.js
+        ;;
     populate_streams)
         runweb python manage.py populate_streams $@
         ;;
diff --git a/complete_bwdev.sh b/complete_bwdev.sh
index b9cd7420..e7a036cc 100644
--- a/complete_bwdev.sh
+++ b/complete_bwdev.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ update_locales
 build
 clean
 black
+prettier
 populate_streams
 populate_suggestions
 generate_thumbnails