diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8dbe273f..dcbc9913 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ distro: buildtsc
 	rm -r $(TMP)/doc $(TMP)/scripts $(TMP)/test* $(TMP)/tools $(TMP)/.[a-z]* $(TMP)/ts*.json # $(TMP)/meta
 	rm -f $(TMP)/javatari && mkdir -p $(TMP)/javatari && cp -p javatari.js/release/javatari/* $(TMP)/javatari/
 
-tsweb:
+tsweb: submodules buildgrammars
 	npm run esbuild-clean
 	(ip addr || ifconfig) | grep inet
 	$(TSC) -w --preserveWatchOutput &