diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 55d383c8af..ce9648b2d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ yarn-error.log*
 /static/
 /static-test/
 /public/
+/dist/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7469c0345d..e497e8b2bb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
     "url": "https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox-fe/-/issues"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "npx webpack-dev-server --config webpack",
+    "start": "npx webpack-dev-server",
     "dev": "${npm_execpath} run start",
-    "build": "npx webpack --config webpack",
+    "build": "npx webpack",
     "jsdoc": "npx jsdoc -c jsdoc.conf.js",
     "manage:translations": "node ./webpack/translationRunner.js",
     "test": "${npm_execpath} run test:lint && ${npm_execpath} run test:jest",
diff --git a/webpack/index.js b/webpack.config.js
similarity index 81%
rename from webpack/index.js
rename to webpack.config.js
index 46febcaaf0..1194dfdddc 100644
Binary files a/webpack/index.js and b/webpack.config.js differ