diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
index f72232e04fad..460e0d4028b4 100644
--- a/babel.config.js
+++ b/babel.config.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module.exports = {
       // It is important to note that @babel/preset-env does not support stage-x plugins
       {
         targets: {
-          node: true,
+          node: '10.16.0',
         },
         useBuiltIns: 'usage',
         corejs: 3,
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ module.exports = {
     ['@babel/plugin-proposal-export-default-from'],
     ['@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread'],
   ],
+  ignore: ['**/*.test.js'],
 };
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index b585d638da5c..00e23980347d 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "packages": ["packages/*"],
-  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "version": "0.0.0-alpha.0",
   "npmClient": "yarn"
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e0cd104aaf7e..e7cc6df7f048 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "prettier": "^1.18.2"
   },
   "scripts": {
+    "build": "lerna run build",
     "test": "lerna run test -- --colors"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/hammer-cli/package.json b/packages/hammer-cli/package.json
index beb7e313660a..3e14be101497 100644
--- a/packages/hammer-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/hammer-cli/package.json
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
     "dist"
   ],
   "scripts": {
+    "build": "babel src --out-dir dist",
     "hammer": "babel-node src/index.js",
     "dev": "nodemon --exec babel-node src/index.js",
     "test": "jest",
-    "test:watch": "yarn test --watch"
+    "test:watch": "yarn test --watch",
+    "prepare": "yarn build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "camelcase": "^5.3.1",