diff --git a/gulpfile.babel.js b/gulpfile.babel.js
index f3c37ec..be2b293 100644
--- a/gulpfile.babel.js
+++ b/gulpfile.babel.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import chmod from 'gulp-chmod'
 
 import jsonedit from 'gulp-json-editor'
 import zip from 'gulp-zip'
+import removeNPMAbsolutePaths from 'removeNPMAbsolutePaths'
 
 // import { execFile, exec } from 'child_process'
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ import webpackConfig from './webpack.config.babel.js'
 
 const sequence = Sequence.use(gulp)
 
-// const inProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' || process.argv.indexOf('-p') !== -1
+const inProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' || process.argv.indexOf('-p') !== -1
 
 const isStandalone = process.argv.includes('--standalone')
 
@@ -60,26 +61,33 @@ function webpackTask (callback) {
     wpCompiler = webpack(webpackConfig)
   }
 
-  // run webpack compiler
-  wpCompiler.run(function (err, stats) {
-    if (err) throw new gutil.PluginError('webpack', err)
-    gutil.log('[webpack]', stats.toString({
-      colors: true,
-      hash: false,
-      version: false,
-      chunks: false,
-      timings: false,
-      modules: false,
-      chunkModules: false,
-      cached: false,
-      maxModules: 0
-    }))
-    if (!isStandalone) {
-      sequence('pack', callback)
-    } else {
-      sequence('binaries', callback)
-    }
-  })
+  let p = Promise.resolve()
+  if (inProduction) {
+    p = removeNPMAbsolutePaths('node_modules')
+  }
+
+  p.then((results) => {
+    // run webpack compiler
+    wpCompiler.run(function (err, stats) {
+      if (err) throw new gutil.PluginError('webpack', err)
+      gutil.log('[webpack]', stats.toString({
+        colors: true,
+        hash: false,
+        version: false,
+        chunks: false,
+        timings: false,
+        modules: false,
+        chunkModules: false,
+        cached: false,
+        maxModules: 0
+      }))
+      if (!isStandalone) {
+        sequence('pack', callback)
+      } else {
+        sequence('binaries', callback)
+      }
+    })
+  }).catch((err) => { throw err })
 }
 
 function convertFontAwesomeVars (contents) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fa5b18f..7108224 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fimfic2epub",
-  "version": "1.7.19",
+  "version": "1.7.20",
   "description": "Tool to generate improved EPUB ebooks from Fimfiction stories",
   "author": "djazz",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
     "lazypipe": "^1.0.1",
     "raw-loader": "^0.5.1",
     "regenerator-runtime": "^0.11.1",
+    "removeNPMAbsolutePaths": "^1.0.4",
     "run-sequence": "^2.2.0",
     "standard": "^11.0.0",
     "stylus": "^0.54.5",