diff --git a/bin/build/check.js b/bin/build/check.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d9ad88..0000000
--- a/bin/build/check.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Run the pre-build script standalone to check for issues without doiing a full build
-
-const doPreBuild = require('./prebuild')
-
-const reporter = {
-  // Cheat sheets for colours:
-  //  - https://tintin.mudhalla.net/info/xterm/
-  //  - https://tintin.mudhalla.net/info/256color/
-
-  info: function (m) { console.log('\x1b[38;5;19m%s\x1b[0m %s', 'info', m) },
-  warn: function (m) { console.log('\x1b[38;5;130m%s\x1b[0m %s', 'warn', m) },
-  error: function (m) { console.log('\x1b[38;5;160m%s\x1b[0m %s', 'error', m) },
-  success: function (m) { console.log('\x1b[38;5;34m%s\x1b[0m %s', 'success', m) },
-}
-
-doPreBuild(reporter)
diff --git a/bin/build/prebuild.js b/bin/build/prebuild.js
index 194aa15..af1825d 100644
--- a/bin/build/prebuild.js
+++ b/bin/build/prebuild.js
@@ -17,7 +17,17 @@ const doSplitLint = true
 const sourceMarkdown = 'src/book.md'
 const splitMarkdown = glob.sync('src/md/**/*.md', {'ignore': 'src/md/annotated.md'})
 
-module.exports = (reporter) => {
+module.exports.runChecks = (reporter) => {
+
+  if (!reporter) {
+    reporter = {
+      // https://tintin.mudhalla.net/info/xterm/
+      // https://tintin.mudhalla.net/info/256color/
+      info: function (m) { console.log('\x1b[38;5;19m%s\x1b[0m %s', 'info', m) },
+      warn: function (m) { console.log('\x1b[38;5;130m%s\x1b[0m %s', 'warn', m) },
+      error: function (m) { console.log('\x1b[38;5;160m%s\x1b[0m %s', 'error', m) },
+    }
+  }
 
   var sourceLintSucceeded = true
 
diff --git a/gatsby-node.js b/gatsby-node.js
index c36295e..0b59a63 100644
--- a/gatsby-node.js
+++ b/gatsby-node.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 const path = require('path')
-const doPreBuild = require('./bin/build/prebuild')
+const prebuild = require('./bin/build/prebuild')
 
 // Set up a hook to pre-process the source file into split files, and perform various
 // checking and linting operations prior to building.
 exports.onPreInit = ({ reporter }) => {
   try {
-    doPreBuild(reporter)
+    prebuild.runChecks(reporter)
   } catch (err) {
     reporter.panicOnBuild('Could not run pre-build tasks,', err)
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a5f62a7..d4d94b4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "build": "gatsby build --prefix-paths",
     "serve": "gatsby serve --prefix-paths",
     "clean": "gatsby clean",
-    "check": "node ./bin/build/check.js"
+    "check": "node -e 'require(\"./bin/build/prebuild\").runChecks()'"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "gatsby": "^4.17.0",