diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eb60e47d590470bc62ca7cc071ec535ccd84a7a2..357bb307c78f66ea25edbc40a3c938382cad2268 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-tsdev",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "Using npx to generate a TS dev env",
   "main": "index.js",
   "files": [
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "test": "ava",
+    "test:dist": "ava ./tests/dist.test.js",
     "cli": "node ./index.js",
     "lint": "eslint src/ --ext .js,.jsx,.ts,.tsx",
     "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
diff --git a/tests/dist.test.js b/tests/dist.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fa49e26c5938f9bf0cc82b50a15d3eb4b62d56ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dist.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// this is a JS test the dist version
+// due to the fact that unit test passed but somehow the dist version failed
+const { join } = require('path')
+const test = require('ava')
+const fsx = require('fs-extra')
+const { main } = require('../dist/main')
+
+const fixtures = join(__dirname, 'fixtures')
+const to = join(fixtures, 'tmp-2')
+
+test.before(() => {
+  fsx.copySync(join(fixtures, 'package-tpl.json'), join(to , 'package.json'))
+})
+
+test.after(() => {
+  fsx.removeSync(to)
+})
+
+test(`Dist build file test`, t => {
+  return main({ to })
+    .then(() => {
+      t.true(fsx.existsSync(join(to, 'clean.js')))
+      t.true(fsx.existsSync(join(to, 'src', 'main.ts')))
+      t.true(fsx.existsSync(join(to, 'tests', 'main.test.ts')))
+    })
+})
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/package-tpl.json b/tests/fixtures/package-tpl.json
index 53350f736738a83d88a534e47ab5bb8d93e6a576..2e37b78483fb001f257a03b86ad66ea551f6a01e 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/package-tpl.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/package-tpl.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "create-tsdev",
+  "name": "create-tsdev-test",
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "description": "Using npx to generate a TS dev env",
   "main": "index.js",