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 ## Production mode and deployment
 
-To start a production version of your app, run `npm start`. This will disable hot module replacement, and activate the appropriate webpack plugins.
+To start a production version of your app, run `npm run build && npm start`. This will disable hot module replacement, and activate the appropriate webpack plugins.
 
 You can deploy your application to any environment that supports Node 8 or above. As an example, to deploy to [Now](https://zeit.co/now), run these commands: