diff --git a/.github/workflows/opentrons-ai-production-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/opentrons-ai-production-deploy.yaml
index 85e8fda5662..825c3561f25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/opentrons-ai-production-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/opentrons-ai-production-deploy.yaml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           make setup-js
       - name: 'build'
         run: |
-          make -C opentrons-ai-client build
+          make -C opentrons-ai-client build-production
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
         with:
diff --git a/opentrons-ai-client/Makefile b/opentrons-ai-client/Makefile
index 74be2388b78..2ba3671882e 100644
--- a/opentrons-ai-client/Makefile
+++ b/opentrons-ai-client/Makefile
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@ tests ?=
 cov_opts ?= --coverage=true
 test_opts ?=
 
+# This variable is for all command
+target ?= production
+
 # standard targets
 #####################################################################
 
 .PHONY: all
-all: clean build
+all: clean build-$(target)
 
 .PHONY: setup
 setup:
@@ -34,16 +37,15 @@ clean:
 # artifacts
 #####################################################################
 
-.PHONY: build
-build: export NODE_ENV := production
-build:
+.PHONY: build-production
+build-production: export NODE_ENV := production
+build-production:
 	vite build
 	git rev-parse HEAD > dist/.commit
 
-
 .PHONY: build-staging
-build: export NODE_ENV := staging
-build:
+build-staging: export NODE_ENV := staging
+build-staging:
 	vite build
 	git rev-parse HEAD > dist/.commit
 
@@ -75,4 +77,4 @@ staging-deploy:
 
 .PHONY: prod-deploy
 prod-deploy:
-	aws s3 sync ./dist s3://prod-opentrons-ai-front-end/ --delete
\ No newline at end of file
+	aws s3 sync ./dist s3://prod-opentrons-ai-front-end/ --delete