diff --git a/lib/snippets/node/index.ts b/lib/snippets/node/index.ts
index cb7a65e..454668f 100644
--- a/lib/snippets/node/index.ts
+++ b/lib/snippets/node/index.ts
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ export default class Node implements Snippet {
         lint: 'eslint . --ext .js,.jsx,.ts,.tsx,.vue,.mjs',
         test: 'nyc ava'
       };
-      if (use_ts)
+      if (use_ts) {
         (obj.scripts as Record<string, unknown>).compile = 'tsc';
+        (obj.scripts as Record<string, unknown>).test = 'tsc && nyc ava';
+      }
       return obj;
     }, path.join (folder, 'package.json'));
   }