diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5b0aea05..a532dac0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
 {
   "scripts": {
-    "bootstrap": "yarn && lerna bootstrap",
+    "bootstrap": "run-s bootstrap:install bootstrap:lerna",
+    "bootstrap:install": "yarn",
+    "bootstrap:lerna": "lerna bootstrap",
     "start": "run-s bootstrap develop",
     "watch": "lerna run watch --parallel",
     "develop": "lerna run develop --parallel",
-    "build": "npm run clean && lerna run build",
-    "build-preview": "npm run build && lerna run build-preview",
+    "build": "run-s clean build:lerna",
+    "build:lerna": "lerna run build",
+    "build-preview": "run-s build build-preview:lerna",
+    "build-preview:lerna": "lerna run build-preview",
     "clean": "rimraf packages/*/dist dev-test/*.js",
-    "reset": "npm run clean && lerna clean --yes",
+    "clean:lerna": "lerna clean --yes",
+    "reset": "run-s clean clean:lerna",
     "cache-ci": "node scripts/cache.js",
     "test": "run-s lint jest e2e",
     "test-ci": "run-s lint-quiet cache-ci jest e2e-ci",
     "jest": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test jest --no-cache",
-    "e2e-prep": "npm run build && cp -r packages/netlify-cms/dist dev-test/",
+    "e2e-prep": "run-s build e2e-move-build",
+    "e2e-move-build": "cp -r packages/netlify-cms/dist dev-test/",
     "e2e-serve": "http-server dev-test",
     "e2e-exec": "cypress run",
     "e2e-exec-ci": "cypress run --record",
@@ -23,19 +29,25 @@
     "e2e-ci": "run-s e2e-prep e2e-run-ci",
     "e2e-dev": "start-test develop 8080 e2e-exec-dev",
     "publish": "run-s publish:before-manual-version publish:after-manual-version",
-    "publish:before-manual-version": "run-s test publish:version",
+    "publish:before-manual-version": "run-s bootstrap test publish:version",
     "publish:after-manual-version": "run-s publish:prepare publish:push",
     "publish:prepare": "run-s bootstrap build",
     "publish:version": "lerna version --no-push",
-    "publish:push": "git push --follow-tags && lerna publish from-git",
-    "publish:dry-run": "lerna version --no-git-tag-version --no-push",
+    "publish:push": "run-s publish:push-git publish:from-git",
+    "publish:push-git": "git push --follow-tags",
+    "publish:from-git": "lerna publish from-git",
+    "publish:dry-run": "run-s \"publish:version --no-git-tag-version\"",
+    "publish:beta": "run-s publish:beta:before-manual-version publish:after-manual-version",
+    "publish:beta:before-manual-version": "run-s bootstrap test publish:beta:version",
+    "publish:beta:version": "lerna version prepatch --preid alpha --no-push",
+    "publish:beta:dry-run": "run-s \"publish:beta:version --no-git-tag-version\"",
     "format": "run-s \"lint:css -- --fix --quiet\" \"lint:js -- --fix --quiet\" \"format:prettier -- --write\"",
     "format:prettier": "prettier \"{{packages,scripts,website}/**/,}*.{js,css}\"",
     "lint": "run-p -c --aggregate-output lint:*",
     "lint-quiet": "run-p -c --aggregate-output \"lint:* -- --quiet\"",
     "lint:css": "stylelint --ignore-path .gitignore \"{packages/**/*.{css,js},website/**/*.css}\"",
-    "lint:js": "eslint --ignore-path .gitignore \"{{packages,scripts,website}/**/,}*.js\"",
-    "lint:format": "npm run format:prettier -- --list-different",
+    "lint:js": "eslint --color --ignore-path .gitignore \"{{packages,scripts,website}/**/,}*.js\"",
+    "lint:format": "prettier \"{{packages,scripts,website}/**/,}*.{js,css}\" --list-different",
     "add-contributor": "all-contributors add"
   },
   "browserslist": [