diff --git a/lib/pipeline/pipeline.js b/lib/pipeline/pipeline.js
index b8f7f234b..d29531f27 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/pipeline/pipeline.js
@@ -85,7 +85,31 @@ class Pipeline {
           });
         });
       },
+      function runWebpack(next) {
+        self.logger.info(__('running webpack...'));
+        let built = false;
+        const webpackProcess = new ProcessLauncher({
+          modulePath: utils.joinPath(__dirname, 'webpackProcess.js'),
+          logger: self.logger,
+          events: self.events,
+          exitCallback: function (code) {
+            if (!built) {
+              return next(`Webpack build exited with code ${code} before the process finished`);
+            }
+            if (code) {
+              self.logger(__('Webpack build process exited with code ', code));
+            }
+          }
+        });
         webpackProcess.send({action: constants.pipeline.init, options: {webpackConfigName: self.webpackConfigName}});
+        webpackProcess.send({action: constants.pipeline.build, assets: self.assetFiles, importsList});
+
+        webpackProcess.once('result', constants.pipeline.built, (msg) => {
+          built = true;
+          webpackProcess.kill();
+          return next(msg.error);
+        });
+      },
       function assetFileWrite(next) {
         async.eachOf(self.assetFiles, function (files, targetFile, cb) {
             async.map(files,
@@ -101,31 +125,6 @@ class Pipeline {
 
                 // JS files
                 async.waterfall([
-                  function runWebpack(next) {
-                    let built = false;
-                    const webpackProcess = new ProcessLauncher({
-                      modulePath: utils.joinPath(__dirname, 'webpackProcess.js'),
-                      logger: self.logger,
-                      events: self.events,
-                      exitCallback: function (code) {
-                        if (!built) {
-                          return next(`File building of ${file.filename} exited with code ${code} before the process finished`);
-                        }
-                        if (code) {
-                          self.logger(__('File building process exited with code ', code));
-                        }
-                      }
-                    });
-                    webpackProcess.send({action: constants.pipeline.init, options: {env: self.env}});
-                    webpackProcess.send({action: constants.pipeline.build, file, importsList});
-
-                    webpackProcess.once('result', constants.pipeline.built, (msg) => {
-                      built = true;
-                      webpackProcess.kill();
-                      return next(msg.error);
-                    });
-                  },
-
                   function readFile(next) {
                     fs.readFile('./.embark/' + file.filename, (err, data) => {
                       if (err) {