diff --git a/lib/publish/publish.js b/lib/prepublish/prepublish.js
similarity index 64%
rename from lib/publish/publish.js
rename to lib/prepublish/prepublish.js
index 7c128263a3..cd545a4338 100644
--- a/lib/publish/publish.js
+++ b/lib/prepublish/prepublish.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-const { execSync } = require("child_process");
 const { resolve } = require("path");
 const { writeFileSync } = require("fs");
 
-if (!process.env.PASSWORD) {
+if (!process.env.VERDACCIO_AUTH) {
     return;
 }
 
@@ -12,6 +11,4 @@ packageJSON.version = `2.0.${new Date().getTime()}`;
 
 writeFileSync(resolve(__dirname, "../../package.json"), JSON.stringify(packageJSON, null, 2));
 
-execSync([
-    "npm publish --registry http://192.168.5.154:4873/",
-].join(" && "));
+writeFileSync(resolve(__dirname, "../../.npmrc"), `//192.168.5.154:4873/:_authToken="${process.env.VERDACCIO_AUTH}"`);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index da76ac1df1..51ee89bdd4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     "test": "karma start",
     "analyze": "grunt analyze",
     "dev": "npm-run-all --parallel grunt webpack:dev",
-    "publish": "node ./lib/publish/publish.js"
+    "prepublish": "node ./lib/prepublish/prepublish.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",