diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 526064bd..27fe541f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ jobs:
           # fallback to using the latest cache if no exact match is found
           - v1-dependencies-
       - run: npm install
+      - run: npm test
       - save_cache:
           paths:
             - node_modules
           key: v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "package.json" }}
       - run: ./writeSecrets.sh
-      - run: npm test
       - run: npm run deploy-sls
 workflows:
   version: 2