diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index fe7462189c8495175fb6d63b3848e1d11f1ac82b..1d57ec773a27c9e3a8e6377648455449821e552d 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ test:
     - beat editor --help
     - beat editor serve --help
     - nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package={{ name }} -sv {{ name }}
-    {% if environ.get('BEAT_BROWSER_TESTS', False)  %}
+    {% if environ.get('BEAT_BROWSER_TESTS', True)  %}
     - cd {{ project_dir }}/conda/js
     - npm install
     - npm test