diff --git a/build/build.sh b/build/build.sh
index 064f22976..f7c4af86c 100755
--- a/build/build.sh
+++ b/build/build.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if [ ! -e ./temp/github-milestones.json ]; then
 fi
 
 # write build info to build-info.json
-./build/build-info.sh > ./build/build-info.json
+npm run build-info
 
 GIT_BRANCH=$(([ ! -z "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" ] && echo $TRAVIS_BRANCH) || git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 GIT_COMMIT_SHORT=$(git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD)
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 8636c74d0..3b93fdebf 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 .SUFFIXES: .md .html .pdf
 
 # tested with Pandoc 2.2.1 and Pandoc 1.16 (on travis)
-ROOT_DIR=$(CURDIR)/..
 BUILD_INFO=$(CURDIR)/build-info.yaml
-BUILD_INFO_JSON=$(ROOT_DIR)/build/build-info.json
+BUILD_INFO_JSON=$(CURDIR)/../build/build-info.json
 OPTIONS=--toc --standalone $(BUILD_INFO)
 
 all: $(BUILD_INFO)
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ $(BUILD_INFO): $(BUILD_INFO_JSON)
 	echo '...' >> $@
 
 $(BUILD_INFO_JSON):
-	cd $(ROOT_DIR) && $(ROOT_DIR)/build/build-info.sh > $@
+	npm run build-info
 
 %.html: %.md
 	pandoc $(OPTIONS) -o $@ config.yaml $< --template $(CURDIR)/templates/user-manual.html
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 343789476..b5a15d1f3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "lint-staged": "lint-staged",
     "styleguide": "vue-styleguidist server",
     "styleguide:build": "vue-styleguidist build",
+    "build-info": "./build/build-info.sh > ./build/build-info.json",
     "user-manual": "make -BC docs",
     "release": "./bin/release.sh",
     "kos-types": "wget http://api.dante.gbv.de/voc/top?uri=http://w3id.org/nkos/nkostype -O config/kos-types.json"
@@ -32,7 +33,9 @@
     ]
   },
   "gitHooks": {
-    "pre-commit": "lint-staged"
+    "pre-commit": "lint-staged",
+    "post-commit": "build-info",
+    "post-receive": "build-info"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^1.2.16",