diff --git a/.github/workflows/monkey-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/monkey-ci.yml
index b7183c5eb..d86fe4352 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/monkey-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/monkey-ci.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
               - 'backend/**/*.{ts,js,json,lua,css,html}'
               - 'backend/package.json'
             fe-src:
-              - 'frontend/**/*.{ts,scss}'
+              - 'frontend/**/*.{ts,scss,html}'
               - 'frontend/package.json'
             pkg-src:
               - 'packages/**/*'
diff --git a/frontend/scripts/fontawesome.ts b/frontend/scripts/fontawesome.ts
index 809a71a89..3cd376320 100644
--- a/frontend/scripts/fontawesome.ts
+++ b/frontend/scripts/fontawesome.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ export function getFontawesomeConfig(debug = false): FontawesomeConfig {
     (it) => !(solid.includes(it) || regular.includes(it) || brands.includes(it))
   );
   if (leftOvers.length !== 0) {
-    throw new Error("unknown icons: " + leftOvers.toString());
+    throw new Error(
+      "Fontawesome failed with unknown icons: " + leftOvers.toString()
+    );
   }
 
   if (debug) {
diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.prod.js b/frontend/vite.config.prod.js
index c08de2629..94acf26ac 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.prod.js
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.prod.js
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ import { checker } from "vite-plugin-checker";
 import { writeFileSync } from "fs";
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-unresolved
 import UnpluginInjectPreload from "unplugin-inject-preload/vite";
-import { readdirSync, readFileSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
+import {
+  existsSync,
+  mkdirSync,
+  readdirSync,
+  readFileSync,
+  statSync,
+} from "node:fs";
 import { ViteMinifyPlugin } from "vite-plugin-minify";
 import { sentryVitePlugin } from "@sentry/vite-plugin";
 import { getFontsConig } from "./vite.config";
@@ -68,9 +74,14 @@ export default {
       apply: "build",
 
       closeBundle() {
+        const distPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "dist");
+        if (!existsSync(distPath)) {
+          mkdirSync(distPath, { recursive: true });
+        }
+
         const version = CLIENT_VERSION;
         const versionJson = JSON.stringify({ version });
-        const versionPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "dist/version.json");
+        const versionPath = path.resolve(distPath, "version.json");
         writeFileSync(versionPath, versionJson);
       },
     },