diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a974b91e..21349a4a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ next-env.d.ts
 .env.sentry-build-plugin
 
 # prepare fonts programmatically
-app/fonts/index.ts
+app/fonts/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 03ae41a0..c87c686a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	"version": "0.1.0",
 	"private": true,
 	"scripts": {
-		"predev": "node prepare-font.js",
+		"predev": "bun prepare-font.js",
 		"dev": "SENTRY_SUPPRESS_TURBOPACK_WARNING=1 next dev --turbo",
 		"prebuild": "node prepare-font.js",
 		"build": "next build",
diff --git a/prepare-font.js b/prepare-font.js
index 226c7d2b..5cea7f1e 100644
--- a/prepare-font.js
+++ b/prepare-font.js
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ const downloadFile = async (url, destination) => {
 
 (async () => {
 	if (
-		process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" &&
-		process.env.VERCEL_ENV === "production"
+		// Check if the environment is production or force downloading fonts
+		(process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" &&
+			process.env.VERCEL_ENV === "production") ||
+		process.env.FORCE_DOWNLOAD_FONTS
 	) {
 		const BLOB_URL = process.env.BLOB_URL;