diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 15f708e..4fbb4c1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ bin/git-sync:
 bin/process-version-host:
 	go build $(GO_BUILD_ARGS) -o bin/process-version-host ./cmd/process-version-host
 
+bin/process-version:
+	go build $(GO_BUILD_ARGS) -o bin/process-version ./cmd/process-version
+
 .PHONY: schema
 schema:
 	./bin/packages human > schema_human.json
diff --git a/cmd/process-version/main.go b/cmd/process-version/main.go
index 6e050f8..2fb0497 100644
--- a/cmd/process-version/main.go
+++ b/cmd/process-version/main.go
@@ -95,12 +95,20 @@ func (j optimizeJob) emitFromWorkspace(src string) {
 
 	if _, ok := doNotCompress[ext]; !ok {
 		outBr := fmt.Sprintf("%s.br", dest)
-		compress.Brotli11CLI(j.Ctx, src, outBr)
-		log.Printf("br %s -> %s\n", src, outBr)
+		if _, err := os.Stat(outBr); err == nil {
+			log.Printf("file %s already exists at the output\n", outBr)
+		} else {
+			compress.Brotli11CLI(j.Ctx, src, outBr)
+			log.Printf("br %s -> %s\n", src, outBr)
+		}
 
 		outGz := fmt.Sprintf("%s.gz", dest)
-		compress.Gzip9Native(j.Ctx, src, outGz)
-		log.Printf("gz %s -> %s\n", src, outGz)
+		if _, err := os.Stat(outGz); err == nil {
+			log.Printf("file %s already exists at the output\n", outGz)
+		} else {
+			compress.Gzip9Native(j.Ctx, src, outGz)
+			log.Printf("gz %s -> %s\n", src, outGz)
+		}
 	} else {
 		if err := copyFile(src, dest); err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("failed to copy file: %s", err)
diff --git a/compress/js.go b/compress/js.go
index b087816..e222154 100644
--- a/compress/js.go
+++ b/compress/js.go
@@ -17,18 +17,16 @@ var (
 
 // Js performs a compression of the file.
 func Js(ctx context.Context, file string) *string {
+	if strings.HasSuffix(file, ".min.js") {
+		log.Printf("%s is already compressed\n", file)
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	ext := path.Ext(file)
 	outfile := file[0:len(file)-len(ext)] + ".min.js"
 
-	// compressed file already exists, ignore
 	if _, err := os.Stat(outfile); err == nil {
-		log.Printf("compressed file already exists: %s\n", outfile)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// Already minified, ignore
-	if strings.HasSuffix(file, ".min.js") {
-		log.Printf("%s.min.js compressed file already exists\n", file)
+		log.Printf("%s already has corresponding compressed file\n", outfile)
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/scripts/test-process-version.sh b/scripts/test-process-version.sh
index f3fd002..0e3de69 100644
--- a/scripts/test-process-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-process-version.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ echo "processing $package $version"
 
 export DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
 mkdir -p /tmp/input /tmp/output 
-
-rm -rf /tmp/output/*
+rm -rf /tmp/output/* /tmp/input/*
 
 echo "loading new version files"
 curl --fail https://storage.googleapis.com/cdnjs-incoming-prod/$package-$version.tgz > /tmp/input/new-version.tgz