diff --git a/ci/steps/publish-npm.sh b/ci/steps/publish-npm.sh
index c2cca90dee3..cdbdb1361dc 100755
--- a/ci/steps/publish-npm.sh
+++ b/ci/steps/publish-npm.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ main() {
   # "production" - this means we tag with `latest` (default), allowing
   # a developer to install this version with `yarn add code-server@latest`
   if ! is_env_var_set "NPM_ENVIRONMENT"; then
-    echo "NPM_ENVIRONMENT is not set. Determining in script based on GITHUB environment variables."
+    echo "NPM_ENVIRONMENT is not set."
+    echo "Determining in script based on GITHUB environment variables."
 
     if [[ "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" == 'push' && "$GITHUB_REF" == 'refs/heads/main' ]]; then
       NPM_ENVIRONMENT="staging"
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ main() {
       NPM_ENVIRONMENT="development"
     fi
 
-    echo "Using npm environment: $NPM_ENVIRONMENT"
   fi
 
   # NOTE@jsjoeio - this script assumes we have the artifact downloaded on disk
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ main() {
     NPM_TAG="latest"
   else
     COMMIT_SHA="$GITHUB_SHA"
-    echo "Not a production environment"
-    echo "Found environment: $NPM_ENVIRONMENT"
-    echo "Manually bumping npm version..."
 
     if [[ "$NPM_ENVIRONMENT" == "staging" ]]; then
       NPM_VERSION="$VERSION-beta-$COMMIT_SHA"
@@ -117,8 +114,10 @@ main() {
       NPM_TAG="$PR_NUMBER"
     fi
 
-    echo "using tag: $NPM_TAG"
-    echo "using package name: $PACKAGE_NAME"
+    echo "- tag: $NPM_TAG"
+    echo "- version: $NPM_VERSION"
+    echo "- package name: $PACKAGE_NAME"
+    echo "- npm environment: $NPM_ENVIRONMENT"
 
     # We modify the version in the package.json
     # to be the current version + the PR number + commit SHA
@@ -140,13 +139,13 @@ main() {
     popd
   fi
 
+  # NOTE@jsjoeio
   # We need to make sure we haven't already published the version.
-  # This is because npm view won't exit with non-zero so we have
-  # to check the output.
+  # If we get error, continue with script because we want to publish
+  # If version is valid, we check if we're publishing the same one
   local hasVersion
-  hasVersion=$(npm view "code-server@$NPM_VERSION" version)
-  if [[ $hasVersion == "$NPM_VERSION" ]]; then
-    echo "$NPM_VERSION is already published"
+  if hasVersion=$(npm view "$PACKAGE_NAME@$NPM_VERSION" version 2> /dev/null) && [[ $hasVersion == "$NPM_VERSION" ]]; then
+    echo "$NPM_VERSION is already published under $PACKAGE_NAME"
     return
   fi