diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 3990e97..fec5010 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 module.exports = {
   testEnvironment: 'node',
-  testPathIgnorePatterns: ['/node_modules/', '/tests/__helpers'],
+  testPathIgnorePatterns: [
+    '/node_modules/',
+    '/tests/__helpers',
+    '/hello-world/',
+  ],
   collectCoverage: true,
   coverageReporters: ['lcov'],
   collectCoverageFrom: ['src/**/*.js'],
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 36c2b75..a45ec20 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import execa from 'execa';
 
 import pkg from './pkg';
 import CONFIG_FILES from './configs';
+import NPM_PACKAGES from './packages';
 
 const PKG_DIR = __dirname;
 
@@ -19,7 +20,9 @@ const run = async ({ packageName }) => {
 
     // npm commands
     await execa('npm', ['init', '-y']);
-    // await execa('npm', ['i', '-D', ...NPM_PACKAGES]);
+    const npmProc = execa('npm', ['i', '-D', ...NPM_PACKAGES]);
+    const { stdout: npmInstall } = await npmProc;
+    console.log('npm install output:', npmInstall);
 
     // copy config
     CONFIG_FILES.forEach((c) => {
diff --git a/src/packages.js b/src/packages.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0734297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/packages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+const NPM_PACKAGES = [
+  '@babel/core',
+  '@babel/cli',
+  '@babel/preset-env',
+  'eslint',
+  'prettier',
+  'babel-eslint',
+  'eslint-plugin-import',
+  'eslint-plugin-prettier',
+  'eslint-config-airbnb-base',
+  'eslint-config-prettier',
+  'husky',
+  'lint-staged',
+  'pretty-quick',
+  'jest',
+  'babel-jest',
+  '@babel/plugin-transform-runtime',
+  '@types/jest',
+];
+
+export default NPM_PACKAGES;
diff --git a/tests/index.test.js b/tests/index.test.js
index 765d3e3..59584e1 100644
--- a/tests/index.test.js
+++ b/tests/index.test.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import fse from 'fs-extra';
 import run from '../src';
 import CONFIG_FILES from '../src/configs';
+import NPM_PACKAGES from '../src/packages';
 
 const PKG_NAME = 'hello-world';
 const ROOT_DIR = process.cwd();
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ describe('Create NodeJs', () => {
   });
 
   it('should run', async () => {
-    expect.assertions(7 + CONFIG_FILES.length);
+    jest.setTimeout(60000);
+    expect.assertions(7 + CONFIG_FILES.length + NPM_PACKAGES.length);
     try {
       await run({ packageName: 'hello-world' });
       expect(fs.existsSync(PKG_DIR)).toBe(true);
@@ -34,6 +36,10 @@ describe('Create NodeJs', () => {
       expect(pkg.license).toBe('MIT');
       expect(pkg.author.name).toBe('Ian Dela Cruz');
       expect(pkg.author.email).toBe('iandc76@gmail.com');
+
+      NPM_PACKAGES.forEach((c) => {
+        expect(pkg.devDependencies).toHaveProperty(c);
+      });
     } catch (error) {
       // console.log(error);
       expect(error).toBe(null);