diff --git a/projects/kiss-vscode/config/example/package.json b/projects/kiss-vscode/config/example/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e46e96e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/kiss-vscode/config/example/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "name": "example-kiss-vscode-config",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "LGPL-2.1-or-later",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "phaser": "3.55.2"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/projects/kiss-vscode/src/Main.kiss b/projects/kiss-vscode/src/Main.kiss
index 29bab76f..deca5045 100644
--- a/projects/kiss-vscode/src/Main.kiss
+++ b/projects/kiss-vscode/src/Main.kiss
@@ -45,8 +45,13 @@
             ->folder
                 (FileSystem.createDirectory
                     (joinPath activeConfigDir folder)))
-        // When running from unit tests, install all dependencies in the example config:
-        (#when test (ChildProcess.spawnSync "haxelib" ["install" "all"] (object cwd activeConfigDir)))
+        // install all Haxe dependencies:
+        (assert (= 0 .status (ChildProcess.spawnSync "haxelib" ["install" "all"] (object cwd activeConfigDir))))
+        // install all Node dependencies:
+        (when (FileSystem.exists (joinPath activeConfigDir "package.json"))
+            (assert (= 0 .status (if (= "Windows" (Sys.systemName))
+                                            (ChildProcess.spawnSync "cmd.exe" ["/c" "npm" "install"] (object cwd activeConfigDir))
+                                        (ChildProcess.spawnSync "npm" ["install"] (object cwd activeConfigDir))))))
         // Run the haxe compiler:
         (let [buildResult
                     (ChildProcess.spawnSync "haxe" ["build.hxml"] (object cwd activeConfigDir))]