diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6b09a987d1..a5f6d50cdc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
     "test:api-v3:integration": "gulp test:api-v3:integration",
     "test:api-v3:integration:separate-server": "gulp test:api-v3:integration:separate-server",
     "test:api-legacy": "istanbul cover -i \"website/server/**\" --dir coverage/api ./node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha test/api-legacy",
+    "test:sanity": "mocha test/sanity --recursive",
     "test:common": "mocha test/common --recursive",
     "test:content": "mocha test/content --recursive",
     "test:karma": "karma start --single-run",
diff --git a/tasks/gulp-tests.js b/tasks/gulp-tests.js
index 7db299a5c4..56eba559aa 100644
--- a/tasks/gulp-tests.js
+++ b/tasks/gulp-tests.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const TEST_DB_URI       = nconf.get('TEST_DB_URI');
 const API_V2_TEST_COMMAND = 'npm run test:api-v2:integration';
 const API_V3_TEST_COMMAND = 'npm run test:api-v3';
 const LEGACY_API_TEST_COMMAND = 'npm run test:api-legacy';
+const SANITY_TEST_COMMAND = 'npm run test:sanity';
 const COMMON_TEST_COMMAND = 'npm run test:common';
 const CONTENT_TEST_COMMAND = 'npm run test:content';
 const CONTENT_OPTIONS = {maxBuffer: 1024 * 500};
@@ -89,6 +90,16 @@ gulp.task('test:prepare', [
   'test:prepare:webdriver'
 ]);
 
+gulp.task('test:sanity', (cb) => {
+  let runner = exec(
+    testBin(SANITY_TEST_COMMAND),
+    (err, stdout, stderr) => {
+    	cb(err);
+    }
+  );
+  pipe(runner);
+});
+
 gulp.task('test:common', ['test:prepare:build'], (cb) => {
   let runner = exec(
     testBin(COMMON_TEST_COMMAND),
@@ -389,6 +400,7 @@ gulp.task('test:api-v3:integration:separate-server', (done) => {
 
 gulp.task('test', (done) => {
   runSequence(
+    'test:sanity',
     'test:common',
     'test:karma',
     'test:api-v3:unit',
diff --git a/test/sanity/README.md b/test/sanity/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4fb006115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sanity/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Sanity Tests
+
+## Babel Paths for Production Environment
+
+In development, we [transpile at server start](https://github.com/HabitRPG/habitrpg/blob/1ed7e21542519abe7a3c601f396e1a07f9b050ae/website/server/index.js#L6-L8). This allows us to work quickly while developing, but is not suitable for production. So, in production we transpile the server code before the app starts.
+
+This system means that requiring any files from `common/script` in `website/server/**/*.js` must be done through the `common/index.js` module. In development, it'll pass through to the pre-transpiled files, but in production it'll point to the transpiled versions. If you try to require or import a file directly, it will error in production as the server doesn't know what to do with some es2015isms (such as the import statement).
+
+This test just verifies that none of the files in the server code are calling the common files directly.
diff --git a/test/sanity/use-proper-babel-path.js b/test/sanity/use-proper-babel-path.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b70403bece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sanity/use-proper-babel-path.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+'use strict';
+
+let glob = require('glob').sync;
+let readFile = require('fs').readFileSync;
+
+const IMPORT_REGEX = /(import|require).*common\/script/;
+
+describe('Use Proper Babel Paths', () => {
+  it('uses proper babel files in website/server', () => {
+    let websiteServerPaths = glob('./website/server/**/*.js');
+
+    if (websiteServerPaths.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error('Could not find any files in website/server/**/*.js');
+    }
+
+    websiteServerPaths.forEach((filePath) => {
+      let file = readFile(filePath, {encoding: 'utf8'});
+
+      try {
+        expect(file).to.not.match(IMPORT_REGEX);
+      } catch (err) {
+        // Nicer error reporting if this condition is violated
+        throw new Error(`${filePath} contains an invalid import statement to common/script, which will work in development but fail in production. See README in this directory for more details.`);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});