diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c29f672..afe9176 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -297,8 +297,6 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible h1:VsBPFP1AI068pPrMxtb/S8Zkgf9xEmTLJjfM+P5UIEo=
 gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:DsYFclhRJ6vuDpmuTbkuFWG+y2sxOXAzmJt81HFBacw=
-halkyon.io/api v1.0.0-beta.5 h1:hpmy6fK8uQSEkSf7/L3SAyjJXUoZ3ywXL5eukwrXPXE=
-halkyon.io/api v1.0.0-beta.5/go.mod h1:cO9/hBS8zlmn/tcLFyZdbs03TwZHrRyDQSgvYQf9+fM=
 halkyon.io/api v1.0.0-beta.7 h1:Uo3jMyYzMcM4U/4DbXM5Trky/VD9FpMnKWJMZDxiQcc=
 halkyon.io/api v1.0.0-beta.7/go.mod h1:cO9/hBS8zlmn/tcLFyZdbs03TwZHrRyDQSgvYQf9+fM=
 k8s.io/api v0.0.0-20190516230258-a675ac48af67 h1:BKg03K4me3EdM340RB08XB3MRlJ57KY+0f5PfI6wPZY=
diff --git a/pkg/hal/cli/component/push.go b/pkg/hal/cli/component/push.go
index 6892bbb..b1fd4e7 100644
--- a/pkg/hal/cli/component/push.go
+++ b/pkg/hal/cli/component/push.go
@@ -152,7 +152,13 @@ func (o *pushOptions) push(component *component.Component) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if err = c.ExecCommand(podName, []string{"/var/lib/supervisord/bin/supervisord", "ctl", "start", "build"}, "Performing build"); err != nil {
+		// need to stop running app before building a new version
+		if err = c.ExecCommand(podName, []string{"/var/lib/supervisord/bin/supervisord", "ctl", "stop", "run"}, ""); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// perform build directly to block until it's finished
+		if err = c.ExecCommand(podName, []string{"/usr/local/bin/build"}, "Performing build"); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}