diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/src/api/recipes/react.ts b/cli/tauri.js/src/api/recipes/react.ts
index d2485dbf7..ce3525d81 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/src/api/recipes/react.ts
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/src/api/recipes/react.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const reactjs: Recipe = {
     ...cfg,
     distDir: `../${uiAppDir}/build`,
     devPath: 'http://localhost:3000',
-    beforeDevCommand: `yarn --cwd ${uiAppDir} start`,
+    beforeDevCommand: `BROWSER=none yarn --cwd ${uiAppDir} start`,
     beforeBuildCommand: `yarn --cwd ${uiAppDir} build`
   }),
   extraNpmDevDependencies: ['create-react-app'],