diff --git a/cli/isolate.rs b/cli/isolate.rs
index fad1f5ab50..bc88190aee 100644
--- a/cli/isolate.rs
+++ b/cli/isolate.rs
@@ -184,9 +184,8 @@ fn fetch_module_meta_data_and_maybe_compile_async(
     .dir
     .fetch_module_meta_data_async(&specifier, &referrer)
     .and_then(move |mut out| {
-      if (out.media_type == msg::MediaType::TypeScript
-        && out.maybe_output_code.is_none())
-        || state_.flags.recompile
+      if out.media_type == msg::MediaType::TypeScript
+        && (out.maybe_output_code.is_none() || state_.flags.recompile)
       {
         debug!(">>>>> compile_sync START");
         out = compile_sync(state_.clone(), &specifier, &referrer, &out);
diff --git a/tests/025_reload_js_type_error.js b/tests/025_reload_js_type_error.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e19275daac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/025_reload_js_type_error.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// There was a bug where if this was executed with --recompile it would throw a
+// type error.
+window.test = null;
+test = console;
+test.log("hello");
diff --git a/tests/025_reload_js_type_error.js.out b/tests/025_reload_js_type_error.js.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce01362503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/025_reload_js_type_error.js.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello
diff --git a/tests/025_reload_js_type_error.test b/tests/025_reload_js_type_error.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dba89cea81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/025_reload_js_type_error.test
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+args: tests/025_reload_js_type_error.js --reload --recompile
+output: tests/025_reload_js_type_error.js.out