diff --git a/scripts/ci/travis-deploy.sh b/scripts/ci/travis-deploy.sh
index 4a3af4c6456b..1dad3036eb1f 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/travis-deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/travis-deploy.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if [[ "${DEPLOY_MODE}" == "docs-content" ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [[ "${DEPLOY_MODE}" == "screenshot-tool" ]]; then
-  ./scripts/deploy/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh
+  ./scripts/deploy/deploy-screenshot-tool.sh
 fi
 
 if [[ "${DEPLOY_MODE}" == "dashboard" ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/deploy/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh b/scripts/deploy/deploy-screenshot-tool.sh
similarity index 57%
rename from scripts/deploy/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh
rename to scripts/deploy/deploy-screenshot-tool.sh
index cfd4f520ca96..06e60d7b180e 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy/deploy-screenshot-tool.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # The script should immediately exit if any command in the script fails.
 set -e
 
-# This script deploys the Cloud Functions of the screenshot tool to Firebase.
-# Before deploying, the script installs all dependencies of the functions.
+# This script deploys the Screenshot Tool and their Cloud Functions to Firebase.
+# Before deploying, the script installs all dependencies of the functions and builds the app.
 
 # Go to the project root directory
 cd $(dirname ${0})/../..
@@ -24,10 +24,18 @@ firebaseBin=$(npm bin)/firebase
 # Go to the screenshot-test folder because otherwise Firebase tries to deploy the wrong project.
 cd ${screenshotToolFolder}
 
-# Install node modules for the screenshot functions. Firebase CLI needs to execute the functions
+# Install node_modules for the application and afterwards build the application in production.
+(npm install; $(npm bin)/ng build --aot -prod) &
+
+# Install node modules for screenshot-tool functions. Firebase CLI needs to execute the functions
 # to collect all function names before it can deploy them.
-(cd functions; npm install)
+(cd functions; npm install) &
+
+# The screenshot application is being built asynchronously. Also the dependencies for the
+# Cloud Functions are built asynchronously. This means that the script needs to wait for all
+# async tasks to finish before proceeding.
+wait
 
-# Deploy the screenshot application and functions to Firebase
+# Deploy the screenshot application and their functions to Firebase
 ${firebaseBin} deploy --token ${MATERIAL2_SCREENSHOT_FIREBASE_DEPLOY_TOKEN} --non-interactive \
   --project material2-screenshots