diff --git a/vscode/esbuild.js b/vscode/esbuild.js
index 5023fa6e..3b07eafe 100644
--- a/vscode/esbuild.js
+++ b/vscode/esbuild.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 const { build } = require("esbuild");
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
 
 const baseConfig = {
   bundle: true,
@@ -28,7 +30,21 @@ const watchConfig = {
       },
     },
   };
-  
+
+const NON_NPM_ARTIFACTORY = new RegExp(
+  String.raw`"resolved"\s*:\s*"http[s]*://(?!registry.npmjs.org)[^"]+"`,
+  "g"
+);
+
+const checkAritfactoryUrl = () => {
+  const data = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, 'package-lock.json'), { encoding: 'utf-8' });
+  if (NON_NPM_ARTIFACTORY.test(data)) {
+    throw new Error("Found references to the internal registry in the file package-lock.json. Please fix it");
+  } else {
+    console.log('No internal artifactory references found.');
+  }
+}
+
   (async () => {
     const args = process.argv.slice(2);
     try {
@@ -40,13 +56,15 @@ const watchConfig = {
           ...watchConfig,
         });
         console.log("[watch] build finished");
+      } else if(args.includes("--artifactory-check")){
+        checkAritfactoryUrl();
       } else {
         // Build source code
         await build(scriptConfig);
         console.log("build complete");
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      process.stderr.write(err.stderr);
+      process.stderr.write(err.message);
       process.exit(1);
     }
   })();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vscode/package.json b/vscode/package.json
index 1354f380..9639a75c 100644
--- a/vscode/package.json
+++ b/vscode/package.json
@@ -760,8 +760,9 @@
 		"test": "node ./out/test/runTest.js",
 		"nbcode": "node ./out/nbcode.js",
 		"nbjavac": "node ./out/nbcode.js -J-Dnetbeans.close=true --modules --install .*nbjavac.*",
-		"apisupport": "node ./out/nbcode.js -J-Dnetbeans.close=true --modules --install '(org.netbeans.libs.xerces|org.netbeans.modules.editor.structure|org.netbeans.modules.xml|org.netbeans.modules.xml.axi|org.netbeans.modules.xml.retriever|org.netbeans.modules.xml.schema.model|org.netbeans.modules.xml.tax|org.netbeans.modules.xml.text|org.netbeans.modules.ant.browsetask|.*apisupport.*|org.netbeans.modules.debugger.jpda.ant)' && node ./out/nbcode.js -J-Dnetbeans.close=true --modules --enable .*apisupport.ant"
-	},
+		"apisupport": "node ./out/nbcode.js -J-Dnetbeans.close=true --modules --install '(org.netbeans.libs.xerces|org.netbeans.modules.editor.structure|org.netbeans.modules.xml|org.netbeans.modules.xml.axi|org.netbeans.modules.xml.retriever|org.netbeans.modules.xml.schema.model|org.netbeans.modules.xml.tax|org.netbeans.modules.xml.text|org.netbeans.modules.ant.browsetask|.*apisupport.*|org.netbeans.modules.debugger.jpda.ant)' && node ./out/nbcode.js -J-Dnetbeans.close=true --modules --enable .*apisupport.ant",
+		"artifactory:check": "node ./esbuild.js --artifactory-check"
+		},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@types/glob": "^7.1.1",
 		"@types/mocha": "^9.0.0",