diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 28b8b69..2bd8365 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 {
   "name": "@babylonlabs-io/babylon-proto-ts",
-  "version": "0.0.3",
+  "version": "0.0.3-canary.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@babylonlabs-io/babylon-proto-ts",
-      "version": "0.0.3",
+      "version": "0.0.3-canary.1",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@bufbuild/protobuf": "^2.2.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@bufbuild/buf": "^1.45.0",
-        "shelljs": "^0.8.5"
+        "shelljs": "^0.8.5",
+        "typescript": "^5.6.3"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@bufbuild/buf": {
@@ -371,6 +372,20 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/typescript": {
+      "version": "5.6.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-5.6.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hjcS1mhfuyi4WW8IWtjP7brDrG2cuDZukyrYrSauoXGNgx0S7zceP07adYkJycEr56BOUTNPzbInooiN3fn1qw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "bin": {
+        "tsc": "bin/tsc",
+        "tsserver": "bin/tsserver"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=14.17"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/wrappy": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bd920a5..96554f9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {
   "name": "@babylonlabs-io/babylon-proto-ts",
-  "version": "0.0.3",
-  "main": "index.js",
+  "version": "0.0.3-canary.1",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "node scripts/build-proto.js",
+    "build": "tsc && node scripts/build-proto.js",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run build"
   },
   "files": [
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@
   "description": "",
   "devDependencies": {
     "@bufbuild/buf": "^1.45.0",
-    "shelljs": "^0.8.5"
+    "shelljs": "^0.8.5",
+    "typescript": "^5.6.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@bufbuild/protobuf": "^2.2.0"
@@ -23,4 +25,4 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f969d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "strict": false, // Disable strict type checking globally
+    "skipLibCheck": true, // Skip type checking for library files
+    "noImplicitAny": false, // Allow implicit 'any' types
+    "outDir": "./dist", // Output directory for compiled files
+    "rootDir": "./src", // Root directory for source files
+    "declaration": true, // Generate .d.ts type declaration files
+    "declarationMap": true, // Generate .d.ts.map files for debugging
+    "esModuleInterop": true, // Enable compatibility with CommonJS modules
+    "module": "commonjs", // CommonJS module system
+    "target": "es2017", // Set target to ES2017 to support Object.entries
+    "lib": [
+      "es2017",
+      "dom"
+    ] // Include ES2017 libraries for compatibility
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*.ts"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules",
+    "dist",
+    "src/generated" // Exclude generated files to avoid type-checking them
+  ]
+}
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