diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dd87e2d..ab57381 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
 build
+dist
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a5f637..9f79f6c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ const userSearch = (searchPattern: string) => {
 
 ## Releasing
 
+Checking in the dist folder is not necessary as it will be built upon npm install by the downstream project.
+
 After making any changes and merging them to main, please do the following:
 
 * Create a new branch from main and run `npm run update:version`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c2ee223..3ab0081 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "url": "git+https://github.com/nrccua/apollo-rest-utils.git"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "npm run clean && tsc lib/**/*.ts --excludeFiles lib/**/*.test.ts --outDir dist --esModuleInterop --declaration",
+    "build": "npm run clean && tsc lib/**/*.ts lib/*.ts --excludeFiles lib/**/*.test.ts --outDir dist --esModuleInterop --declaration",
     "clean": "rm -rf dist",
     "clean:full": "npm run clean && rm -rf node_modules",
     "postinstall": "npm run build",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index d297fc6..9efa937 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@
   "include": [
     "./**/*",
   ],
+  "resolveJsonModule": true,
   "target": "es5",
 }