diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6cddb2e32..58e7f6840 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "docs:build-frontend": "rimraf ./docs/frontend_api && jsdoc -c jsdoc-conf.json -d ./docs/frontend_api src/public/app/entities/*.js src/public/app/services/frontend_script_api.js src/public/app/widgets/basic_widget.js src/public/app/widgets/note_context_aware_widget.js src/public/app/widgets/right_panel_widget.js",
     "docs:build": "npm run docs:build-backend && npm run docs:build-frontend",
     "build:webpack": "tsx node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js -c webpack.config.ts",
-    "build:prepare-dist": "npm run build:webpack && rimraf ./dist && tsc && tsx ./bin/copy-dist.ts",
+    "build:prepare-dist": "npm run build:webpack && rimraf ./dist && tsc -p tsconfig.build.json && tsx ./bin/copy-dist.ts",
     "test": "npm run client:test && npm run server:test",
     "server:test": "cross-env TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./integration-tests/db TRILIUM_INTEGRATION_TEST=memory vitest",
     "server:coverage": "cross-env TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./integration-tests/db TRILIUM_INTEGRATION_TEST=memory vitest --coverage",
diff --git a/tsconfig.build.json b/tsconfig.build.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24a9aa544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "NodeNext",
+    "declaration": false,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "outDir": "./build",
+    "strict": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "lib": ["ES2023"],
+    "downlevelIteration": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "verbatimModuleSyntax": true
+  },
+  "include": ["./src/**/*.[jt]s", "./*.ts"],
+  "exclude": [
+	  "./node_modules/**/*", 
+	  "./spec-es6/**/*.ts",
+	  "./spec/**/*",
+	  "./**/*.spec.ts",
+	  "./src/public/**/*",
+    "./*.config.[jt]s",
+  ],
+  "files": ["src/types.d.ts"]
+}