diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend.yaml b/.github/workflows/frontend.yaml
index f330dbd..378e8f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend.yaml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd frontend
           npm install
-          npm run build
\ No newline at end of file
+          npm run build --emptyOutDir
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi.yaml b/.github/workflows/pypi.yaml
index 32433fe..219cbed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd frontend
           npm install
-          npm run build
+          npm run build --emptyOutDir
       - name: Build Binary
         run: |
           python -m build
diff --git a/frontend/README.md b/frontend/README.md
index fdedbc6..83ea671 100644
--- a/frontend/README.md
+++ b/frontend/README.md
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ This project uses [Vite](https://vitejs.dev/) as the build tool. We followed [th
 To compile the frontend code, run:
 
 ```bash
-npm run build
+npm run build --emptyOutDir
 ```
 
-This will compile the frontend code into the `dist/static` directory.
+This will compile the frontend code into the `../inventree_wireviz/static` directory.
+
+Note: The target directory is intentionally outside of hte frontend directory, so that the compiled files are correctly bundled into the python package install.
 
 ## Testing
 
diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.ts b/frontend/vite.config.ts
index 8c725e3..4cc3cfc 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
         './src/WirevizPanel.tsx'
       ],
       output: {
-        entryFileNames: 'static/[name].js',
-        assetFileNames: 'static/assets/[name].[ext]',
+        dir: '../inventree_wireviz/static',
+        entryFileNames: '[name].js',
+        assetFileNames: 'assets/[name].[ext]',
       },
       }
   }
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b231422..d1f6a2e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,26 +1,12 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-import pathlib
 import setuptools
-import shutil
 
 from inventree_wireviz.version import PLUGIN_VERSION
 
 with open('README.md', encoding='utf-8') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
-# Copy the compiled frontend files into the 'static' directory
-# Required for MANIFEST.in to work correctly
-here = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.absolute()
-
-# Copy the compiled frontend files into the 'static' directory
-src_dir = here.joinpath('frontend/dist/static').resolve()
-dst_dir = here.joinpath('inventree_wireviz/static').resolve()
-
-if src_dir.exists():
-    print("Copying frontend files from", src_dir, "to", dst_dir)
-    shutil.copytree(src_dir, dst_dir, dirs_exist_ok=True)
-
 setuptools.setup(
     name="inventree-wireviz-plugin",
     version=PLUGIN_VERSION,