diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index a86d01d..9fea368 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: "18"
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+      
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install
+
+      - name: Build TypeScript
+        run: npm run build
 
       - name: List Dist Directory
         run: ls -l dist
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e4cd375..242131c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.0.4",
   "description": "Automated bot scraper to streamline data extraction from GitHub and SonarQube",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "npx tsc"
+    "build": "npx tsc --outDir dist"
   },
   "bin": {
     "sonargit": "./dist/index.js"