diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a19a992813..994e6cdb4e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
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-      "name": "@freelanceflow/ui"
+      "name": "@freelanceflow/ui",
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+        "react": "^18.2.0",
+        "typescript": "^5.3.0"
+      },
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+      },
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diff --git a/packages/ui/package.json b/packages/ui/package.json
index ac8e780e27..926e32c922 100644
--- a/packages/ui/package.json
+++ b/packages/ui/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 {
   "name": "@freelanceflow/ui",
   "private": true,
-  "main": "src/index.ts"
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "react": ">=17.0.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/react": "^19.2.2",
+    "react": "^18.2.0",
+    "typescript": "^5.3.0"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/ui/tsconfig.json b/packages/ui/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99f7142d57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2020",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "lib": ["ES2020", "DOM"],
+    "jsx": "react-jsx",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
+}