diff --git a/packages/codebytes/.gitignore b/packages/codebytes/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..139fb2807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/codebytes/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Dist
+dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/codebytes/package.json b/packages/codebytes/package.json
index 4118ab7d3..367e9c4f1 100644
--- a/packages/codebytes/package.json
+++ b/packages/codebytes/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
     "build:clean": "rm -rf dist",
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly",
     "build": "yarn build:clean && yarn build:compile && yarn build:types",
-    "build:watch": "yarn build && onchange ./src -- yarn build:compile && yarn build:types"
+    "build:watch": "yarn build && onchange ./src -- yarn build:compile && yarn build:types",
+    "lernaBuildTask": "yarn build"
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/codebytes/tsconfig.json b/packages/codebytes/tsconfig.json
index 3625d95a0..bbffd8877 100644
--- a/packages/codebytes/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/codebytes/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["../../typings/*.d.ts", "./src/**/*.ts", "./src/**/*.tsx"]
+  "include": ["../../typings/*.d.ts", "./src/**/*.ts", "./src/**/*.tsx"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "outDir": "./dist"
+  }
 }