diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 8bb3720..0492673 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 /** @type {import('ts-jest').JestConfigWithTsJest} */
+// const { jsWithTs: tsjPreset } = require('ts-jest/presets')
+
 module.exports = {
-  preset: 'ts-jest',
+  preset: 'ts-jest/presets/js-with-ts',
   testEnvironment: 'node',
 }
diff --git a/packages/file-graph/tests/file.test.ts b/packages/file-graph/tests/file.test.ts
index c86291e..0524f93 100644
--- a/packages/file-graph/tests/file.test.ts
+++ b/packages/file-graph/tests/file.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import File from '../src/file'
 
 describe('File', () => {
-  let file
+  let file: File
   beforeEach(() => {
     file = new File({ path: '/home/user', type: 'folder', discovered: true })
   })
diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
index 09e9205..d329e9b 100644
--- a/packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@linux-odyssey/utils",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "main": "index.js",
-  "type": "module",
-  "exports": "./index.js",
-  "license": "MIT"
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "type": "commonjs",
+  "exports": "./dist/index.js",
+  "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/auth.js b/packages/utils/src/auth.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/utils/auth.js
rename to packages/utils/src/auth.js
diff --git a/packages/utils/commands.js b/packages/utils/src/commands.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/utils/commands.js
rename to packages/utils/src/commands.js
diff --git a/packages/utils/dag.js b/packages/utils/src/dag.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/utils/dag.js
rename to packages/utils/src/dag.js
diff --git a/packages/utils/index.js b/packages/utils/src/index.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/utils/index.js
rename to packages/utils/src/index.js
diff --git a/packages/utils/auth.test.js b/packages/utils/tests/auth.test.ts
similarity index 93%
rename from packages/utils/auth.test.js
rename to packages/utils/tests/auth.test.ts
index e7d45a7..8d617a9 100644
--- a/packages/utils/auth.test.js
+++ b/packages/utils/tests/auth.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isValidEmail, isValidUsername } from './auth.js'
+import { isValidEmail, isValidUsername } from '../src/auth'
 
 test('check valid username', () => {
   const valid = ['alex', 'alex123', 'john_doe', 'john-doe', 'rudeus']
diff --git a/packages/utils/commands.test.js b/packages/utils/tests/commands.test.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from packages/utils/commands.test.js
rename to packages/utils/tests/commands.test.ts
index d5392ac..9ac76ff 100644
--- a/packages/utils/commands.test.js
+++ b/packages/utils/tests/commands.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { buildFileCheckCmd } from './commands.js'
+import { buildFileCheckCmd } from '../src/commands'
 
 describe('buildFileCheckCmd function', () => {
   it('builds the file check command correctly', () => {
diff --git a/packages/utils/dag.test.js b/packages/utils/tests/dag.test.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/utils/dag.test.js
rename to packages/utils/tests/dag.test.ts
index e296782..0f4201c 100644
--- a/packages/utils/dag.test.js
+++ b/packages/utils/tests/dag.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import DAG from './dag.js'
+import DAG from '../src/dag'
 
 describe('dag layers', () => {
   it('two layer', () => {
diff --git a/packages/utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/utils/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76ff63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2020",
+    "module": "CommonJS",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "allowJs": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76ff63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2020",
+    "module": "CommonJS",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "allowJs": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
+}