diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-extension.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-extension.yml
index 0473c3d..ae7f70e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-extension.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-extension.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ jobs:
           echo "AppVersion=$APP_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "app version = v$APP_VERSION"
 
+      - name: Compile
+        run: npm run build
+
       - name: Build VSIX package
         run: npm run package -- -o vscode-string-manipulation.v${{ steps.calculateVersion.outputs.AppVersion }}.vsix
 
diff --git a/.vscodeignore b/.vscodeignore
index 2f361b0..622c3aa 100644
--- a/.vscodeignore
+++ b/.vscodeignore
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-.vscode/**
-.vscode-test/**
-test/**
 .gitignore
-vsc-extension-quickstart.md
-**/jsconfig.json
-**/*.map
+.vscode
+.vscode-test/**
 **/.eslintrc.json
+**/*.map
+**/jsconfig.json
+node_modules
+# out/
+src/
+test/**
+tsconfig.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b758231..d20b391 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 	"categories": [
 		"Other"
 	],
-	"main": "./out/extension",
-	"activationEvents": [
+  "main": "./out/extension.js",
+  "activationEvents": [
 		"onCommand:string-manipulation.titleize",
 		"onCommand:string-manipulation.titleizeApStyle",
 		"onCommand:string-manipulation.titleizeChicagoStyle",
@@ -335,8 +335,7 @@
 		"test": "node ./test/runTest.js",
 		"build": "tsc",
 		"package": "(rm -rf out || true) && mkdir out && cp package.json out && vsce package",
-		"vsce": "vsce",
-		"debug": "code --extensionDevelopmentPath=./"
+    "vscode:prepublish": "tsc -p ./"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@types/glob": "^7.1.3",