diff --git a/packages/core/aqua-to-js-compiler/package.json b/packages/core/aqua-to-js-compiler/package.json
index 4f6f40e0..1fe82aa7 100644
--- a/packages/core/aqua-to-js-compiler/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/aqua-to-js-compiler/package.json
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
     "type": "module",
     "version": "0.0.0",
     "description": "Tool for generating aqua wrapper",
-    "main": "index.js",
+    "main": "dist/index.js",
     "scripts": {
-        "test": "vitest run"
+        "test": "vitest run",
+        "build": "tsc"
     },
     "keywords": [],
     "author": "Fluence Labs",
diff --git a/packages/core/aqua-to-js-compiler/src/utils.ts b/packages/core/aqua-to-js-compiler/src/utils.ts
index 0922e43d..8a6205e9 100644
--- a/packages/core/aqua-to-js-compiler/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/aqua-to-js-compiler/src/utils.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import pkg from '../package.json' assert { type: 'json' };
-import { ArrowType, NonArrowType, ProductType } from '@fluencelabs/interfaces';
+import { NonArrowType, ProductType } from '@fluencelabs/interfaces';
+import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
 
-export function getAquaApiVersion() {
+export async function getAquaApiVersion() {
+    const content = await readFile('../package.json');
+    const pkg = JSON.parse(content.toString());
     return pkg.dependencies['@fluencelabs/aqua-api'];
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/aqua-to-js-compiler/tsconfig.json b/packages/core/aqua-to-js-compiler/tsconfig.json
index a4642cf0..4b7aeaa2 100644
--- a/packages/core/aqua-to-js-compiler/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/core/aqua-to-js-compiler/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
     "extends": "../../../tsconfig.json",
     "compilerOptions": {
         "esModuleInterop": true,
-        "resolveJsonModule": true
+        "resolveJsonModule": true,
+        "outDir": "./dist"
     },
     "include": ["src/**/*"],
     "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"],