diff --git a/packages/core/.gitignore b/packages/core/.gitignore
index d06ac42577..97368cd922 100644
--- a/packages/core/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/core/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+dist/*js
+dist/*js.map
+
 # Logs
 logs
 *.log
@@ -28,7 +31,6 @@ build/Release
 node_modules
 node_modules_ubuntu
 node_modules_windows
-app/node_modules
 
 # OSX
 .DS_Store
@@ -37,19 +39,6 @@ app/node_modules
 flow-typed/npm/*
 !flow-typed/npm/module_vx.x.x.js
 
-# App packaged
-release
-app/main.prod.js
-app/main.prod.js.map
-app/renderer.prod.js
-app/renderer.prod.js.map
-app/style.css
-app/style.css.map
-dist
-dist-test
-dll
-main.js
-main.js.map
 
 .idea
 npm-debug.log.*
diff --git a/packages/core/dist/package.json b/packages/core/dist/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8286d3bf19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/dist/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "name": "budibase-core",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "budibase-core.umd.js",
+  "module": "budibase-core.esm.mjs",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "budibase"
+  ],
+  "author": "Michael Shanks",
+  "license": "MPL-2.0",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@nx-js/compiler-util": "^2.0.0",
+    "date-fns": "^1.29.0",
+    "lodash": "^4.17.13",
+    "lunr": "^2.3.5",
+    "safe-buffer": "^5.1.2",
+    "shortid": "^2.2.8"
+  }
+}