diff --git a/dist/npmts.compile.js b/dist/npmts.compile.js
index d988dc3..8ea4e7c 100644
--- a/dist/npmts.compile.js
+++ b/dist/npmts.compile.js
@@ -7,16 +7,22 @@ var promiseArray = [];
 var compileTs = function (tsFileArrayArg, tsOptionsArg) {
     if (tsOptionsArg === void 0) { tsOptionsArg = {}; }
     var done = plugins.Q.defer();
-    var tsOptionsDefault = {
+    var compilerOptionsDefault = {
         declaration: true,
-        target: "ES6",
-        module: "commonjs"
+        module: "CommonJS",
+        target: "ES6"
     };
     /**
      * merges default ts options with those found in npmts.json
      */
-    var tsOptions = function (keyArg) {
-        return plugins.lodashObject.assign(tsOptionsDefault, tsOptionsArg);
+    var compilerOptions = function (keyArg) {
+        var tsOptionsCombined = plugins.lodashObject.merge(compilerOptionsDefault, tsOptionsArg);
+        var compilerOptions = {
+            declaration: tsOptionsCombined.declaration,
+            module: plugins.tsn.ModuleKind[tsOptionsCombined.module],
+            target: plugins.tsn.ScriptTarget[tsOptionsCombined.target]
+        };
+        return compilerOptions;
     };
     var _loop_1 = function(keyArg) {
         plugins.beautylog.info("TypeScript assignment: transpile from " + keyArg.blue + " to " + tsFileArrayArg[keyArg].blue);
@@ -25,7 +31,7 @@ var compileTs = function (tsFileArrayArg, tsOptionsArg) {
                 .then(function (filesToConvertArg) {
                 var filesToConvertAbsolute = plugins.smartpath.transform.toAbsolute(filesToConvertArg, process.cwd());
                 var destDir = plugins.smartpath.transform.toAbsolute(tsFileArrayArg[keyArg], process.cwd());
-                var filesCompiledPromise = plugins.tsn.compile(filesToConvertAbsolute, destDir);
+                var filesCompiledPromise = plugins.tsn.compile(filesToConvertAbsolute, destDir, compilerOptions(keyArg));
                 promiseArray.push(filesCompiledPromise);
             });
             promiseArray.push(filesReadPromise);
diff --git a/dist/npmts.plugins.d.ts b/dist/npmts.plugins.d.ts
index 7c3925d..1405048 100644
--- a/dist/npmts.plugins.d.ts
+++ b/dist/npmts.plugins.d.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export declare let g: {
     sourcemaps: any;
     typedoc: any;
 };
-export declare let lodashObject: any;
+export import lodashObject = require('lodash');
 export import npmextra = require("npmextra");
 export import projectinfo = require("projectinfo");
 export import path = require("path");
diff --git a/dist/npmts.plugins.js b/dist/npmts.plugins.js
index ea7fa84..76da322 100644
--- a/dist/npmts.plugins.js
+++ b/dist/npmts.plugins.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ exports.g = {
     sourcemaps: require("gulp-sourcemaps"),
     typedoc: require("gulp-typedoc")
 };
-exports.lodashObject = require('lodash/fp/object');
+exports.lodashObject = require('lodash');
 exports.npmextra = require("npmextra");
 exports.projectinfo = require("projectinfo");
 exports.path = require("path");
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3dace5..2a32859 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "@types/q": "^0.0.27",
     "@types/shelljs": "^0.3.27",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.9.0",
-    "beautylog": "5.0.14",
+    "beautylog": "5.0.18",
     "early": "^2.0.13",
     "gulp": "3.9.1",
     "gulp-babel": "^6.1.2",
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
     "gulp-replace": "^0.5.4",
     "gulp-sourcemaps": "^1.6.0",
     "gulp-typedoc": "^2.0.0",
-    "lodash": "^4.13.1",
+    "lodash": "^4.14.0",
     "npmextra": "^1.0.8",
     "projectinfo": "1.0.3",
     "q": "^1.4.1",
-    "shelljs": "^0.7.1",
+    "shelljs": "^0.7.2",
     "smartci": "0.0.1",
     "smartcli": "1.0.4",
     "smartcov": "0.0.9",
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "smartpath": "3.2.2",
     "smartstring": "^2.0.15",
     "source-map-support": "^0.4.2",
-    "tsn": "^1.0.7",
+    "tsn": "^1.0.9",
     "typedoc": "^0.4.4",
     "typescript": "^2.0.0-dev.20160630",
     "typings-global": "*"
diff --git a/ts/npmts.compile.ts b/ts/npmts.compile.ts
index 7979793..0fa7337 100644
--- a/ts/npmts.compile.ts
+++ b/ts/npmts.compile.ts
@@ -8,17 +8,23 @@ let promiseArray = [];
 let compileTs = (tsFileArrayArg:string[],tsOptionsArg = {}) => {
     let done = plugins.Q.defer();
 
-    let tsOptionsDefault = {
+    let compilerOptionsDefault = {
         declaration: true,
-        target: "ES6",
-        module: "commonjs"
+        module: "CommonJS",
+        target: "ES6"
     };
     
     /**
      * merges default ts options with those found in npmts.json
      */
-    let tsOptions = function (keyArg:string) {
-        return plugins.lodashObject.assign(tsOptionsDefault, tsOptionsArg)
+    let compilerOptions = function (keyArg:string) {
+        let tsOptionsCombined = plugins.lodashObject.merge(compilerOptionsDefault, tsOptionsArg);
+        let compilerOptions:plugins.tsn.CompilerOptions = {
+            declaration: tsOptionsCombined.declaration,
+            module: plugins.tsn.ModuleKind[tsOptionsCombined.module],
+            target: plugins.tsn.ScriptTarget[tsOptionsCombined.target]
+        };
+        return compilerOptions;
     };
     for (let keyArg in tsFileArrayArg) {
         plugins.beautylog.info(`TypeScript assignment: transpile from ${keyArg.blue} to ${tsFileArrayArg[keyArg].blue}`);
@@ -29,7 +35,8 @@ let compileTs = (tsFileArrayArg:string[],tsOptionsArg = {}) => {
                     let destDir = plugins.smartpath.transform.toAbsolute(tsFileArrayArg[keyArg],process.cwd());
                     let filesCompiledPromise = plugins.tsn.compile(
                         filesToConvertAbsolute,
-                        destDir
+                        destDir,
+                        compilerOptions(keyArg)
                     );
                     promiseArray.push(filesCompiledPromise);
                 });
diff --git a/ts/npmts.plugins.ts b/ts/npmts.plugins.ts
index 02a0246..2e58e42 100644
--- a/ts/npmts.plugins.ts
+++ b/ts/npmts.plugins.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export let g = {
     sourcemaps: require("gulp-sourcemaps"),
     typedoc: require("gulp-typedoc")
 };
-export let lodashObject = require('lodash/fp/object');
+export import lodashObject = require('lodash');
 export import npmextra = require("npmextra");
 export import projectinfo = require("projectinfo");
 export import path = require("path");