diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 2e63262..ae5379e 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartstring',
-  version: '4.0.14',
+  version: '4.0.15',
   description: 'handle strings in smart ways. TypeScript ready.'
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index f5fa78c..dfe5a55 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "useDefineForClassFields": false,
     "target": "ES2022",
-    "module": "ES2022",
-    "moduleResolution": "nodenext",
+    "module": "NodeNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
     "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
-  }
+    "verbatimModuleSyntax": true
+  },
+  "exclude": [
+    "dist_*/**/*.d.ts"
+  ]
 }