diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 567afe8..94fda45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ jobs:
       # install, build, lint, fmt, test
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: 24
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+
       - run: bun install --frozen-lockfile
       - run: bun run fmt:check
       - run: bun run lint
       - run: bun run build
 
       # publish
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          node-version: 24
-          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
       - run: npm publish --access public
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7085d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*
+!dist/**
+!package.json
+!README.md
+!LICENSE
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 21d8c81..3d38761 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "at-astro-loader",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "private": false,
   "description": "An Astro content loader for records on ATProto.",
   "keywords": [