diff --git a/packages/nicolium/tsconfig.json b/packages/nicolium/tsconfig.json
index 8d8c5205b..046b5699d 100644
--- a/packages/nicolium/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/nicolium/tsconfig.json
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
     "typeRoots": ["./src/types", "./node_modules/@types", "./node_modules"],
     "types": ["vite/client", "vite-plugin-compile-time/client", "dom-chromium-ai"]
   },
-  "exclude": ["tests/**/*.test.ts", "tests/**/*.test.tsx"]
+  "exclude": ["./tests/**/*.test.ts", "./tests/**/*.test.tsx", "./dist", "./node_modules"]
 }