diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e4c561a..7b8f405 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "serve": "tsx scripts/build.ts --serve",
     "watch": "tsx scripts/build.ts --watch",
     "lint": "eslint ./src --ext .js,.jsx,.ts,.tsx --ignore-pattern src/*",
-    "prepublishOnly": "if [ -d lib ]; then rm -r lib; fi && tsc && cp package.json lib && cp LICENSE lib && cp README.md lib"
+    "prepublishOnly": "tsx scripts/prepare.ts"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/scripts/build.ts b/scripts/build.ts
index 655795d..0dfe7e0 100644
--- a/scripts/build.ts
+++ b/scripts/build.ts
@@ -75,32 +75,6 @@ try {
                     });
                 }
             },
-            {
-                name: "typeMapper",
-                setup: async build => {
-                    let defContent = "";
-
-                    build.onLoad({ filter: /\.[jt]sx?/ }, async args => {
-                        const filePath = path.relative(rootDirname, args.path);
-                        if (filePath?.startsWith("src/core")) {
-                            let aliased = "@pyoncord/" + filePath.slice(9, -path.extname(filePath).length);
-                            if (aliased.endsWith("/index")) aliased = aliased.slice(0, -6);
-
-                            defContent += [
-                                `declare module "${aliased}" {`,
-                                `\texport * from "./${filePath.slice(4, -path.extname(filePath).length)}";`,
-                                "}"
-                            ].join("\n") + "\n";
-                        }
-
-                        return null;
-                    });
-
-                    build.onEnd(async () => {
-                        // await writeFile("./lib/defs.d.ts", defContent);
-                    });
-                }
-            },
             {
                 name: "swc",
                 setup(build) {
diff --git a/scripts/publish.ts b/scripts/prepare.ts
similarity index 84%
rename from scripts/publish.ts
rename to scripts/prepare.ts
index 5f0015b..5ea2ef0 100644
--- a/scripts/publish.ts
+++ b/scripts/prepare.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// WARNING! ENTER AT YOUR OWN PERIL
+// do not read the code
 import esbuild from "esbuild";
 import { existsSync } from "fs";
 import { appendFile, cp, mkdir, rm } from "fs/promises";
@@ -28,12 +30,8 @@ for (const file of [
     );
 }
 
-const setup = async build => {
-    // const pathMap = [] as Array<{
-    //     alias: string,
-    //     path: string;
-    // }>;
-
+// oh no, this is very bad
+const pluginSetup = async build => {
     build.onLoad({ filter: /\.[jt]sx?/ }, async args => {
         const filePath = path.relative(rootDirname, args.path);
 
@@ -41,11 +39,6 @@ const setup = async build => {
             let trimmedPath = filePath.slice(12, -path.extname(filePath).length);
             if (trimmedPath.endsWith("/index")) trimmedPath = trimmedPath.slice(0, -6);
 
-            // pathMap.push({
-            //     alias: "@pyoncord/" + trimmedPath,
-            //     path: "core" + trimmedPath
-            // });
-
             const declarationContents = [
                 `declare module "${"@pyoncord/" + trimmedPath}" {`,
                 `   export * from "./${"core/" + trimmedPath}";`,
@@ -63,7 +56,6 @@ const setup = async build => {
     });
 };
 
-
 await esbuild.build({
     entryPoints: ["src/entry.js"],
     write: false,
@@ -71,7 +63,7 @@ await esbuild.build({
     external: ["~*", "*.png"],
     plugins: [{
         name: "typeMapper",
-        setup
+        setup: pluginSetup
     }]
 });