diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1c3198c2..18f41bfb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "build": "npm run tslint && npm run compile && npm run documentation",
     "changelog": "conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s -r 0 && git add CHANGELOG.md && git commit -m 'docs: update changelog'",
     "check-configuration": "openstapps-configuration",
-    "compile": "rimraf lib && tsc && prepend lib/cli.js '#!/usr/bin/env node\n'",
+    "compile": "rimraf lib/* && tsc --outDir lib && prepend lib/cli.js '#!/usr/bin/env node\n'",
     "documentation": "typedoc --includeDeclarations --mode modules --out docs --readme README.md --listInvalidSymbolLinks src",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm ci && npm run build",
     "test": "nyc mocha --require ts-node/register --require source-map-support/register --ui mocha-typescript --recursive 'test/*.spec.ts'",