diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 34b42e6..5df1422 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 **/.envrc
 **/.secrets
 **/.venv/
+**/dist/
 **/node_modules
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ca8a87f..c8c4451 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ help: ## show this message
 		$(MAKEFILE_LIST)
 
 build:
-	@npm run build
+	@npm run-script build
 
 fix: run-pre-commit ## run all fixes
 
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ fix-sort: ## automatically sort the contents of some files
 lint: ## run all linters
 	@echo "no linters configured"
 
+pack: build test ## create a tarball from the package
+	@rm -rf ./dist
+	@mkdir -p ./dist
+	@npm pack --pack-destination dist
+
+publish: pack ## publish the package
+	@find ./dist -name '*-cspell-dict-*.*.*.tgz' -exec npm publish --access public {} +;
+
 run-pre-commit: ## run pre-commit for all files
 	@poetry run pre-commit run $(PRE_COMMIT_OPTS) \
 		--all-files \
@@ -58,4 +66,4 @@ spellcheck: ## run cspell
 		--show-context
 
 test: ## run tests
-	@echo "no tests configured"
+	@npm run-script test
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2d31e62..67f3196 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@
     "build": "cspell-tools compile \"finley.txt\" -o .",
     "test": "head -n 100 \"finley.txt\" | cspell -v -c ./cspell-ext.json \"--local=*\" \"--languageId=finley\" stdin"
   },
-  "version": "1.0.0"
+  "version": "1.0.1"
 }