diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d0c9d9e..aeea740 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 *~
 # Typescript
 # emitted code
-obj
+build
 
 # ---> Node
 # Logs
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bd3b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+shell-emulator=true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 73af828..d626b30 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 
 A final (?) prototype for a refactor of mathjs, culminating the picomath, pocomath, typomath series. Provides an extensible core with "fuzzy" types for its operations, that can at any time generate exact .d.ts file for its current state.
 
-To build and run the prototype, run:
 
-```
-npx tsc
-echo '{"type": "module"}' > obj/package.json
-node obj
-```
+Convenience scripts:
+
+* `pnpm build` -- compile the package
+* `pnpm exec` -- run the compiled code produced by `pnpm build`
+* `pnpm go` -- both of the above in sequence.
diff --git a/etc/package.json b/etc/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6990891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"type": "module"}
diff --git a/package.json5 b/package.json5
index 9cfd021..f233b62 100644
--- a/package.json5
+++ b/package.json5
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
    main: 'index.ts',
    scripts: {
       test: 'echo "Error: no test specified" && exit 1',
+      build: 'tsc && cp etc/package.json build',
+      exec: 'node build',
+      go: 'pnpm --sequential "/build|exec/"',
    },
+   packageManager: 'pnpm',
    keywords: [
       'math',
       'algebra',
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index b45999b..13b7b6c 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "compilerOptions": {
         "target": "ES2022",
         "rootDir": "./src",
-        "outDir": "./obj",
+        "outDir": "./build",
         "moduleResolution": "nodenext"
     }
 }