diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7784252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# This workflow will run tests using node and then publish a package to GitHub Packages when a release is created
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/publishing-packages/publishing-nodejs-packages
+
+name: Node.js Package
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  publish-npm:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 16
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 49bb134e..63500287 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 {
-  "name": "instructor",
+  "name": "instructor-js",
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "description": "structured outputs for llms",
-  "main": "dist/index.js",
-  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+  "main": "./dist/index.js",
+  "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./dist/index.js"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
     "prepublish": "tsc",
@@ -26,7 +32,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/jxnl/instructor-js#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "openai": "^4.24.1",
+    "openai": "^4.24.1", 
     "zod": "^3.22.4",
     "zod-to-json-schema": "^3.22.3"
   },
diff --git a/src/patch.ts b/src/patch.ts
index 7d88abef..6144a4ed 100644
--- a/src/patch.ts
+++ b/src/patch.ts
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ export const patch = ({
       );
       delete args[0].response_model;
       delete args[0].max_retries;
+
       while (retries < max_retries) {
         try {
           response = (await target.apply(
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 1a311b8d..7ac961f2 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
     "declaration": true
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
+  "exclude": ["examples", "node_modules", "dist"]
 }
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