diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..3c448ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+node_modules/
+data.json
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/esbuild.config.mjs b/esbuild.config.mjs
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index 0000000..9b5f400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esbuild.config.mjs
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+import esbuild from "esbuild";
+import process from "process";
+import { builtinModules } from 'node:module';
+
+const banner =
+`/*
+THIS IS A GENERATED/BUNDLED FILE BY ESBUILD
+if you want to view the source, please visit the github repository of this plugin
+*/
+`;
+
+const prod = (process.argv[2] === "production");
+
+const context = await esbuild.context({
+	banner: {
+		js: banner,
+	},
+	entryPoints: ["src/main.ts"],
+	bundle: true,
+	define: {
+		"BUILD_TIME": JSON.stringify(new Date().toLocaleString())
+	},
+	external: [
+		"obsidian",
+		"electron",
+		"@codemirror/autocomplete",
+		"@codemirror/collab",
+		"@codemirror/commands",
+		"@codemirror/language",
+		"@codemirror/lint",
+		"@codemirror/search",
+		"@codemirror/state",
+		"@codemirror/view",
+		"@lezer/common",
+		"@lezer/highlight",
+		"@lezer/lr",
+		...builtinModules],
+	format: "cjs",
+	target: "es2018",
+	logLevel: "info",
+	sourcemap: prod ? false : "inline",
+	treeShaking: true,
+	outfile: "main.js",
+	minify: prod,
+});
+
+if (prod) {
+	await context.rebuild();
+	process.exit(0);
+} else {
+	await context.watch();
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
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+++ b/tsconfig.json
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+{
+	"compilerOptions": {
+		"baseUrl": "src",
+		"inlineSourceMap": true,
+		"inlineSources": true,
+		"module": "ESNext",
+		"target": "ES6",
+		"allowJs": true,
+		"noImplicitAny": true,
+		"noImplicitThis": true,
+		"noImplicitReturns": true,
+		"moduleResolution": "node",
+		"importHelpers": true,
+		"noUncheckedIndexedAccess": true,
+		"isolatedModules": true,
+		"strictNullChecks": true,
+		"strictBindCallApply": true,
+		"allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+		"useUnknownInCatchVariables": true,
+		"lib": [
+			"DOM",
+			"ES5",
+			"ES6",
+			"ES7"
+		]
+	},
+	"include": [
+		"src/**/*.ts"
+	]
+}