diff --git a/treegen/tsconfig.json b/treegen/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es2017",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "outDir": "./lib",
+    "removeComments": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "inlineSourceMap": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true
+  }
+}