diff --git a/scripts/lite.js b/scripts/lite.js
index 95838a31..6faa5005 100644
--- a/scripts/lite.js
+++ b/scripts/lite.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fs.writeFileSync(
   JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2),
 );
 
-const readMePath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../lib", "README.md");
+const readMePath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../lib/dist", "README.md");
 
 let readMe = fs.readFileSync(readMePath, { encoding: "utf8" });
 const tmp = "!---";
diff --git a/scripts/publish.js b/scripts/publish.js
index 0d3099cf..d18f3732 100644
--- a/scripts/publish.js
+++ b/scripts/publish.js
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ fs.writeFileSync(
   JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2).replace(/dist\//g, ""),
 );
 
+fs.copyFileSync(
+  path.join(__dirname, "../README.md"),
+  path.join(__dirname, "../lib/dist/README.md"),
+);
+
 execSync("cd lib/dist && npm publish --provenance --access public");
 
 /** Create GitHub release */