diff --git a/scripts/lite.js b/scripts/lite.js
index 903e725a..4900158d 100644
--- a/scripts/lite.js
+++ b/scripts/lite.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const packageJson = require("../lib/dist/package.json");
 const ref = packageJson.name;
 packageJson.peerDependencies.r18gs = `${packageJson.dependencies.r18gs.split(".")[0]}`;
 delete packageJson.dependencies.r18gs;
-if (Object.keys(packageJson.devDependencies).length === 0) delete packageJson.devDependencies;
+if (Object.keys(packageJson.dependencies).length === 0) delete packageJson.dependencies;
 packageJson.name = `${ref}-lite`;
 
 fs.writeFileSync(
diff --git a/scripts/manual-publish.js b/scripts/manual-publish.js
index d7daaeaa..6c82827f 100644
--- a/scripts/manual-publish.js
+++ b/scripts/manual-publish.js
@@ -77,4 +77,6 @@ execSync(
 );
 
 execSync("node ./scripts/lite.js");
-execSync(`cd lib && pnpm build && npm publish --provenance --access public --tag ${tag}`);
+execSync(
+  "cd lib && pnpm build && cp package.json dist/package.json && cp README.md dist/README.md && cd dist && npm publish --provenance --access public --tag ${tag}",
+);