diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e2c08177..9e9a1e7f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 .idea
 .DS_Store
-node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules
+*.tgz
+scripts/postinstall.js
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 6081846d..9fa06ac3 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 platforms/android/libraryproject/
 docs
 README.md
-CHANGELOG.md
\ No newline at end of file
+CHANGELOG.md
+*.tgz
+scripts/webpack.config.js
+scripts/installer.js
+scripts/winston-mock.js
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d865e8eb..6f03259d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
     }
   },
   "scripts": {
+    "bundle-installer": "webpack --config scripts/webpack.config.js scripts/installer.js scripts/postinstall.js",
+    "prepublish": "npm run bundle-installer",
+    "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.js"
     "postinstall": "node scripts/postinstall.js",
     "config": "node scripts/postinstall.js config"
   },
@@ -42,6 +45,9 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/eddyverbruggen/nativescript-plugin-firebase/issues"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/eddyverbruggen/nativescript-plugin-firebase",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "prompt": "^1.0.0",
+    "webpack": "~2.1.0-beta.25"
   "dependencies": {
     "app-root-path": "^2.0.1",
     "prompt-lite": "0.1.1"
diff --git a/scripts/postinstall.js b/scripts/installer.js
similarity index 99%
rename from scripts/postinstall.js
rename to scripts/installer.js
index 192e591f..846095b5 100755
--- a/scripts/postinstall.js
+++ b/scripts/installer.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var prompt = require('prompt-lite');
+var path = require('path');
+var prompt = require('prompt');
 
 // Default settings for using ios and android with Firebase
 var usingiOS = false, usingAndroid = false;
diff --git a/scripts/webpack.config.js b/scripts/webpack.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..375eea1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/webpack.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+var path = require("path");
+var webpack = require("webpack");
+
+module.exports = {
+    target: "node",
+    output: {
+        //some debug info around module imports
+        pathinfo: true
+    },
+    resolve: {
+        alias: {
+            //winston is inherently unpackable. replace with our mock
+            "winston": path.join(__dirname, "winston-mock.js")
+        }
+    },
+    externals: {
+        //pkginfo is unpackable too, but we can replace it with a simple expression
+        "pkginfo": "function(){}"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/winston-mock.js b/scripts/winston-mock.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8a4b01b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/winston-mock.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//Export a Logger-like to avoid crashing winston clients
+module.exports.Logger = function Logger() {};
+module.exports.Logger.prototype = {
+    cli: function() {},
+    help: function() {},
+    input: function() {},
+    error: function() {},
+};
+
+module.exports.transports = {
+    Console: function Console() {}
+};