diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1750418..af947e1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 _bin
 _site
 _cache
-npm
+_npm
 demo
diff --git a/scripts/build_npm.ts b/_scripts/build_npm.ts
similarity index 85%
rename from scripts/build_npm.ts
rename to _scripts/build_npm.ts
index 46c1d49..e83a8c2 100644
--- a/scripts/build_npm.ts
+++ b/_scripts/build_npm.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { build } from "jsr:@deno/dnt@0.41.2";
 import { emptyDir } from "jsr:@std/fs@0.229.2/empty-dir";
 
-await emptyDir("./npm");
+await emptyDir("./_npm");
 
 const version = Deno.args[0]?.replace(/^v/, "");
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ await build({
     "./plugins/auto_trim.ts",
   ],
   scriptModule: false,
-  outDir: "./npm",
+  outDir: "./_npm",
   shims: { deno: true },
   compilerOptions: { target: "ES2022" },
   typeCheck: "both",
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ await build({
     "npm:@types/estree@1.0.5": "estree",
   },
   postBuild() {
-    Deno.copyFileSync("LICENSE", "npm/LICENSE");
-    Deno.copyFileSync("README.md", "npm/README.md");
+    Deno.copyFileSync("LICENSE", "_npm/LICENSE");
+    Deno.copyFileSync("README.md", "_npm/README.md");
   },
 });
diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index f5f5a36..92f175b 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "test": "deno test --allow-read test",
     "bench": "deno bench --allow-read",
     "docs": "cd docs && deno task serve",
-    "build": "deno run --allow-run=npm --allow-env --allow-sys --allow-read --allow-write --allow-net=jsr.io scripts/build_npm.ts",
+    "build": "deno run --allow-run=npm --allow-env --allow-sys --allow-read --allow-write --allow-net=jsr.io _scripts/build_npm.ts",
     "update-deps": "rm -rf npm && deno run -A 'https://deno.land/x/nudd@v0.2.4/cli.ts' update deno.json **/*.ts"
   },
   "lock": false,