diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_package.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_package.yml
index 771ef742..af424395 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_package.yml
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
 
-      - 
+      -
         name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - 
+      -
         name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
@@ -35,32 +35,37 @@ jobs:
       #   id: check
       #   uses: EndBug/version-check@v2
 
-      - 
+      -
         name: NPM Install
         # if: steps.check.outputs.changed == 'true'
         run: |
           npm clean-install
 
-      # - 
+      # -
       #   name: NPM Run Lint
       #   run: |
       #     npm run lint --if-present
 
-      - 
+      -
+        name: Ensure dist directory exists
+        run: mkdir -p dist
+
+      -
         name: NPM Run Test
         run: |
           npm run test --if-present
 
-      - 
+
+      -
         name: NPM Run Build
         run: |
           npm run build --if-present
 
-      - 
+      -
         name: Zip dist & node_modules
         run: zip -9qry "build.zip" "./" -i "node_modules/*" -i "dist/*"
 
-      - 
+      -
         name: Upload build.zip
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -82,17 +87,17 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
 
-      - 
+      -
         name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@master
 
-      - 
+      -
         name: Download build.zip
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: build.zip
 
-      - 
+      -
         name: Create Release
         id: create_release
         uses: actions/create-release@v1
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
           tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
           release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
 
-      - 
+      -
         name: Upload Release Asset
         uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
         env:
@@ -128,28 +133,28 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
 
-      - 
+      -
         name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - 
+      -
         name: Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: '20.x'
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
 
-      - 
+      -
         name: Download build.zip
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: build.zip
 
-      - 
+      -
         name: Unzip build.zip
         run: unzip -q -o build.zip
 
-      - 
+      -
         name: Publish NPM
         run: |
           cd dist
@@ -176,28 +181,27 @@ jobs:
 
   #   steps:
 
-  #     - 
+  #     -
   #       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-  #     - 
+  #     -
   #       uses: actions/setup-node@v4
   #       with:
   #         node-version: '20.x'
   #         registry-url: https://npm.pkg.github.com/
   #         scope: '@stylescape'
 
-  #     - 
+  #     -
   #       name: Download build.zip
   #       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
   #       with:
   #         name: build.zip
 
-  #     - 
+  #     -
   #       name: Unzip build.zip
   #       run: unzip -q -o build.zip
 
-  #     - 
+  #     -
   #       run: npm publish
   #       env:
   #         NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
-  
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