diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index d2ba9478..54363834 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ dist
 examples
 node_modules
 src/react
-scripts
\ No newline at end of file
+scripts
diff --git a/scripts/build.js b/scripts/build.js
index ab0ee87b..120d9d17 100644
--- a/scripts/build.js
+++ b/scripts/build.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fs.mkdirSync(outdir, { recursive: true });
   try {
     execSync(`node scripts/make-metadata.js --outdir "${outdir}"`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
     execSync(`node scripts/make-search.js --outdir "${outdir}"`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
-    execSync(`node scripts/make-react.js`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+    execSync(`node scripts/make-react.js --outdir "${outdir}"`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
     execSync(`node scripts/make-vscode-data.js --outdir "${outdir}"`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
     execSync(`node scripts/make-themes.js --outdir "${outdir}"`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
     execSync(`node scripts/make-icons.js --outdir "${outdir}"`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
diff --git a/scripts/make-react.js b/scripts/make-react.js
index db8fea41..71ca6c68 100644
--- a/scripts/make-react.js
+++ b/scripts/make-react.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import commandLineArgs from 'command-line-args';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
@@ -7,14 +8,16 @@ import prettier from 'prettier';
 import prettierConfig from '../prettier.config.cjs';
 import { getAllComponents } from './shared.js';
 
-const outdir = path.join('./src/react');
+const { outdir } = commandLineArgs({ name: 'outdir', type: String });
+
+const reactDir = path.join('./src/react');
 
 // Clear build directory
-del.sync(outdir);
-fs.mkdirSync(outdir, { recursive: true });
+del.sync(reactDir);
+fs.mkdirSync(reactDir, { recursive: true });
 
 // Fetch component metadata
-const metadata = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./dist/custom-elements.json', 'utf8'));
+const metadata = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(outdir, 'custom-elements.json'), 'utf8'));
 
 // Wrap components
 console.log('Wrapping components for React...');
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ const index = [];
 
 components.map(component => {
   const tagWithoutPrefix = component.tagName.replace(/^sl-/, '');
-  const componentDir = path.join(outdir, tagWithoutPrefix);
+  const componentDir = path.join(reactDir, tagWithoutPrefix);
   const componentFile = path.join(componentDir, 'index.ts');
   const importPath = component.modulePath.replace(/^src\//, '').replace(/\.ts$/, '');
 
@@ -58,6 +61,6 @@ components.map(component => {
 });
 
 // Generate the index file
-fs.writeFileSync(path.join(outdir, 'index.ts'), index.join('\n'), 'utf8');
+fs.writeFileSync(path.join(reactDir, 'index.ts'), index.join('\n'), 'utf8');
 
 console.log(chalk.cyan(`\nComponents have been wrapped for React! 📦\n`));
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index d4869af5..b17e8f2a 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
             "es2020"
         ],
         "declaration": true,
-        "outDir": "./dist",
         "rootDir": ".",
         "strict": true,
         "strictPropertyInitialization": false,
@@ -37,4 +36,4 @@
     "include": [
         "src"
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}