diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e21e5e9..04a22e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ jobs:
           jq ".version = \"$VERSION\"" web/package.json > tmp.$$.json && mv tmp.$$.json web/package.json
         shell: bash
 
+      # TODO: only update if there are any changes
+
       - name: Commit updated web/package.json
         run: |
           git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
diff --git a/services/backend/Dockerfile b/services/backend/Dockerfile
index 94c0763..c81de4a 100644
--- a/services/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ RUN go mod download
 
 COPY . .
 
+# Generate TypeScript files from Go structs
+RUN go install github.com/gzuidhof/tygo@latest && \
+    tygo generate && \
+    mkdir -p /app/web/types && \
+    mv generated/types/index.ts /app/web/types/index.ts
+
 RUN go build -o main ./cmd/api
 
 EXPOSE 8080
diff --git a/services/backend/generated/types/.gitkeep b/services/backend/generated/types/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/services/backend/tygo.yaml b/services/backend/tygo.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2075c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/backend/tygo.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+packages:
+  - path: "video-archiver/models"
+    output_path: "./generated/types"
+    type_mappings:
+      time.Time: "string /* RFC3339 */"
+      null.String: "null | string"
+      null.Bool: "null | boolean"
+      uuid.UUID: "string /* uuid */"
+      uuid.NullUUID: "null | string /* uuid */"
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