diff --git a/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/mod.rs b/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/mod.rs
index b52f3493..658f4e78 100644
--- a/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/mod.rs
@@ -29,26 +29,31 @@ mod generate;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
 mod utils;
-
-const RUNTIME_PACKAGE: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/package.json");
-const RUNTIME_JSON: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/json.ts");
-const RUNTIME_ADL: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/adl.ts");
-const RUNTIME_UTILS: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/utils.ts");
-const RUNTIME_DYNAMIC: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/dynamic.ts");
-const RUNTIME_SYS_DYNAMIC: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/sys/dynamic.ts");
-const RUNTIME_SYS_ADLAST: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/sys/adlast.ts");
-const RUNTIME_SYS_TYPES: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/sys/types.ts");
-
-const RUNTIME: [&'static (&str, &[u8]); 8] = [
-    &("package.json", RUNTIME_PACKAGE),
-    &("json.ts", RUNTIME_JSON),
-    &("adl.ts", RUNTIME_ADL),
-    &("utils.ts", RUNTIME_UTILS),
-    &("dynamic.ts", RUNTIME_DYNAMIC),
-    &("sys/dynamic.ts", RUNTIME_SYS_DYNAMIC),
-    &("sys/adlast.ts", RUNTIME_SYS_ADLAST),
-    &("sys/types.ts", RUNTIME_SYS_TYPES),
-];
+use rust_embed::RustEmbed;
+
+#[derive(RustEmbed)]
+#[folder = "src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/"]
+struct Asset;
+
+// const RUNTIME_PACKAGE: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/package.json");
+// const RUNTIME_JSON: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/json.ts");
+// const RUNTIME_ADL: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/adl.ts");
+// const RUNTIME_UTILS: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/utils.ts");
+// const RUNTIME_DYNAMIC: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/dynamic.ts");
+// const RUNTIME_SYS_DYNAMIC: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/sys/dynamic.ts");
+// const RUNTIME_SYS_ADLAST: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/sys/adlast.ts");
+// const RUNTIME_SYS_TYPES: &[u8] = include_bytes!("runtime/sys/types.ts");
+
+// const RUNTIME: [&'static (&str, &[u8]); 8] = [
+//     &("package.json", RUNTIME_PACKAGE),
+//     &("json.ts", RUNTIME_JSON),
+//     &("adl.ts", RUNTIME_ADL),
+//     &("utils.ts", RUNTIME_UTILS),
+//     &("dynamic.ts", RUNTIME_DYNAMIC),
+//     &("sys/dynamic.ts", RUNTIME_SYS_DYNAMIC),
+//     &("sys/adlast.ts", RUNTIME_SYS_ADLAST),
+//     &("sys/types.ts", RUNTIME_SYS_TYPES),
+// ];
 
 const TSC_B64: &[u8] =
     b"import {fromByteArray as b64Encode, toByteArray as b64Decode} from 'base64-js'";
@@ -444,23 +449,27 @@ fn gen_runtime(
     ts_style: &TsStyle,
     writer: &mut TreeWriter,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    println!("Writing Runtime to file system ...");
     let re = Regex::new(r"\$TSEXT").unwrap();
     let re2 = Regex::new(r"\$TSB64IMPORT").unwrap();
-    for rt in RUNTIME.iter() {
+    for rt_name in Asset::iter() {
+        // println!("  '{}'", rt_name);
         let mut file_path = PathBuf::new();
         if !strip_first {
             file_path.push("./runtime");
         }
         // file_path.push(&rt_gen_opts.runtime_dir);
-        file_path.push(rt.0);
+        file_path.push(rt_name.as_ref());
         let dir_path = file_path.parent().unwrap();
         std::fs::create_dir_all(dir_path)?;
 
         log::info!("writing {}", file_path.display());
 
+        let data = Asset::get(rt_name.as_ref()).unwrap();
+        let content = data.data.as_ref();
         match ts_style {
             TsStyle::Tsc => {
-                let content = re.replace_all(rt.1, "".as_bytes());
+                let content = re.replace_all(content, "".as_bytes());
                 let content = re2.replace(&content, TSC_B64);
                 let x = content.deref();
                 let y = String::from_utf8(x.to_vec())?;
@@ -469,7 +478,7 @@ fn gen_runtime(
                 //     .map_err(|e| anyhow!("error writing runtime file {}", e.to_string()))?;
             }
             TsStyle::Deno => {
-                let content = re.replace_all(rt.1, ".ts".as_bytes());
+                let content = re.replace_all(content, ".ts".as_bytes());
                 let content = re2.replace(&content, DENO_B64);
                 let x = content.deref();
                 let y = String::from_utf8(x.to_vec())?;
diff --git a/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/adl.ts b/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/adl.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/adl.ts
rename to rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/adl.ts
diff --git a/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/dynamic.ts b/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/dynamic.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/dynamic.ts
rename to rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/dynamic.ts
diff --git a/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/json.ts b/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/json.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/json.ts
rename to rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/json.ts
diff --git a/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/package-dist.json b/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/package-dist.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13f2dd89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/package-dist.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "@adl-lang/runtime",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "main": "./index.js",
+  "types": "./index.d.ts",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "base64-js": "^1.5.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/package.json b/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/package.json
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/package.json
rename to rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/package.json
diff --git a/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/sys/adlast.ts b/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/sys/adlast.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/sys/adlast.ts
rename to rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/sys/adlast.ts
diff --git a/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/sys/dynamic.ts b/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/sys/dynamic.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/sys/dynamic.ts
rename to rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/sys/dynamic.ts
diff --git a/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/sys/types.ts b/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/sys/types.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/sys/types.ts
rename to rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/sys/types.ts
diff --git a/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/tsconfig.json b/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3367d02e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "extends": "tsconfig/base.json",
+  "include": ["."],
+  "exclude": ["dist", "build", "node_modules"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    // "target": "es2020",
+    // "module": "es2020",
+    "lib": [
+      "es2020",
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/utils.ts b/rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/utils.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/runtime/utils.ts
rename to rust/compiler/src/cli/tsgen/ts-runtime/utils.ts
diff --git a/rust/compiler/src/main.rs b/rust/compiler/src/main.rs
index 56bef89b..46754505 100644
--- a/rust/compiler/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/compiler/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 use compiler::cli::run_cli;
+use log::LevelFilter;
+use std::io::Write;
 
 fn main() {
     // // useful for recursive stack overflows
     // unsafe { backtrace_on_stack_overflow::enable() };
 
-    env_logger::init();
+    env_logger::builder()
+        // .format_module_path(true)
+        .format(|buf, record| {
+            if let (Some(f), Some(l)) = (record.file(), record.line()) {
+                writeln!(buf, "[{} {}:{}] {}", record.level(), f, l, record.args() )
+            } else if let Some(m) = record.module_path() {
+                writeln!(buf, "[{} {}] {}", record.level(), m , record.args() )
+            } else {
+                writeln!(buf, "[{}] {}", record.level(), record.args() )
+            }
+        })
+        .filter(None, LevelFilter::Info)
+        .init();
+
+    // env_logger::init();
     let exit_code = run_cli();
     std::process::exit(exit_code);
 }
diff --git a/rust/compiler/src/processing/loader.rs b/rust/compiler/src/processing/loader.rs
index e783d1e7..28814f1e 100644
--- a/rust/compiler/src/processing/loader.rs
+++ b/rust/compiler/src/processing/loader.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::io::ErrorKind;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use crate::adlgen::adlc::packaging::{
-    InjectAnnotation, InjectAnnotations, LoaderRef, LoaderWorkspace,
+    InjectAnnotation, InjectAnnotations, LoaderWorkspace,
 };
 use crate::adlgen::sys::adlast2::{self as adlast, Module0};
 use crate::parser::{convert_error, raw_module};
diff --git a/rust/compiler/tests/test1/rs-output/.adl-manifest b/rust/compiler/tests/test1/rs-output/.adl-manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index f8687930..00000000
--- a/rust/compiler/tests/test1/rs-output/.adl-manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# manifest @generated by the adl compiler
-adl/mod.rs
-adl/sys/annotations.rs
-adl/sys/mod.rs
-adl/test1.rs
diff --git a/rust/compiler/tests/test1/rs-output/adl/mod.rs b/rust/compiler/tests/test1/rs-output/adl/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c7a9fddd..00000000
--- a/rust/compiler/tests/test1/rs-output/adl/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-pub mod test1;
-pub mod sys;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rust/compiler/tests/test1/rs-output/adl/sys/annotations.rs b/rust/compiler/tests/test1/rs-output/adl/sys/annotations.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 29e6a1ca..00000000
--- a/rust/compiler/tests/test1/rs-output/adl/sys/annotations.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// @generated from adl module sys.annotations
-
-use serde::Deserialize;
-use serde::Serialize;
-
-pub type Doc = String;
-
-pub type SerializedName = String;
-
-#[derive(Clone,Debug,Deserialize,Eq,Hash,PartialEq,Serialize)]
-pub struct SerializedWithInternalTag {
-  pub tag: String,
-}
-
-impl SerializedWithInternalTag {
-  pub fn new(tag: String) -> SerializedWithInternalTag {
-    SerializedWithInternalTag {
-      tag: tag,
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-pub type CustomSerialization = bool;
diff --git a/rust/compiler/tests/test1/rs-output/adl/sys/mod.rs b/rust/compiler/tests/test1/rs-output/adl/sys/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index adf10224..00000000
--- a/rust/compiler/tests/test1/rs-output/adl/sys/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pub mod annotations;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rust/compiler/tests/test1/rs-output/adl/test1.rs b/rust/compiler/tests/test1/rs-output/adl/test1.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/rust/compiler/tests/test2/rs-output/adl/mod.rs b/rust/compiler/tests/test2/rs-output/adl/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 54f5d1cb..00000000
--- a/rust/compiler/tests/test2/rs-output/adl/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-pub mod sys;
-pub mod test2;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rust/compiler/tests/test2/rs-output/adl/sys/annotations.rs b/rust/compiler/tests/test2/rs-output/adl/sys/annotations.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 29e6a1ca..00000000
--- a/rust/compiler/tests/test2/rs-output/adl/sys/annotations.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// @generated from adl module sys.annotations
-
-use serde::Deserialize;
-use serde::Serialize;
-
-pub type Doc = String;
-
-pub type SerializedName = String;
-
-#[derive(Clone,Debug,Deserialize,Eq,Hash,PartialEq,Serialize)]
-pub struct SerializedWithInternalTag {
-  pub tag: String,
-}
-
-impl SerializedWithInternalTag {
-  pub fn new(tag: String) -> SerializedWithInternalTag {
-    SerializedWithInternalTag {
-      tag: tag,
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-pub type CustomSerialization = bool;
diff --git a/rust/compiler/tests/test2/rs-output/adl/sys/mod.rs b/rust/compiler/tests/test2/rs-output/adl/sys/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index adf10224..00000000
--- a/rust/compiler/tests/test2/rs-output/adl/sys/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pub mod annotations;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rust/compiler/tests/test2/rs-output/adl/test2.rs b/rust/compiler/tests/test2/rs-output/adl/test2.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 38fdc8ea..00000000
--- a/rust/compiler/tests/test2/rs-output/adl/test2.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-// @generated from adl module test2
-
-use serde::Deserialize;
-use serde::Serialize;
-
-/**
- * An empty structure.
- */
-#[derive(Clone,Debug,Deserialize,Eq,Hash,PartialEq,Serialize)]
-pub struct S0 {
-}
-
-impl S0 {
-  pub fn new() -> S0 {
-    S0 {
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * A structure containing primitives.
- * It has two fields: an integer x and a String y.
- */
-#[derive(Clone,Debug,Deserialize,Eq,Hash,PartialEq,Serialize)]
-pub struct S1 {
-  pub x: i32,
-
-  pub y: String,
-}
-
-impl S1 {
-  pub fn new(x: i32, y: String) -> S1 {
-    S1 {
-      x: x,
-      y: y,
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * A structure containing a vector.
- */
-#[derive(Clone,Debug,Deserialize,PartialEq,Serialize)]
-pub struct S2 {
-  #[serde(rename="f1")]
-  pub f_1: String,
-
-  #[serde(rename="f2")]
-  pub f_2: f64,
-
-  #[serde(rename="f3")]
-  pub f_3: Vec<i32>,
-}
-
-impl S2 {
-  pub fn new(f_1: String, f_2: f64, f_3: Vec<i32>) -> S2 {
-    S2 {
-      f_1: f_1,
-      f_2: f_2,
-      f_3: f_3,
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * A generic structure.
- */
-#[derive(Clone,Debug,Deserialize,PartialEq,Serialize)]
-pub struct S3<T> {
-  #[serde(rename="f1")]
-  pub f_1: String,
-
-  #[serde(rename="f2")]
-  pub f_2: f64,
-
-  #[serde(rename="f3")]
-  pub f_3: T,
-
-  #[serde(rename="f4")]
-  pub f_4: Vec<T>,
-}
-
-impl<T> S3<T> {
-  pub fn new(f_1: String, f_2: f64, f_3: T, f_4: Vec<T>) -> S3<T> {
-    S3 {
-      f_1: f_1,
-      f_2: f_2,
-      f_3: f_3,
-      f_4: f_4,
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone,Debug,Deserialize,PartialEq,Serialize)]
-pub struct S4<T> {
-  #[serde(rename="f1")]
-  pub f_1: S3<String>,
-
-  #[serde(rename="f2")]
-  pub f_2: S3<T>,
-}
-
-impl<T> S4<T> {
-  pub fn new(f_1: S3<String>, f_2: S3<T>) -> S4<T> {
-    S4 {
-      f_1: f_1,
-      f_2: f_2,
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-#[derive(Clone,Debug,Deserialize,Eq,Hash,PartialEq,Serialize)]
-pub struct Tree<T> {
-  pub value: T,
-
-  pub children: Vec<Tree<T>>,
-}
-
-impl<T> Tree<T> {
-  pub fn new(value: T, children: Vec<Tree<T>>) -> Tree<T> {
-    Tree {
-      value: value,
-      children: children,
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-pub type IntTree = Tree<i32>;