diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 06546810..48b3ca66 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -65,11 +65,12 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/cardano-foundation/ledgerjs-hw-app-cardano",
   "scripts": {
-    "prepack": "yarn build:flowtypes && yarn flow",
+    "prepack": "yarn build:flowtypes && yarn flow && yarn build",
     "lint": "yarn eslint . --max-warnings=0",
     "clean": "rm -rf dist/",
-    "build": "yarn tsc -p src/tsconfig.json",
-    "build:flowtypes": "find . -type f -not -path './node_modules/*' -not -path './example-node/*' -name '*.d.ts' -exec sh -c 'yarn flowgen --add-flow-header --no-inexact $1 -o ${1%.*.*}.js.flow' _ '{}' \\;",
+    "build": "yarn tsc -p src/tsconfig.json --removeComments",
+    "build-with-comments": "yarn tsc -p src/tsconfig.json",
+    "build:flowtypes": "yarn build-with-comments && find . -type f -not -path './node_modules/*' -not -path './example-node/*' -name '*.d.ts' -exec sh -c 'yarn flowgen --add-flow-header --no-inexact $1 -o ${1%.*.*}.js.flow' _ '{}' \\;",
     "flow": "flow --show-all-errors dist/",
     "gen-docs": "yarn typedoc",
     "prepublish": "yarn run clean && yarn run build",
diff --git a/src/Ada.ts b/src/Ada.ts
index 705946f6..faf84428 100644
--- a/src/Ada.ts
+++ b/src/Ada.ts
@@ -128,11 +128,14 @@ async function interact<T>(
  * @category Main
  */
 export class Ada {
-  /** @ignore */
+  // we generate flow type annotations for the package
+  // and it does not work for Transport, so we suppress the error
+  /** $FlowIgnore[value-as-type] */
   transport: Transport;
   /** @ignore */
   _send: SendFn;
 
+  /** $FlowIgnore[value-as-type] */
   constructor(transport: Transport, scrambleKey: string = "ADA") {
       this.transport = transport
       // Note: this is list of methods that should "lock" the transport to avoid concurrent use
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index c072e7d9..41233cab 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "noUnusedLocals": false,
     "outDir": "dist",
     "pretty": true,
-    "removeComments": true,
+    "removeComments": false,
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "strict": true,