diff --git a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9503d8934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: Node CI
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [16.x]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      with:
+        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+    - name: go to typescript directory
+      run: cd typescript
+    - name: npm ci
+      run: npm ci
+    - name: build types
+      run: npm run build:types
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/widChargingStatus/widget.js b/apps/widChargingStatus/widget.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/widChargingStatus/widget.js
rename to apps/widChargingStatus/widget.ts
diff --git a/typescript/sharedLib/.gitignore b/typescript/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from typescript/sharedLib/.gitignore
rename to typescript/.gitignore
diff --git a/typescript/sharedLib/README.md b/typescript/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from typescript/sharedLib/README.md
rename to typescript/README.md
diff --git a/typescript/globals.d.ts b/typescript/globals.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..702ef26cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typescript/globals.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+// TODO all of these globals (copied from eslintrc need to be typed at some point)
+/* "globals": {
+    // Methods and Fields at https://banglejs.com/reference
+    "Array": "readonly",
+    "ArrayBuffer": "readonly",
+    "ArrayBufferView": "readonly",
+    "Bangle": "readonly",
+    "BluetoothDevice": "readonly",
+    "BluetoothRemoteGATTCharacteristic": "readonly",
+    "BluetoothRemoteGATTServer": "readonly",
+    "BluetoothRemoteGATTService": "readonly",
+    "Boolean": "readonly",
+    "console": "readonly",
+    "DataView": "readonly",
+    "Date": "readonly",
+    "E": "readonly",
+    "Error": "readonly",
+    "Flash": "readonly",
+    "Float32Array": "readonly",
+    "Float64Array": "readonly",
+    "fs": "readonly",
+    "Function": "readonly",
+    "Graphics": "readonly",
+    "heatshrink": "readonly",
+    "I2C": "readonly",
+    "Int16Array": "readonly",
+    "Int32Array": "readonly",
+    "Int8Array": "readonly",
+    "InternalError": "readonly",
+    "JSON": "readonly",
+    "Math": "readonly",
+    "Modules": "readonly",
+    "NRF": "readonly",
+    "Number": "readonly",
+    "Object": "readonly",
+    "OneWire": "readonly",
+    "Pin": "readonly",
+    "process": "readonly",
+    "Promise": "readonly",
+    "ReferenceError": "readonly",
+    "RegExp": "readonly",
+    "Serial": "readonly",
+    "SPI": "readonly",
+    "Storage": "readonly",
+    "StorageFile": "readonly",
+    "String": "readonly",
+    "SyntaxError": "readonly",
+    "tensorflow": "readonly",
+    "TFMicroInterpreter": "readonly",
+    "TypeError": "readonly",
+    "Uint16Array": "readonly",
+    "Uint24Array": "readonly",
+    "Uint32Array": "readonly",
+    "Uint8Array": "readonly",
+    "Uint8ClampedArray": "readonly",
+    "Waveform": "readonly",
+    // Methods and Fields at https://banglejs.com/reference
+    "analogRead": "readonly",
+    "analogWrite": "readonly",
+    "arguments": "readonly",
+    "atob": "readonly",
+    "Bluetooth": "readonly",
+    "BTN": "readonly",
+    "BTN1": "readonly",
+    "BTN2": "readonly",
+    "BTN3": "readonly",
+    "BTN4": "readonly",
+    "BTN5": "readonly",
+    "btoa": "readonly",
+    "changeInterval": "readonly",
+    "clearInterval": "readonly",
+    "clearTimeout": "readonly",
+    "clearWatch": "readonly",
+    "decodeURIComponent": "readonly",
+    "digitalPulse": "readonly",
+    "digitalRead": "readonly",
+    "digitalWrite": "readonly",
+    "dump": "readonly",
+    "echo": "readonly",
+    "edit": "readonly",
+    "encodeURIComponent": "readonly",
+    "eval": "readonly",
+    "getPinMode": "readonly",
+    "getSerial": "readonly",
+    "getTime": "readonly",
+    "global": "readonly",
+    "HIGH": "readonly",
+    "I2C1": "readonly",
+    "Infinity": "readonly",
+    "isFinite": "readonly",
+    "isNaN": "readonly",
+    "LED": "readonly",
+    "LED1": "readonly",
+    "LED2": "readonly",
+    "load": "readonly",
+    "LoopbackA": "readonly",
+    "LoopbackB": "readonly",
+    "LOW": "readonly",
+    "NaN": "readonly",
+    "parseFloat": "readonly",
+    "parseInt": "readonly",
+    "peek16": "readonly",
+    "peek32": "readonly",
+    "peek8": "readonly",
+    "pinMode": "readonly",
+    "poke16": "readonly",
+    "poke32": "readonly",
+    "poke8": "readonly",
+    "print": "readonly",
+    "require": "readonly",
+    "reset": "readonly",
+    "save": "readonly",
+    "Serial1": "readonly",
+    "setBusyIndicator": "readonly",
+    "setInterval": "readonly",
+    "setSleepIndicator": "readonly",
+    "setTime": "readonly",
+    "setTimeout": "readonly",
+    "setWatch": "readonly",
+    "shiftOut": "readonly",
+    "SPI1": "readonly",
+    "Terminal": "readonly",
+    "trace": "readonly",
+    "VIBRATE": "readonly",
+    // Aliases and not defined at https://banglejs.com/reference
+    "g": "readonly",
+ */
+
+declare const Bangle: {
+  // functions
+  buzz: () => void;
+  drawWidgets: () => void;
+  isCharging: () => boolean;
+  // events
+  on(event: 'charging', listener: (charging: boolean) => void): void;
+  // TODO add more
+};
+
+type Widget = {
+  area: 'tr' | 'tl';
+  width: number;
+  draw: () => void;
+};
+
+declare const WIDGETS: { [key: string]: Widget };
diff --git a/typescript/sharedLib/package-lock.json b/typescript/package-lock.json
similarity index 100%
rename from typescript/sharedLib/package-lock.json
rename to typescript/package-lock.json
diff --git a/typescript/sharedLib/package.json b/typescript/package.json
similarity index 70%
rename from typescript/sharedLib/package.json
rename to typescript/package.json
index 814db8f3e..513e7b7df 100644
--- a/typescript/sharedLib/package.json
+++ b/typescript/package.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   "main": "app.js",
   "types": "app.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
-    "build:testapp": "tsc ./src/app.ts --outDir ./dist",
-    "build:types": "tsc ./src/bangle.d.ts"
+    "build:example": "tsc ../apps/widChargingStatus/widget.ts --outDir ../apps/widChargingStatus/dist",
+    "build:types": "tsc ./globals.d.ts"
   },
   "author": {
     "name": "Sebastian Di Luzio",
diff --git a/typescript/sharedLib/src/app.ts b/typescript/sharedLib/src/app.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e5739557..000000000
--- a/typescript/sharedLib/src/app.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-const testString = 'test hehe';
-console.log(testString);
diff --git a/typescript/sharedLib/tsconfig.json b/typescript/tsconfig.json
similarity index 52%
rename from typescript/sharedLib/tsconfig.json
rename to typescript/tsconfig.json
index 42b34ec65..ce8e6278b 100644
--- a/typescript/sharedLib/tsconfig.json
+++ b/typescript/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
     "module": "es2015",
     "noImplicitAny": true,
     "target": "es2015",
-    "outDir": "../dist"
-  }
+    "outDir": "../dist",
+    "isolatedModules": false
+  },
+  "include": ["./globals.d.ts"]
 }