diff --git a/packages/usb/package.json b/packages/usb/package.json
index 9e3aade4..2e87cd33 100644
--- a/packages/usb/package.json
+++ b/packages/usb/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
     "build": "tsc"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "8.0.28"
+    "@types/node": "8.0.28",
+    "typescript": "2.5.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "chalk": "2.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/usb/tsconfig.json b/packages/usb/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3206d971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/usb/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "compileOnSave": false,
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "declaration": false,
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "target": "es2016",
+    "typeRoots": [
+      "node_modules/@types"
+    ],
+    "lib": [
+      "es2015.iterable",
+      "es2016",
+      "dom",
+      "dom.iterable"
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/usb/user-config-json-to-bin.ts b/packages/usb/user-config-json-to-bin.ts
index 60e42f67..a7f37cd0 100644
--- a/packages/usb/user-config-json-to-bin.ts
+++ b/packages/usb/user-config-json-to-bin.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import { UhkBuffer, UserConfiguration } from '../uhk-common/src/config-serializer/index';
+import { UhkBuffer, UserConfiguration } from 'uhk-common';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 
 const inputFile = process.argv[2];
 console.log(inputFile);
 const outputFile = process.argv[3];
 
-const config1Js = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(inputFile));
+const config1Js = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(inputFile).toString());
 const config1Ts: UserConfiguration = new UserConfiguration().fromJsonObject(config1Js);
 const config1Buffer = new UhkBuffer();
 config1Ts.toBinary(config1Buffer);