diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c3629e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node_modules
diff --git a/src/lib.d.ts b/src/lib.d.ts
index 7d65ce4..ce3dbe6 100644
--- a/src/lib.d.ts
+++ b/src/lib.d.ts
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-export { TextEncoder, TextDecoder }
+type Encoder = TextEncoder
+type Decoder = TextDecoder
+
+export { Encoder as TextEncoder, Decoder as TextDecoder }