diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0abe237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# ~~ Generated by projen. To modify, edit .projenrc.ts and run "npx projen".
+/.projen/
+/test-reports/
+junit.xml
+/coverage/
+permissions-backup.acl
+/dist/changelog.md
+/dist/version.txt
+/test/
+/tsconfig.dev.json
+/src/
+!/lib/
+!/lib/**/*.js
+!/lib/**/*.d.ts
+dist
+/tsconfig.json
+/.github/
+/.vscode/
+/.idea/
+/.projenrc.js
+tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
+/.eslintrc.json
+!.jsii
+/.gitattributes
+/.projenrc.ts
diff --git a/.projenrc.ts b/.projenrc.ts
index bd38674..a36c3a4 100644
--- a/.projenrc.ts
+++ b/.projenrc.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ const project = new CdklabsConstructLibrary({
   prerelease: 'alpha',
   stability: 'experimental',
   releaseToNpm: true,
+  private: false,
+  enablePRAutoMerge: true,
   repositoryUrl: 'https://github.com/cdklabs/cdk-verified-permissions.git',
 });
 project.synth();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6c1a89b..1ac6592 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "jest": {
     "testMatch": [
@@ -158,6 +161,5 @@
       "rootDir": "src"
     }
   },
-  "private": true,
   "//": "~~ Generated by projen. To modify, edit .projenrc.ts and run \"npx projen\"."
 }