diff --git a/babel.config.cjs.json b/babel.config.cjs.json
index 9482329f6..b7c9bb40c 100644
--- a/babel.config.cjs.json
+++ b/babel.config.cjs.json
@@ -9,9 +9,5 @@
       }
     ],
     "@babel/preset-typescript"
-  ],
-  "plugins": [
-    ["babel-plugin-transform-import-meta"],
-    ["babel-plugin-add-import-extension"]
   ]
 }
diff --git a/babel.config.esm.json b/babel.config.esm.json
index 129c867aa..4e13e4803 100644
--- a/babel.config.esm.json
+++ b/babel.config.esm.json
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
   "presets": [
     ["@babel/preset-env", { "targets": { "node": "16" }, "modules": false }],
     "@babel/preset-typescript"
-  ],
-  "plugins": [["babel-plugin-add-import-extension"]]
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/src/api/BaseApi.ts b/src/api/BaseApi.ts
index f1703e8fb..df0952503 100644
--- a/src/api/BaseApi.ts
+++ b/src/api/BaseApi.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@ import axios, {
 } from 'axios';
 import axiosRetry from 'axios-retry';
 import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
-import fs from 'fs';
 import HttpsProxyAgent from 'https-proxy-agent';
-import path from 'path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
 import _curlirize from '../ext/axios-curlirize/curlirize';
 import StateImpl, { State } from '../shared/State';
+import { getUserAgent } from '../shared/Version';
 import { curlirizeMessage, printMessage } from '../utils/Console';
 import { mergeDeep } from '../utils/JsonUtils';
 import { setupPollyForFrodoLib } from '../utils/SetupPollyForFrodoLib';
@@ -22,12 +20,6 @@ if (process.env.FRODO_MOCK) {
   setupPollyForFrodoLib({ state: StateImpl({}) });
 }
 
-const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-
-const pkg = JSON.parse(
-  fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../package.json'), 'utf8')
-);
-
 axiosRetry(axios, {
   retries: 3,
   shouldResetTimeout: true,
@@ -43,7 +35,7 @@ const maxSockets = 100;
 const maxFreeSockets = 10;
 const freeSocketTimeout = 30000;
 
-const userAgent = `${pkg.name}/${pkg.version}`;
+const userAgent = getUserAgent();
 const transactionId = `frodo-${randomUUID()}`;
 let httpAgent, httpsAgent;
 
diff --git a/src/ops/AdminOps.ts b/src/ops/AdminOps.ts
index edf6b0772..65cb80181 100644
--- a/src/ops/AdminOps.ts
+++ b/src/ops/AdminOps.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-import { fileURLToPath, URL } from 'url';
+import { URL } from 'url';
 import util from 'util';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 
@@ -39,6 +37,12 @@ import {
 import { accessTokenRfc7523AuthZGrant } from './OAuth2OidcOps';
 import { updateOAuth2TrustedJwtIssuer } from './OAuth2TrustedJwtIssuerOps';
 import { getRealmManagedOrganization } from './OrganizationOps';
+import templateIpAddresses from './templates/autoaccess/IPAddresses.json';
+import templateUserAgents from './templates/autoaccess/UserAgents.json';
+import templateUsernames from './templates/autoaccess/Usernames.json';
+import GENERIC_EXTENSION_ATTRIBUTES from './templates/cloud/GenericExtensionAttributesTemplate.json';
+import OAUTH2_CLIENT from './templates/OAuth2ClientTemplate.json';
+import OAUTH2_ISSUER from './templates/OAuth2TrustedJwtIssuerTemplate.json';
 
 export type Admin = {
   generateRfc7523AuthZGrantArtefacts(
@@ -337,30 +341,6 @@ export default (state: State): Admin => {
   };
 };
 
-const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-
-const OAUTH2_CLIENT: OAuth2ClientSkeleton = JSON.parse(
-  fs.readFileSync(
-    path.resolve(__dirname, './templates/OAuth2ClientTemplate.json'),
-    'utf8'
-  )
-);
-const OAUTH2_ISSUER: OAuth2TrustedJwtIssuerSkeleton = JSON.parse(
-  fs.readFileSync(
-    path.resolve(__dirname, './templates/OAuth2TrustedJwtIssuerTemplate.json'),
-    'utf8'
-  )
-);
-const GENERIC_EXTENSION_ATTRIBUTES = JSON.parse(
-  fs.readFileSync(
-    path.resolve(
-      __dirname,
-      './templates/cloud/GenericExtensionAttributesTemplate.json'
-    ),
-    'utf8'
-  )
-);
-
 const protectedClients = ['ui', 'idm-provisioning'];
 const protectedSubjects = ['amadmin', 'autoid-resource-server'];
 
@@ -1573,27 +1553,6 @@ export async function repairOrgModel({
   }
 }
 
-const templateUsernames: string[] = JSON.parse(
-  fs.readFileSync(
-    path.resolve(__dirname, './templates/autoaccess/Usernames.json'),
-    'utf8'
-  )
-);
-
-const templateUserAgents: string[] = JSON.parse(
-  fs.readFileSync(
-    path.resolve(__dirname, './templates/autoaccess/UserAgents.json'),
-    'utf8'
-  )
-);
-
-const templateIpAddresses: string[] = JSON.parse(
-  fs.readFileSync(
-    path.resolve(__dirname, './templates/autoaccess/IPAddresses.json'),
-    'utf8'
-  )
-);
-
 export function getUniqueValues(values: string[]): string[] {
   return [...new Set(values)].filter((it) => it);
 }
diff --git a/src/ops/PolicyOps.test.ts b/src/ops/PolicyOps.test.ts
index f94d37f72..d14f38b3e 100644
--- a/src/ops/PolicyOps.test.ts
+++ b/src/ops/PolicyOps.test.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import { type PolicyCondition, type PolicySkeleton } from '../api/PoliciesApi';
 import { type PolicySetSkeleton } from '../api/PolicySetApi';
 import { type ScriptSkeleton } from '../api/ScriptApi';
 import { cloneDeep } from '../utils/JsonUtils';
-import { PolicyExportInterface } from '../../types/ops/PolicyOps';
+import { PolicyExportInterface } from './PolicyOps';
 
 const ctx = autoSetupPolly();
 
diff --git a/src/ops/PolicySetOps.test.ts b/src/ops/PolicySetOps.test.ts
index 714e1f151..afe9c6c93 100644
--- a/src/ops/PolicySetOps.test.ts
+++ b/src/ops/PolicySetOps.test.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import * as PolicySetOps from './PolicySetOps';
 import { autoSetupPolly, filterRecording } from '../utils/AutoSetupPolly';
 import { type PolicySetSkeleton } from '../api/PolicySetApi';
 import { cloneDeep } from '../utils/JsonUtils';
-import { PolicySetExportInterface } from '../../types/ops/PolicySetOps';
+import { PolicySetExportInterface } from './PolicySetOps';
 
 const ctx = autoSetupPolly();
 
diff --git a/src/ops/ScriptOps.test.ts b/src/ops/ScriptOps.test.ts
index f5b8ea598..3300b6163 100644
--- a/src/ops/ScriptOps.test.ts
+++ b/src/ops/ScriptOps.test.ts
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
  * Note: FRODO_DEBUG=1 is optional and enables debug logging for some output
  * in case things don't function as expected
  */
-import { FrodoError, state } from '../index';
+import { state } from '../index';
 import * as ScriptOps from './ScriptOps';
 import { autoSetupPolly, filterRecording } from '../utils/AutoSetupPolly';
-import { type ScriptSkeleton } from '../../types/api/ScriptApi';
+import { ScriptSkeleton } from '../api/ScriptApi';
 
 const ctx = autoSetupPolly();
 
diff --git a/src/ops/VersionUtils.ts b/src/ops/VersionUtils.ts
index 8f0992147..3552fd2e4 100644
--- a/src/ops/VersionUtils.ts
+++ b/src/ops/VersionUtils.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
-
 import { generateReleaseApi } from '../api/BaseApi';
 import { State } from '../shared/State';
+import { getVersionFromPackage } from '../shared/Version';
 
 export type Version = {
   getVersion(): string;
@@ -27,15 +24,9 @@ export default (state: State): Version => {
   };
 };
 
-const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-
-const pkg = JSON.parse(
-  fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../package.json'), 'utf8')
-);
-
 export function getVersion({ state }: { state: State }) {
   // must initialize state to avoid library initialization issues
-  if (state) return `${pkg.version}`;
+  if (state) return getVersionFromPackage();
 }
 
 export async function getAllVersions({
diff --git a/src/shared/State.ts b/src/shared/State.ts
index 41836040e..fe5a2c43a 100644
--- a/src/shared/State.ts
+++ b/src/shared/State.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
-
 import { FeatureInterface } from '../api/cloud/FeatureApi';
 import { UserSessionMetaType } from '../ops/AuthenticateOps';
 import { FrodoError } from '../ops/FrodoError';
@@ -13,12 +9,7 @@ import {
   ProgressIndicatorType,
 } from '../utils/Console';
 import { cloneDeep } from '../utils/JsonUtils';
-
-const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-
-const pkg = JSON.parse(
-  fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../package.json'), 'utf8')
-);
+import { getPackageVersion } from './Version';
 
 export type State = {
   /**
@@ -312,7 +303,7 @@ export default (initialState: StateInterface): State => {
       state.frodoVersion = version;
     },
     getFrodoVersion() {
-      return state.frodoVersion || `v${pkg.version} [${process.version}]`;
+      return state.frodoVersion || getPackageVersion();
     },
 
     setConnectionProfilesPath(path: string) {
diff --git a/src/shared/Version.test.ts b/src/shared/Version.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24530ff41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/Version.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { getUserAgent } from './Version';
+
+describe('Versions', () => {
+    test('user agent is compiled from package', () => {
+        expect(getUserAgent()).toMatch(/@rockcarver\/frodo-lib\/[0-9.-]+/);
+    });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/shared/Version.ts b/src/shared/Version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7000f4c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/Version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import pkg from '../../package.json';
+
+export const getUserAgent = () => `${pkg.name}/${pkg.version}`;
+
+export const getPackageVersion = () => `v${pkg.version} [${process.version}]`;
+
+export const getVersionFromPackage = () => pkg.version;
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 00263cce1..4800796c0 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     // "types": [],                                      /* Specify type package names to be included without being referenced in a source file. */
     // "allowUmdGlobalAccess": true,                     /* Allow accessing UMD globals from modules. */
     // "moduleSuffixes": [],                             /* List of file name suffixes to search when resolving a module. */
-    // "resolveJsonModule": true,                        /* Enable importing .json files. */
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,                           /* Enable importing .json files. */
     // "noResolve": true,                                /* Disallow 'import's, 'require's or '<reference>'s from expanding the number of files TypeScript should add to a project. */
 
     /* JavaScript Support */
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     "skipLibCheck": true /* Skip type checking all .d.ts files. */
   },
   "files": ["src/index.ts"],
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"],
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts","package.json"],
   "exclude": ["src/**/*.test.ts", "src/**/*.test_.ts"],
   "typedocOptions": {
     "name": "Frodo Library",