diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d912154..1ddf626 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@
       }
     },
     "@squeebot/core": {
-      "version": "file:../core",
+      "version": "3.0.0",
       "requires": {
-        "@types/semver": "^7.3.4",
         "dateformat": "^4.0.0",
         "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
         "semver": "^7.3.2",
@@ -63,6 +62,11 @@
             "js-tokens": "^4.0.0"
           }
         },
+        "@types/dateformat": {
+          "version": "3.0.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/dateformat/-/dateformat-3.0.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-KlPPdikagvL6ELjWsljbyDIPzNCeliYkqRpI+zea99vBBbCIA5JNshZAwQKTON139c87y9qvTFVgkFd14rtS4g=="
+        },
         "@types/fs-extra": {
           "version": "9.0.4",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-9.0.4.tgz",
@@ -71,6 +75,14 @@
             "@types/node": "*"
           }
         },
+        "@types/minipass": {
+          "version": "2.2.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/minipass/-/minipass-2.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-wuzZksN4w4kyfoOv/dlpov4NOunwutLA/q7uc00xU02ZyUY+aoM5PWIXEKBMnm0NHd4a+N71BMjq+x7+2Af1fg==",
+          "requires": {
+            "@types/node": "*"
+          }
+        },
         "@types/node": {
           "version": "14.14.9",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-14.14.9.tgz",
@@ -81,6 +93,15 @@
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/semver/-/semver-7.3.4.tgz",
           "integrity": "sha512-+nVsLKlcUCeMzD2ufHEYuJ9a2ovstb6Dp52A5VsoKxDXgvE051XgHI/33I1EymwkRGQkwnA0LkhnUzituGs4EQ=="
         },
+        "@types/tar": {
+          "version": "4.0.4",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/tar/-/tar-4.0.4.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-0Xv+xcmkTsOZdIF4yCnd7RkOOyfyqPaqJ7RZFKnwdxfDbkN3eAAE9sHl8zJFqBz4VhxolW9EErbjR1oyH7jK2A==",
+          "requires": {
+            "@types/minipass": "*",
+            "@types/node": "*"
+          }
+        },
         "ansi-styles": {
           "version": "3.2.1",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-3.2.1.tgz",
@@ -291,6 +312,14 @@
             }
           }
         },
+        "lru-cache": {
+          "version": "6.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-6.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-Jo6dJ04CmSjuznwJSS3pUeWmd/H0ffTlkXXgwZi+eq1UCmqQwCh+eLsYOYCwY991i2Fah4h1BEMCx4qThGbsiA==",
+          "requires": {
+            "yallist": "^4.0.0"
+          }
+        },
         "minimatch": {
           "version": "3.0.4",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz",
@@ -357,9 +386,12 @@
           }
         },
         "semver": {
-          "version": "7.3.2",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.3.2.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-OrOb32TeeambH6UrhtShmF7CRDqhL6/5XpPNp2DuRH6+9QLw/orhp72j87v8Qa1ScDkvrrBNpZcDejAirJmfXQ=="
+          "version": "7.3.4",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.3.4.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-tCfb2WLjqFAtXn4KEdxIhalnRtoKFN7nAwj0B3ZXCbQloV2tq5eDbcTmT68JJD3nRJq24/XgxtQKFIpQdtvmVw==",
+          "requires": {
+            "lru-cache": "^6.0.0"
+          }
         },
         "sprintf-js": {
           "version": "1.0.3",
@@ -414,8 +446,16 @@
             "minimatch": "^3.0.4",
             "mkdirp": "^0.5.3",
             "resolve": "^1.3.2",
+            "semver": "^5.3.0",
             "tslib": "^1.13.0",
             "tsutils": "^2.29.0"
+          },
+          "dependencies": {
+            "semver": {
+              "version": "5.7.1",
+              "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.7.1.tgz",
+              "integrity": "sha512-sauaDf/PZdVgrLTNYHRtpXa1iRiKcaebiKQ1BJdpQlWH2lCvexQdX55snPFyK7QzpudqbCI0qXFfOasHdyNDGQ=="
+            }
           }
         },
         "tsutils": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 04e68a7..09ec82d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "typescript": "^4.0.5"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@squeebot/core": "file:../core",
+    "@squeebot/core": "^3.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.1",
     "node-watch": "^0.7.0",
     "tar": "^6.0.5",
diff --git a/src/core.ts b/src/core.ts
index f1cf336..1ec25ab 100644
--- a/src/core.ts
+++ b/src/core.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ const defaultConfiguration: {[key: string]: any} = {
 };
 
 export class Squeebot implements ISqueebotCore {
-  // TODO: change core module after publishing to npm
-  public npm: NPMExecutor = new NPMExecutor(this.environment, '~/Squeebot/core');
+  public npm: NPMExecutor = new NPMExecutor(this.environment, '@squeebot/core');
 
   public stream: ScopedEventEmitter = new ScopedEventEmitter();
 
diff --git a/src/squeebot.ts b/src/squeebot.ts
index 01df80e..278f547 100644
--- a/src/squeebot.ts
+++ b/src/squeebot.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ async function newRepository(
   const env = dummyEnvironment(location);
 
   console.log('Creating package.json and installing base requirements');
-  const executor = new NPMExecutor(env, '/home/evert/Squeebot/core');
+  const executor = new NPMExecutor(env, '@squeebot/core');
   await executor.loadPackageFile();
 
   let gitIgnore = gitignore + '';