diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 75f35cf..a271668 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-version: 2
-jobs:
-  build:
+version: 2.1
+
+executors:
+  node-executor:
     working_directory: ~/phovea
     docker:
       - image: circleci/node:12.13-buster-browsers
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    executor: node-executor
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run:
@@ -22,8 +27,7 @@ jobs:
             (grep -l '._resolved.: .\(git[^:]*\|bitbucket\):' ./node_modules/*/package.json || true) | xargs -r dirname | xargs -r rm -rf
       - save_cache:
           key: deps1-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "package.json" }}
-          paths:
-          - ./node_modules
+          paths: ./node_modules
       - run:
           name: Install npm dependencies from git repositories (always get latest commit)
           command: npm install
@@ -35,8 +39,23 @@ jobs:
           command: npm run dist
       - store_artifacts:
           path: dist
+      - persist_to_workspace:
+          root: ~/phovea
+          paths: .
+  publish:
+    executor: node-executor
+    steps:
+      - attach_workspace:
+          at: ~/phovea
+      - run:
+          name: Authentication
+          command: |
+            echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" >> ~/.npmrc
+      - run:
+          name: Publish package
+          command: npm publish
 workflows:
-  version: 2
+  version: 2.1
 #  build-nightly:
 #    triggers:
 #      - schedule:
@@ -47,13 +66,13 @@ workflows:
 #                - develop
 #    jobs:
 #      - build
-  build-branch:
+  build-branches-only:
     jobs:
       - build:
           filters:
             tags:
-              ignore: /^v.*/
-  build-tag:
+              ignore: /.*/
+  build-publish-tag:
     jobs:
       - build:
           filters:
@@ -61,3 +80,13 @@ workflows:
               ignore: /.*/
             tags:
               only: /^v.*/
+      - publish:
+          context:
+            - org-public
+          requires:
+            - build
+          filters:
+            branches:
+              ignore: /.*/
+            tags:
+              only: /^v.*/
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 544c336..711da28 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -125,3 +125,10 @@ AUTHORS text
 # with the python modules ``pickle``, ``dbm.*``,
 # ``shelve``, ``marshal``, ``anydbm``, & ``bsddb``
 # (among others).
+
+
+# Mark compiled files as generated to hide them in PRs
+/dist/** linguist-generated=true
+
+# Hide compiled files from git diff and auto-replace them when merging different branches
+/dist/** -diff -merge
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 336523b..bd3ee02 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,12 +1,28 @@
+# general things to ignore
 /.tscache
 /.idea
+/build/
+/dist/tsBuildInfoFile
 /lib/
+*.egg-info/
+*.egg
+*.py[cod]
+__pycache__/
+*.so
+*~
+*.log
+*.pot
+*.pyc
+*.swp
+*.lock
+# due to using tox and pytest
+.tox
+.cache
 node_modules/
 /src/**/*.js
 /tests/**/*.js
 /src/**/*.map
-/tests/**/*.map 
+/tests/**/*.map
 *.css
-*.log
 /.cache-loader
 package-lock.json
diff --git a/dist/import/Importer.d.ts b/dist/import/Importer.d.ts
index 66de0fd..eaf6444 100644
--- a/dist/import/Importer.d.ts
+++ b/dist/import/Importer.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * Created by Samuel Gratzl on 29.09.2016.
  */
-import '../scss/main.scss';
 import { EventHandler } from 'phovea_core';
 import * as d3 from 'd3';
 import { IDataDescription } from 'phovea_core';
diff --git a/dist/import/Importer.js b/dist/import/Importer.js
index 2ab8be0..e3bc05f 100644
--- a/dist/import/Importer.js
+++ b/dist/import/Importer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * Created by Samuel Gratzl on 29.09.2016.
  */
-import '../scss/main.scss';
 import { BaseUtils } from 'phovea_core';
 import { EventHandler } from 'phovea_core';
 import { ParserUtils } from './parser';
diff --git a/dist/import/Importer.js.map b/dist/import/Importer.js.map
index 0ac4d76..8a30672 100644
--- a/dist/import/Importer.js.map
+++ b/dist/import/Importer.js.map
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
index 12fff0f..42948de 100644
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module.exports = {
     "__APP_CONTEXT__": "TEST_CONTEXT",
     'ts-jest': {
       // has to be set to true, otherwise i18n import fails
-      "tsConfig": {
+      "tsconfig": {
         "esModuleInterop": true,
       }
     }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 602dc70..ed5f4e5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "phovea_importer",
   "description": "Flexible smart and visual data importer for web based visualization",
   "homepage": "https://phovea.caleydo.org",
-  "version": "6.1.0",
+  "version": "7.0.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "The Caleydo Team",
     "email": "contact@caleydo.org",
@@ -51,24 +51,24 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/d3": "~3.5.36",
-    "@types/papaparse": "~5.0.3",
-    "@types/jest": "~26.0.5",
+    "@types/papaparse": "~5.2.4",
+    "@types/jest": "~26.0.20",
     "identity-obj-proxy": "~3.0.0",
-    "jest": "~26.1.0",
+    "jest": "~26.6.3",
     "jest-raw-loader": "~1.0.1",
     "rimraf": "~3.0.2",
-    "shx": "~0.3.2",
-    "ts-jest": "~26.1.3",
-    "tslib": "~2.0.0",
+    "shx": "~0.3.3",
+    "ts-jest": "~26.4.4",
+    "tslib": "~2.0.3",
     "tslint": "~5.20.1",
-    "typedoc": "~0.17.8",
+    "typedoc": "~0.19.2",
     "typescript": "~3.9.7"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "d3": "~3.5.17",
-    "papaparse": "~5.1.1",
-    "phovea_core": "^5.0.1",
-    "phovea_d3": "^5.0.0",
-    "phovea_ui": "^5.0.0"
+    "papaparse": "~5.3.0",
+    "phovea_core": "^6.0.0",
+    "phovea_d3": "^6.0.0",
+    "phovea_ui": "^6.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/import/Importer.ts b/src/import/Importer.ts
index ee38e85..c58a5b1 100644
--- a/src/import/Importer.ts
+++ b/src/import/Importer.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * Created by Samuel Gratzl on 29.09.2016.
  */
 
-import '../scss/main.scss';
 import {BaseUtils} from 'phovea_core';
 import {EventHandler} from 'phovea_core';
 import {ParserUtils} from './parser';
@@ -104,5 +103,3 @@ export class Importer extends EventHandler {
     $dropZone.on('dragover', over).on('dragleave', over).on('drop', select);
   }
 }
-
-
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index e7bc9b2..2e06f21 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
     "esModuleInterop": false,
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
-    "preserveWatchOutput": true
+    "preserveWatchOutput": true,
+    "incremental": true,
+    "tsBuildInfoFile": "dist/tsBuildInfoFile"
   },
   "include": [
     "src/**/*.ts",