diff --git a/src/deepscatter.ts b/src/deepscatter.ts
index 8ce9c73d6..735074a46 100644
--- a/src/deepscatter.ts
+++ b/src/deepscatter.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ export { Deeptable } from './Deeptable';
 export { LabelMaker } from './label_rendering';
 export { dictionaryFromArrays } from './utilityFunctions';
 export { Tile } from './tile';
+export * as types from './shared.d';
diff --git a/src/tile.ts b/src/tile.ts
index 0aa51da00..d410d3b8c 100644
--- a/src/tile.ts
+++ b/src/tile.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,15 @@ export class Tile {
     this.transformation_holder[colname] = undefined;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Lazily fetch the named column from the tile. If the column is not present, it will be
+   * generated by applying the transformation function associated with it.
+   *
+   *
+   *
+   * @param colname The name of the column to retrive.
+   * @returns An Arrow Vector of the column.
+   */
   async get_column(colname: string): Promise<Vector> {
     const existing = this._batch?.getChild(colname);
     if (existing) {
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index d82263aad..1c57f0ab8 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "include": [
-    "src/**/*.ts"
+    "src/**/*.ts",
+    "src/shared.d.ts"
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "node_modules/**/*"