diff --git a/ts/docx/xml-components/index.ts b/ts/docx/xml-components/index.ts
index 93756514be..9be5c0d219 100644
--- a/ts/docx/xml-components/index.ts
+++ b/ts/docx/xml-components/index.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,3 @@
-import { BaseXmlComponent } from "./base";
-import { IXmlableObject } from "./xmlable-object";
-export { BaseXmlComponent };
-
-export abstract class XmlComponent extends BaseXmlComponent {
-    protected root: Array<BaseXmlComponent | string>;
-
-    constructor(rootKey: string) {
-        super(rootKey);
-        this.root = new Array<BaseXmlComponent>();
-    }
-
-    public prepForXml(): IXmlableObject {
-        const children = this.root.map((comp) => {
-            if (comp instanceof BaseXmlComponent) {
-                return comp.prepForXml();
-            }
-            return comp;
-        }).filter((comp) => comp); // Exclude null, undefined, and empty strings
-        return {
-            [this.rootKey]: children,
-        };
-    }
-}
-
+export * from "./xml-component";
 export * from "./attributes";
 export * from "./default-attributes";
diff --git a/ts/docx/xml-components/xml-component.ts b/ts/docx/xml-components/xml-component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebfbbbc485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/docx/xml-components/xml-component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { BaseXmlComponent } from "./base";
+import { IXmlableObject } from "./xmlable-object";
+export { BaseXmlComponent };
+
+export abstract class XmlComponent extends BaseXmlComponent {
+    protected root: Array<BaseXmlComponent | string>;
+
+    constructor(rootKey: string) {
+        super(rootKey);
+        this.root = new Array<BaseXmlComponent>();
+    }
+
+    public prepForXml(): IXmlableObject {
+        const children = this.root.map((comp) => {
+            if (comp instanceof BaseXmlComponent) {
+                return comp.prepForXml();
+            }
+            return comp;
+        }).filter((comp) => comp); // Exclude null, undefined, and empty strings
+        return {
+            [this.rootKey]: children,
+        };
+    }
+}