diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index d786008..629b1b3 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -43,12 +43,10 @@ gulp.task("generate-proto", done => {
     fs.emptyDirSync(path.resolve(protoPath))
 
     const pbjsArgs = [
-        "-t",
-        "static-module",
-        "-w",
-        "commonjs",
-        "-o",
-        path.resolve(protoPath, "index.js"),
+        "-t", "static-module",
+        "-w", "commonjs",
+        "-p", path.join(root, "protocol", "src"),
+        "-o", path.resolve(protoPath, "index.js"),
         path.join(root, "protocol", "src", "**", "*.proto")
     ]
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 04db06a..7b4de98 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
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@@ -5374,6 +5369,93 @@
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+        "estraverse": "^4.2.0",
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+        "esgenerate": "bin/esgenerate.js"
+      },
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-        "long": "^4.0.0"
+        "long": "^5.0.0"
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+      "engines": {
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ba2ad64..76246bc 100644
--- a/package.json
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index f123037..8cddd5f 100644
--- a/packages/node/vro-language-server/package.json
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