diff --git a/src/ast-builder/builder.ts b/src/ast-builder/builder.ts
index 009008d5..f4d4f599 100644
--- a/src/ast-builder/builder.ts
+++ b/src/ast-builder/builder.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-import fs from 'fs';
-import { SolcInput, SolcOutput } from 'solidity-ast/solc';
-import { Sources } from './types';
-import { getContractName, getAstsFromSources } from './getters';
+import fs from "fs";
+import { SolcInput, SolcOutput } from "solidity-ast/solc";
+import { Sources } from "./types";
+import { getContractName, getAstsFromSources } from "./getters";
 import {
   replaceSrc,
   sortASTByDependency,
   updateDependices,
-} from './ast-updater';
-import { Config } from '../config';
-import { Build } from '../site';
-import path from 'path';
+} from "./ast-updater";
+import { Config } from "../config";
+import { Build } from "../site";
+import path from "path";
 
-import { compileAst } from './compile-ast';
+import { compileAst } from "./compile-ast";
 
 const createRawOutput = (sources: Sources) => {
   const output: SolcOutput = { sources: {} };
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const createInput = (solcOutput: SolcOutput) => {
   const sources = solcOutput.sources;
   const SolcInput: SolcInput = { sources: {} };
   for (const key of Object.keys(sources)) {
-    const fileContent = fs.readFileSync(key, 'utf8').toString();
+    const fileContent = fs.readFileSync(key, "utf8").toString();
     SolcInput.sources[key] = { content: fileContent };
   }
   return SolcInput;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const createInput = (solcOutput: SolcOutput) => {
 export function isMainContract(absolutePath: string, astPath: string) {
   // Extract the contract name from absolute path
   if (!fileExists(absolutePath) || !fileExists(astPath)) {
-    throw new Error('File does not exist');
+    throw new Error("File does not exist");
   }
   const contractName = getContractName(absolutePath);
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function fileExists(filePath: string) {
   try {
     return fs.statSync(filePath).isFile();
   } catch (err: any) {
-    if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+    if (err.code === "ENOENT") {
       return false;
     } else {
       throw err;
@@ -62,19 +62,19 @@ function fileExists(filePath: string) {
 
 export const makeBuild = async (
   config: Config,
-  contractList: string[] = [],
+  contractList: string[] = []
 ) => {
   compileAst(config);
   const { sources: astSources, fullSources } = getAstsFromSources(
     config.astOutputDir!,
-    config.root!,
+    config.root!
   )!;
   const solcOutput = createRawOutput(astSources);
-  const sourcesList = Object.values(fullSources).map(source => source.asts);
+  const sourcesList = Object.values(fullSources).map((source) => source.asts);
 
   const sortedSources = sortASTByDependency(sourcesList, solcOutput);
   updateDependices(fullSources, sortedSources, config);
-  const ph = path.join(config.root!, 'build/astBuild.json');
+  const ph = path.join(config.root!, "build/astBuild.json");
   fs.writeFileSync(ph, JSON.stringify(sortedSources, null, 2));
   solcOutput.sources = sortedSources;
   const solcInput = createInput(solcOutput);
diff --git a/src/ast-builder/compile-ast.ts b/src/ast-builder/compile-ast.ts
index ae53f788..6a378fd4 100644
--- a/src/ast-builder/compile-ast.ts
+++ b/src/ast-builder/compile-ast.ts
@@ -2,39 +2,55 @@ import fs from "fs";
 import { execSync } from "child_process";
 import { Config } from "../config";
 import { getAstsFromSources, getContractsList } from "./getters";
-import path from "path";
+import { basename, join, resolve } from "path";
+
+const createDirectoryIfNotExists = (dir: string) => {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(dir);
+  }
+};
+
+const moveFiles = (sourceDir: string, destinationDir: string) => {
+  let files = fs.readdirSync(sourceDir);
+  files.forEach((file) => {
+    let oldPath = join(sourceDir, file);
+    let newPath = join(destinationDir, file);
+    fs.renameSync(oldPath, newPath);
+  });
+};
+
+const deleteDirectoryIfExists = (dir: string) => {
+  if (fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+  }
+};
 
 /**
  * It takes the config object, gets a list of contracts, and then compiles the AST for each contract
  * @param {Config} config - The configuration object that we created earlier.
  */
-export const compileAst = async (config: Config) => {
+export const compileAst = (config: Config) => {
   const contracts = getContractsList(config.sourcesDir!, config.exclude!);
 
-  let astOutputPath = path.resolve(config.root!, config.astOutputDir!);
-  if (fs.existsSync(astOutputPath)) {
-    fs.rmSync(astOutputPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  }
+  let astOutputPath = resolve(config.root!, config.astOutputDir!);
+  deleteDirectoryIfExists(astOutputPath);
 
   let ast_cache_path = `ast-cache`;
-  let ast_path = `$PWD/ast`;
+  let ast_path = resolve(process.cwd(), "ast");
 
-  if (!fs.existsSync(ast_cache_path)) {
-    execSync(`mkdir ${ast_cache_path}`);
-  }
-
-  if (!fs.existsSync(ast_path)) {
-    execSync(`mkdir ${ast_path}`);
-  }
+  createDirectoryIfNotExists(ast_cache_path);
+  createDirectoryIfNotExists(ast_path);
 
   contracts.forEach((contract) => {
     execSync(
-      `${config.compilerPath} --ast-compact-json $PWD/${config.sourcesDir}/${contract} --output-dir=$PWD/${ast_cache_path}`
+      `${config.compilerPath} --ast-compact-json ${config.sourcesDir}/${contract} --output-dir=${ast_cache_path}`
     );
-    execSync(`mv $PWD/${ast_cache_path}/* ${astOutputPath}`);
+    moveFiles(ast_cache_path, astOutputPath);
   });
-  execSync(`rm -rf $PWD/${ast_cache_path}`);
+
+  deleteDirectoryIfExists(ast_cache_path);
   compileExternalAst(config);
+  renameAstFiles(astOutputPath);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -59,3 +75,21 @@ export const compileExternalAst = async (config: Config) => {
     }
   });
 };
+
+const renameAstFiles = (dir: string) => {
+  const files = fs.readdirSync(dir);
+
+  files.forEach((file) => {
+    if (file.endsWith(".sol_json.ast")) {
+      const oldPath = join(dir, file);
+      const newFileName = basename(file, ".sol_json.ast") + ".ast.json";
+      const newPath = join(dir, newFileName);
+      fs.renameSync(oldPath, newPath);
+    } else if (file.endsWith(".tsol_json.ast")) {
+      const oldPath = join(dir, file);
+      const newFileName = basename(file, ".tsol_json.ast") + ".ast.json";
+      const newPath = join(dir, newFileName);
+      fs.renameSync(oldPath, newPath);
+    }
+  });
+};
diff --git a/src/ast-builder/getters.ts b/src/ast-builder/getters.ts
index 078a3e84..ffdb8b64 100644
--- a/src/ast-builder/getters.ts
+++ b/src/ast-builder/getters.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export const getAstsFromSources = (astDir: string, root: string) => {
   const sources: Sources = {};
   const fullSources: FullSources = {};
   astSources.forEach(astSourceFullPath => {
-    const astContent: SourceUnit[] = require(astSourceFullPath) as SourceUnit[];
+    const astContent: SourceUnit[] = [require(astSourceFullPath) as SourceUnit];
     const withNormalPathAsts = renameAbsolutePaths(root, astContent);
     const astContractName = getContractName(astSourceFullPath)!;
     const mainAst = getMainAst(