diff --git a/src/cli/init.ts b/src/cli/init.ts
index b5b36fa..3c53f09 100644
--- a/src/cli/init.ts
+++ b/src/cli/init.ts
@@ -4,23 +4,24 @@ import { Argv, Arguments } from 'yargs';
 
 import os from 'node:os';
 import { exec } from 'node:child_process';
-import { access, mkdir, stat, readFile, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { access, mkdir, stat, readFile, writeFile, appendFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import path from 'node:path';
 
 import log, { Logger } from '../logger.js';
 import { checkPackageJsonForNextVideo, updateTSConfigFileContent } from './lib/json-configs.js';
 import updateNextConfigFile from './lib/next-config.js';
 
-const GITIGNORE_CONTENTS = `*
-!*.json
-!*.js
-!*.ts`;
-
 const TYPES_FILE_CONTENTS = `/// <reference types="next-video/video-types/global" />\n`;
-
 const DEFAULT_DIR = 'videos';
 const DEV_SCRIPT = '& npx next-video sync -w';
 
+const gitIgnoreContents = (videosDir: string) => `
+${videosDir}/*
+${videosDir}/!*.json
+${videosDir}/!*.js
+${videosDir}/!*.ts
+public/_next-video`;
+
 async function preInitCheck(dir: string) {
   try {
     await stat(dir);
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ async function createVideoDir(dir: string) {
   const fullPath = path.join(process.cwd(), dir);
 
   await mkdir(fullPath, { recursive: true });
-  await writeFile(path.join(dir, '.gitignore'), GITIGNORE_CONTENTS);
+  await appendFile('.gitignore', gitIgnoreContents(dir));
   return;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/utils.ts b/src/components/utils.ts
index 8489c58..57c3546 100644
--- a/src/components/utils.ts
+++ b/src/components/utils.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const FILES_FOLDER = `${config.folder ?? 'videos'}/`;
 
 export const toSymlinkPath = (path?: string) => {
   if (!path?.startsWith(FILES_FOLDER)) return path;
-  return path?.replace(FILES_FOLDER, `_${FILES_FOLDER}`);
+  return path?.replace(FILES_FOLDER, `_next-video/`);
 }
 
 // Note: doesn't get updated when the callback function changes
diff --git a/src/components/video.tsx b/src/components/video.tsx
index 467afdb..33df029 100644
--- a/src/components/video.tsx
+++ b/src/components/video.tsx
@@ -127,3 +127,9 @@ export function getVideoProps(allProps: VideoProps, state: { asset?: Asset }) {
 }
 
 export default NextVideo;
+
+export type {
+  VideoLoaderProps,
+  VideoProps,
+  DefaultPlayerProps,
+};
diff --git a/src/with-next-video.ts b/src/with-next-video.ts
index 0a38164..143a02d 100644
--- a/src/with-next-video.ts
+++ b/src/with-next-video.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default async function withNextVideo(nextConfig: any, videoConfig: VideoC
     env['NEXT_PUBLIC_DEV_VIDEO_OPTS'] = JSON.stringify({ path, folder });
 
     const VIDEOS_PATH = join(process.cwd(), folder)
-    const TMP_PUBLIC_VIDEOS_PATH = join(process.cwd(), 'public', `_${folder}`);
+    const TMP_PUBLIC_VIDEOS_PATH = join(process.cwd(), 'public', `_next-video`);
 
     await symlinkDir(VIDEOS_PATH, TMP_PUBLIC_VIDEOS_PATH);