diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Ftp/Ftp.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Ftp/Ftp.node.ts
index bce2208ba6..6e0ed48ff8 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Ftp/Ftp.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Ftp/Ftp.node.ts
@@ -506,14 +506,9 @@ export class Ftp implements INodeType {
 		let returnItems: INodeExecutionData[] = [];
 		const operation = this.getNodeParameter('operation', 0);
 
-		let credentials: ICredentialDataDecryptedObject | undefined = undefined;
 		const protocol = this.getNodeParameter('protocol', 0) as string;
+		const credentials = await this.getCredentials(protocol === 'sftp' ? 'sftp' : 'ftp');
 
-		if (protocol === 'sftp') {
-			credentials = await this.getCredentials('sftp');
-		} else {
-			credentials = await this.getCredentials('ftp');
-		}
 		let ftp: ftpClient;
 		let sftp: sftpClient;
 
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/nodes-base/tsconfig.build.json
index 3a26457c9c..13213ea163 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 		"tsBuildInfoFile": "dist/build.tsbuildinfo"
 	},
 	"include": [
+		"types.d.ts",
 		"credentials/**/*.ts",
 		"nodes/**/*.ts",
 		"nodes/**/*.json",
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/utils/CredentialSchema.ts b/packages/nodes-base/utils/CredentialSchema.ts
index 453aceade4..a8b8e2ebc1 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/utils/CredentialSchema.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/utils/CredentialSchema.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class CredentialSchemaRootObject<
 	S extends ZodType | null,
 	T extends { [k: string]: CredentialSchemaProperty<M, S> } = {},
 > {
-	constructor(private shape: T) {}
+	constructor(public shape: T) {}
 
 	validate<Data>(data: Data) {
 		return this.toZodSchema().safeParse(data);