diff --git a/packages/parser/src/utils.ts b/packages/parser/src/utils.ts
index 8904e522dc..c01fc934b2 100644
--- a/packages/parser/src/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/parser/src/utils.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export const isRefIncluded = (
     }
 
     // TODO consider deprecating `patterns` in favor of packages and protos supporting minimatch
-    if (include?.patterns?.some(pattern => minimatch(ref.filename, pattern))) {
+    if (include?.patterns?.some(pattern => Boolean(ref.filename) && minimatch(ref.filename, pattern))) {
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export const isRefIncluded = (
         if (!globPattern.test(pkgName)) {
             return ref.proto.package === pkgName;
         }
-        return minimatch(ref.proto.package, pkgName)
+        return Boolean(ref.proto?.package) && minimatch(ref.proto.package, pkgName)
     });
 
     if (pkgMatched) {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export const isRefIncluded = (
         if (!globPattern.test(protoName)) {
             return ref.filename === protoName;
         }
-        return minimatch(ref.filename, protoName)
+        return Boolean(ref.filename) && minimatch(ref.filename, protoName)
     });
 
     if (protoMatched) {
diff --git a/packages/telescope/src/commands/transpile.ts b/packages/telescope/src/commands/transpile.ts
index 6bd8c8e582..535ba89e0a 100644
--- a/packages/telescope/src/commands/transpile.ts
+++ b/packages/telescope/src/commands/transpile.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ export default async (argv) => {
       message: 'where is the output directory?',
       default: './src/codegen'
     },
+    {
+      _: true,
+      type: 'path',
+      name: 'build',
+      message: 'which files to include. ex: osmosis/**/gamm/**/*.proto or cosmos/bank/v1beta1/bank.proto',
+    },
+    {
+      _: true,
+      type: 'path',
+      name: 'nobuild',
+      message: 'which files to exclude. ex: osmosis/**/gamm/**/*.proto or cosmos/bank/v1beta1/bank.proto',
+    },
     {
       type: 'confirm',
       name: 'includeAminos',
@@ -52,6 +64,8 @@ export default async (argv) => {
   let {
     protoDirs,
     outPath,
+    build,
+    nobuild,
     includeAminos,
     includeLCDClients,
     includeRPCClients,
@@ -61,7 +75,7 @@ export default async (argv) => {
     protoDirs = [protoDirs];
   }
 
-  const options = {
+  const options: any = {
     aminoEncoding: {
       enabled: includeAminos
     },
@@ -73,6 +87,37 @@ export default async (argv) => {
     }
   };
 
+  if(build || nobuild){
+    if(!options.prototypes){
+      options.prototypes = {}
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  if(build){
+    if (!Array.isArray(build)) {
+      build = [build];
+    }
+
+    if(!options.prototypes.includes){
+      options.prototypes.includes = {}
+    }
+
+    options.prototypes.includes.protos = build;
+  }
+
+  if(nobuild){
+    if (!Array.isArray(nobuild)) {
+      nobuild = [nobuild];
+    }
+
+    if(!options.prototypes.excluded){
+      options.prototypes.excluded = {}
+    }
+
+    options.prototypes.excluded.protos = nobuild;
+  }
+
   writeFileSync(
     process.cwd() + '/.telescope.json',
     JSON.stringify(