diff --git a/construct_typed/generic_wrapper.py b/construct_typed/generic_wrapper.py
index c76974c..197657e 100644
--- a/construct_typed/generic_wrapper.py
+++ b/construct_typed/generic_wrapper.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import enum
 import textwrap
 import typing as t
 
-import construct as cs
-
 ParsedType = t.TypeVar("ParsedType")
 BuildTypes = t.TypeVar("BuildTypes")
 SubconParsedType = t.TypeVar("SubconParsedType")
@@ -14,7 +12,7 @@ ValueType = t.TypeVar("ValueType")
 
 
 if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
-    # while type checking, the original classes are generics, because they are defined in the stubs.
+    # while type checking, the original classes are already generics, because they are defined like this in the stubs.
     from construct import Adapter as Adapter
     from construct import ConstantOrContextLambda as ConstantOrContextLambda
     from construct import Construct as Construct
@@ -24,6 +22,8 @@ if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 
 else:
+    import construct as cs
+
     # at runtime, the original classes are no generics, so whe have to make new classes with generics support
     class Construct(t.Generic[ParsedType, BuildTypes], cs.Construct):
         pass
diff --git a/construct_typed/tstruct.py b/construct_typed/tstruct.py
index f62e99c..a3d35c9 100644
--- a/construct_typed/tstruct.py
+++ b/construct_typed/tstruct.py
@@ -2,41 +2,53 @@ import dataclasses
 import textwrap
 import typing as t
 
-from .generic_wrapper import *
+import construct as cs
 
+from .generic_wrapper import (
+    Adapter,
+    BuildTypes,
+    Construct,
+    Context,
+    ParsedType,
+    PathType,
+)
 
 if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
 
-    class TContainerBase(cs.Container[t.Any]):
-        def __init__(self, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any):
-            ...
+    class _TContainerBase(cs.Container[t.Any]):
+        pass
 
 
 else:
 
-    class TContainerBase(cs.Container):
-        def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-            raise RuntimeError(
-                "this should never be called, because it shoult be overwritten by 'dataclasses.dataclass'"
-            )
+    class _TContainerBase(cs.Container):
+        pass
 
+
+class TContainerBase(_TContainerBase):
+    """
+    Base class for a Container of a TStruct and a TBitStruct.
+
+    Note: this always has to be mixed with "dataclasses.dataclass".
+    """
+
+    def __getattribute__(self, name: str):
         # if accessing via an field via dot access, return the object from the dict
-        def __getattribute__(self, name):
-            if name in self:
-                return self[name]
-            else:
-                return super().__getattribute__(name)
+        if name in self:
+            return self[name]
+        else:
+            return super().__getattribute__(name)
 
-        def __post_init__(self):
-            # 1. fix the __keys_order__ of the cs.Container
-            # 2. append fields with init=False to the dict of the cs.Container
-            self.__keys_order__ = []
-            for field in dataclasses.fields(self):
-                value = getattr(self, field.name)
-                if field.init is True:
-                    self.__keys_order__.append(field.name)                        
-                else:
-                    self[field.name] = value
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        # 1. fix the __keys_order__ of the cs.Container
+        # 2. append fields with init=False to the dict of the cs.Container
+        self.__keys_order__ = []
+        for field in dataclasses.fields(self):
+            value = getattr(self, field.name)
+            if field.init is True:
+                self.__keys_order__.append(field.name)
+            else:
+                self[field.name] = value
 
 
 def TStructField(