diff --git a/.changeset/breezy-bananas-lay.md b/.changeset/breezy-bananas-lay.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7d185b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/breezy-bananas-lay.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@e2b/code-interpreter-template': patch
+---
+
+updated ijavascript kernel in the template
diff --git a/js/tests/defaultKernels.test.ts b/js/tests/defaultKernels.test.ts
index 5750644a..41bc245b 100644
--- a/js/tests/defaultKernels.test.ts
+++ b/js/tests/defaultKernels.test.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,3 @@ sandboxTest('test ts kernel', async ({ sandbox }) => {
   )
   expect(output.logs.stdout).toEqual(['Hello World!\n'])
 })
-
-sandboxTest('test ts kernel errors', async ({ sandbox }) => {
-  const output = await sandbox.runCode('import x from "module";', {
-    language: 'typescript',
-  })
-  expect(output.error?.name).toEqual('TypeScriptCompilerError')
-})
diff --git a/python/tests/async/test_async_default_kernels.py b/python/tests/async/test_async_default_kernels.py
index 83f92746..88df4a94 100644
--- a/python/tests/async/test_async_default_kernels.py
+++ b/python/tests/async/test_async_default_kernels.py
@@ -13,11 +13,3 @@ async def test_ts_kernel(async_sandbox: AsyncSandbox):
         "const message: string = 'Hello, World!'; console.log(message);", language="ts"
     )
     assert execution.logs.stdout == ["Hello, World!\n"]
-
-
-async def test_ts_kernel_errors(async_sandbox: AsyncSandbox):
-    execution = await async_sandbox.run_code(
-        "import x from 'module';", language="ts"
-    )
-    assert execution.error is not None
-    assert execution.error.name == "TypeScriptCompilerError"
diff --git a/python/tests/sync/test_default_kernels.py b/python/tests/sync/test_default_kernels.py
index 0695defd..71abadfc 100644
--- a/python/tests/sync/test_default_kernels.py
+++ b/python/tests/sync/test_default_kernels.py
@@ -25,8 +25,3 @@ def test_ts_kernel(sandbox: Sandbox):
     execution = sandbox.run_code("const message: string = 'Hello, World!'; console.log(message)", language="ts")
     assert execution.logs.stdout == ["Hello, World!\n"]
 
-
-def test_ts_kernel_errors(sandbox: Sandbox):
-    execution = sandbox.run_code("import x from 'module';", language="ts")
-    assert execution.error is not None
-    assert execution.error.name == "TypeScriptCompilerError"
diff --git a/template/.ts.swcrc b/template/.ts.swcrc
deleted file mode 100644
index cf7cb8d3..00000000
--- a/template/.ts.swcrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://swc.rs/schema.json",
-  "jsc": {
-    "parser": {
-      "syntax": "typescript"
-    }
-  },
-  "module": {
-    "type": "commonjs"
-  },
-  "env": {
-    "targets": "node 20"
-  },
-  "isModule": false
-}
diff --git a/template/Dockerfile b/template/Dockerfile
index 199a5cb0..de40b1c1 100644
--- a/template/Dockerfile
+++ b/template/Dockerfile
@@ -28,13 +28,9 @@ RUN R -e "install.packages('IRkernel', repos='https://cloud.r-project.org')"
 RUN R -e "IRkernel::installspec(user = FALSE, name = 'r', displayname = 'R')"
 
 # Javascript Kernel
-RUN npm install -g --unsafe-perm ijavascript
+RUN npm install -g --unsafe-perm git+https://github.com/e2b-dev/ijavascript.git
 RUN ijsinstall --install=global
 
-## TypeScript compiler
-RUN npm install -g @swc/cli @swc/core
-COPY .ts.swcrc $SERVER_PATH/.ts.swcrc
-
 # Deno Kernel
 COPY --from=denoland/deno:bin-2.0.4 /deno /usr/bin/deno
 RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/deno
diff --git a/template/server/messaging.py b/template/server/messaging.py
index d2894d92..9fe4e081 100644
--- a/template/server/messaging.py
+++ b/template/server/messaging.py
@@ -199,32 +199,6 @@ async def execute(
                         + code
                     )
 
-            if self.language == "typescript":
-                logger.info("Compiling TypeScript: %s", code)
-
-                # call SWC to compile the typescript code
-                try:
-                    compile_result = subprocess.run("swc --config-file .ts.swcrc --filename index.ts".split(), input=code.encode(), capture_output=True)
-
-                    if compile_result.returncode != 0:
-                        logger.error("Error during TypeScript compilation: %s", compile_result.stderr.decode())
-                        yield Error(
-                            name="TypeScriptCompilerError",
-                            value=compile_result.stderr.decode(),
-                            traceback="",
-                        )
-                        return
-
-                    code = compile_result.stdout.decode()
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logger.error("Error starting SWC process: %s", e)
-                    yield Error(
-                        name="TypeScriptCompilerError",
-                        value=str(e),
-                        traceback="",
-                    )
-                    return
-
             logger.info(code)
             request = self._get_execute_request(message_id, code, False)
 
diff --git a/template/test.Dockerfile b/template/test.Dockerfile
index f9302081..600194ff 100644
--- a/template/test.Dockerfile
+++ b/template/test.Dockerfile
@@ -23,13 +23,9 @@ COPY ./template/requirements.txt requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt && ipython kernel install --name "python3" --user
 
 # Javascript Kernel
-RUN npm install -g --unsafe-perm ijavascript
+RUN npm install -g --unsafe-perm git+https://github.com/e2b-dev/ijavascript.git
 RUN ijsinstall --install=global
 
-## TypeScript compiler
-RUN npm install -g @swc/cli @swc/core
-COPY ./template/.ts.swcrc $SERVER_PATH/.ts.swcrc
-
 # Deno Kernel
 COPY --from=denoland/deno:bin-2.0.4 /deno /usr/bin/deno
 RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/deno