diff --git a/apps/server/package.json b/apps/server/package.json
index 86df2ccdd..1d5e8900c 100644
--- a/apps/server/package.json
+++ b/apps/server/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "objectstack serve --dev",
     "start": "objectstack serve",
-    "build": "tsc && objectstack compile",
+    "build": "objectstack compile",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "test": "objectstack test",
     "test:e2e": "tsx test/e2e.test.ts",
diff --git a/apps/server/tsconfig.json b/apps/server/tsconfig.json
index bde7518f8..940a25499 100644
--- a/apps/server/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/server/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "./dist",
-    "rootDir": "./src",
-    "module": "NodeNext"
+    "rootDir": ".",
+    "module": "NodeNext",
+    "skipLibCheck": true
   },
-  "include": ["src/**/*"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
+  "include": ["*.ts", "lib/**/*.ts", "server/**/*.ts", "api/**/*.ts"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist", "test"]
 }