diff --git a/ui-tui/package.json b/ui-tui/package.json
index 5100edbd21..177cdd05a0 100644
--- a/ui-tui/package.json
+++ b/ui-tui/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "tsx --watch src/entry.tsx",
     "start": "tsx src/entry.tsx",
-    "build": "tsc",
+    "build": "tsc && chmod +x dist/entry.js",
     "lint": "eslint src/",
     "lint:fix": "eslint src/ --fix",
     "fmt": "prettier --write 'src/**/*.{ts,tsx}'",
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/entry.tsx b/ui-tui/src/entry.tsx
index 29d0349573..68dc9c0b72 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/entry.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui/src/entry.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 import { render } from 'ink'
 import React from 'react'
 
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/gatewayClient.ts b/ui-tui/src/gatewayClient.ts
index 3326109613..5a3eac5e82 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/gatewayClient.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/gatewayClient.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class GatewayClient extends EventEmitter {
   private pending = new Map<string, Pending>()
 
   start() {
-    const root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../../')
+    const root = process.env.HERMES_ROOT ?? resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../../')
 
     this.proc = spawn(process.env.HERMES_PYTHON ?? resolve(root, 'venv/bin/python'), ['-m', 'tui_gateway.entry'], {
       cwd: root,
diff --git a/ui-tui/tsconfig.json b/ui-tui/tsconfig.json
index fe135bfecb..b7817e13a6 100644
--- a/ui-tui/tsconfig.json
+++ b/ui-tui/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "ES2022",
-    "module": "ESNext",
-    "moduleResolution": "bundler",
+    "module": "nodenext",
+    "moduleResolution": "nodenext",
     "jsx": "react-jsx",
-    "lib": ["ES2022"],
-    "types": ["node"],
-    "strict": true,
-    "esModuleInterop": true,
     "outDir": "dist",
     "rootDir": "src",
-    "skipLibCheck": true
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "declaration": false,
+    "sourceMap": false,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true
   },
-  "include": ["src"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "src/**/*.tsx"],
+  "exclude": ["src/__tests__", "node_modules", "dist"]
 }