diff --git a/packages/worker/package.json b/packages/worker/package.json
index 3da93bab2e..3c94b50555 100644
--- a/packages/worker/package.json
+++ b/packages/worker/package.json
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
     "build": "cd ../.. && nx build @budibase/worker",
     "check:types": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json --noEmit",
     "build:dev": "yarn prebuild && tsc --build --watch --preserveWatchOutput",
-    "run:docker": "node dist/index.cjs",
-    "debug": "yarn build && node --expose-gc --inspect=9223 dist/index.cjs",
+    "run:docker": "node dist/index.js",
+    "debug": "yarn build && node --expose-gc --inspect=9223 dist/index.js",
     "run:docker:cluster": "pm2-runtime start pm2.config.js",
     "predocker": "yarn build",
     "build:docker": "yarn predocker && docker build . -t worker-service --label version=$BUDIBASE_RELEASE_VERSION",
diff --git a/packages/worker/pm2.config.js b/packages/worker/pm2.config.js
index d7b0ea1576..b5fb1880ef 100644
--- a/packages/worker/pm2.config.js
+++ b/packages/worker/pm2.config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = {
   apps: [
     {
-      script: "./dist/index.cjs",
+      script: "./dist/index.js",
       instances: "max",
       exec_mode: "cluster",
     },
diff --git a/packages/worker/project.json b/packages/worker/project.json
index e86909871e..fd200ceb7a 100644
--- a/packages/worker/project.json
+++ b/packages/worker/project.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     "build": {
       "executor": "@nx/esbuild:esbuild",
       "outputs": ["{options.outputPath}"],
-      "defaultConfiguration": "production",
       "options": {
         "main": "packages/worker/src/index.ts",
         "outputPath": "packages/worker/dist",
@@ -18,7 +17,12 @@
             "output": "."
           }
         ],
-        "format": ["cjs"]
+        "format": ["cjs"],
+        "esbuildOptions": {
+          "outExtension": {
+            ".js": ".js"
+          }
+        }
       },
       "configurations": {
         "development": {