diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index cb59bf7c69..99771adbd3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
   "name": "@budibase/cli",
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "description": "Budibase CLI, for developers, self hosting and migrations.",
-  "main": "dist/src/index.js",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
   "bin": {
-    "budi": "dist/src/index.js"
+    "budi": "dist/index.js"
   },
   "author": "Budibase",
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "scripts": {
     "prebuild": "rm -rf prebuilds 2> /dev/null && cp -r ../../node_modules/leveldown/prebuilds prebuilds",
     "rename": "renamer --find .node --replace .fake 'prebuilds/**'",
-    "tsc": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
+    "tsc": "node ../../scripts/build.js",
     "pkg": "pkg . --out-path build --no-bytecode --public --public-packages \"*\" -C GZip",
     "build": "yarn prebuild && yarn rename && yarn tsc && yarn pkg && yarn postbuild",
     "check:types": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit --paths null",
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@
   },
   "pkg": {
     "targets": [
-      "node16-linux",
-      "node16-win",
-      "node16-macos"
+      "node18-linux",
+      "node18-win",
+      "node18-macos"
     ],
     "assets": [
-      "node_modules/@budibase/backend-core/dist/**/*",
       "prebuilds/**/*"
     ],
     "outputPath": "build"
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/prebuilds.ts b/packages/cli/src/prebuilds.ts
index 17e084160a..21f3042274 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/prebuilds.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/prebuilds.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { error } from "./utils"
 
 const PREBUILDS = "prebuilds"
 const ARCH = `${os.platform()}-${os.arch()}`
-const PREBUILD_DIR = join(process.execPath, "..", PREBUILDS, ARCH)
+const PREBUILD_DIR = join(process.execPath, "..", "cli", PREBUILDS, ARCH)
 
 // running as built CLI pkg bundle
 if (!process.argv[0].includes("node")) {
@@ -13,17 +13,19 @@ if (!process.argv[0].includes("node")) {
 }
 
 function checkForBinaries() {
-  const readDir = join(__filename, "..", "..", "..", PREBUILDS, ARCH)
+  const readDir = join(__filename, "..", "..", "..", "cli", PREBUILDS, ARCH)
   if (fs.existsSync(PREBUILD_DIR) || !fs.existsSync(readDir)) {
     return
   }
   const natives = fs.readdirSync(readDir)
   if (fs.existsSync(readDir)) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(PREBUILD_DIR, { recursive: true })
+    const writePath = join(process.execPath, PREBUILDS, ARCH)
+    fs.mkdirSync(writePath, { recursive: true })
     for (let native of natives) {
       const filename = `${native.split(".fake")[0]}.node`
-      fs.cpSync(join(readDir, native), join(PREBUILD_DIR, filename))
+      fs.cpSync(join(readDir, native), join(writePath, filename))
     }
+    console.log("copied something")
   }
 }
 
@@ -39,8 +41,9 @@ function cleanup(evt?: number) {
     )
     console.error(error(evt))
   }
-  if (fs.existsSync(PREBUILD_DIR)) {
-    fs.rmSync(PREBUILD_DIR, { recursive: true })
+  const path = join(process.execPath, PREBUILDS)
+  if (fs.existsSync(path)) {
+    fs.rmSync(path, { recursive: true })
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
index 8b2d44aec8..34a89f54c3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@
     "incremental": true,
     "types": [ "node", "jest" ],
     "outDir": "dist",
-    "skipLibCheck": true
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "paths": {
+      "@budibase/types": ["../types/src"],
+      "@budibase/backend-core": ["../backend-core/src"],
+      "@budibase/backend-core/*": ["../backend-core/*"]
+    }
   },
   "include": [
     "src/**/*"
diff --git a/packages/cli/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
index c2935129a8..6ca641e214 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@
     "declaration": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
     "baseUrl": ".",
-    "resolveJsonModule": true,
-    "paths": {
-      "@budibase/types": ["../types/src"],
-      "@budibase/backend-core": ["../backend-core/src"],
-      "@budibase/backend-core/*": ["../backend-core/*"]
-    }
+    "resolveJsonModule": true
   },
   "ts-node": {
     "require": ["tsconfig-paths/register"],