diff --git a/apps/entropy-tester/.gitignore b/apps/entropy-tester/.gitignore
index a65b41774a..1521c8b765 100644
--- a/apps/entropy-tester/.gitignore
+++ b/apps/entropy-tester/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-lib
+dist
diff --git a/apps/entropy-tester/cli/run.js b/apps/entropy-tester/cli/run.js
index 88949bac02..200e98ef20 100644
--- a/apps/entropy-tester/cli/run.js
+++ b/apps/entropy-tester/cli/run.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import { main } from "../dist/index.js";
-main();
+main().argv;
diff --git a/apps/entropy-tester/package.json b/apps/entropy-tester/package.json
index ec4f9b4d25..4d687a410f 100644
--- a/apps/entropy-tester/package.json
+++ b/apps/entropy-tester/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@pythnetwork/entropy-tester",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1",
   "description": "Utility to test entropy provider callbacks",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@
     "cli/**/*"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "tsc",
+    "build": "tsc --project tsconfig.build.json",
     "fix:format": "prettier --write .",
     "fix:lint": "eslint --fix .",
     "test:format": "prettier --check .",
     "test:lint": "eslint . --max-warnings 0",
     "test:types": "tsc",
-    "start": "tsc && node cli/run.js"
+    "start:dev": "tsc --project tsconfig.build.json && node cli/run.js",
+    "start:prod": "node cli/run.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/apps/entropy-tester/src/index.ts b/apps/entropy-tester/src/index.ts
index 9269ee62e3..a08972095f 100644
--- a/apps/entropy-tester/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/entropy-tester/src/index.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ const RUN_OPTIONS = {
 } as const;
 
 export const main = function () {
-  yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
+  return yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
     .parserConfiguration({
       "parse-numbers": false,
     })
diff --git a/apps/entropy-tester/tsconfig.build.json b/apps/entropy-tester/tsconfig.build.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3e1b1a3b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/entropy-tester/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "noEmit": false
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/entropy-tester/tsconfig.json b/apps/entropy-tester/tsconfig.json
index fd12d1332d..9f43d9c09e 100644
--- a/apps/entropy-tester/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/entropy-tester/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": "@cprussin/tsconfig/nextjs.json",
-  "include": ["**/*.ts", "**/*.tsx"],
+  "include": ["**/*.ts"],
   "exclude": ["node_modules"]
 }