diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 33e0f71..7ed7687 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
         "remark-preset-lint-markdown-style-guide": "^5.1.3",
         "remark-preset-lint-recommended": "^6.1.3",
         "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
-        "tsc": "^2.0.4",
         "tsc-watch": "^6.0.4",
         "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
         "typescript": "^5.3.2"
@@ -12756,15 +12755,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/tsc": {
-      "version": "2.0.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tsc/-/tsc-2.0.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-fzoSieZI5KKJVBYGvwbVZs/J5za84f2lSTLPYf6AGiIf43tZ3GNrI1QzTLcjtyDDP4aLxd46RTZq1nQxe7+k5Q==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "bin": {
-        "tsc": "bin/tsc"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/tsc-watch": {
       "version": "6.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tsc-watch/-/tsc-watch-6.0.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8d0fd8c..99ac644 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
   "name": "boilerplate-backend",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "The IT4C Boilerplate for backends",
-  "main": "build/index.js",
-  "type": "module",
+  "main": "build/index.ts",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/IT4Change/boilerplate-backend.git"
@@ -16,8 +15,14 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/IT4Change/boilerplate-backend/issues"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "watch": "nodemon --watch './**/*.{ts,graphql}' --exec 'node --loader ts-node/esm' src/index.ts",
-    "dev": "tsc-watch  --noClear --onSuccess \"npm run watch\"",
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "server": "node --loader ts-node/esm ./src/index.ts",
+    "server:dev": "npm run server",
+    "server:prod": "NODE_ENV=production npm run server",
+    "gdd": "TZ=UTC nodemon -w src --ext ts,pug,json,css --exec ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register src/index.ts",
+    "watch2": "nodemon -w src --ext ts,pug,json,css --exec ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register src/index.ts",
+    "watch": "nodemon --watch './**/*.{ts,graphql}' --exec 'node --no-warnings=ExperimentalWarning --loader ts-node/esm' src/index.ts",
+    "dev": "tsc-watch --noClear --onSuccess \"npm run watch\"",
     "test:lint": "npm run test:lint:eslint && npm run test:lint:remark",
     "test:lint:eslint": "eslint --ext .ts,.tsx,.js,.jsx,.json,.yml,.yaml --max-warnings 0 --ignore-path .gitignore .",
     "test:lint:remark": "remark . --quiet --frail"
@@ -53,7 +58,6 @@
     "remark-preset-lint-markdown-style-guide": "^5.1.3",
     "remark-preset-lint-recommended": "^6.1.3",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
-    "tsc": "^2.0.4",
     "tsc-watch": "^6.0.4",
     "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
     "typescript": "^5.3.2"
diff --git a/src/graphql/schema.ts b/src/graphql/schema.ts
index df2d0bb..d99378f 100644
--- a/src/graphql/schema.ts
+++ b/src/graphql/schema.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 import path from 'path'
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
 import { GraphQLSchema } from 'graphql'
 import { buildSchema } from 'type-graphql'
 
-const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
-const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename)
-
 export const schema = async (): Promise<GraphQLSchema> => {
   return buildSchema({
     resolvers: [path.join(__dirname, 'resolvers', `!(*.spec).{ts,js}`)],
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 15546e1..1c9aabb 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "target": "ESNext",
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
-    "module": "ESNext",
+    "module": "commonjs",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "lib": ["ESNext"],
@@ -14,8 +14,5 @@
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "strict": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true
-  },
-  "ts-node": {
-    "experimentalSpecifierResolution": "node"
   }
 }