diff --git a/esbuild-register.js b/esbuild-register.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe3ef3752a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esbuild-register.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { register } = require('esbuild-register/dist/node')
+
+register({
+	hookMatcher(f) {
+		return f.endsWith('.ts')
+	},
+	// Prevent esbuild from adding a "2" to the names of CC classes for some reason.
+	keepNames: true,
+	// Target the correct node version in transpilation
+	target: `node${process.versions.node}`,
+	// Stick to legacy decorators for now
+	tsconfigRaw: {
+		compilerOptions: {
+			experimentalDecorators: true,
+		},
+	},
+})
diff --git a/nodemon.json b/nodemon.json
index 75caa3afa4..f978108a1e 100644
--- a/nodemon.json
+++ b/nodemon.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-	"watch": ["**/*.ts", "package.json", "tsconfig.json"],
-	"ext": "ts,json",
+	"watch": ["**/*.ts", "package.json", "tsconfig.json", "../node-zwave-js/packages/*/build/**/*.js"],
+	"ext": "ts,json,js",
 	"ignore": ["pkg", "store", "node_modules", "src", "dist", "server"],
-	"exec": "node --inspect=7004 --trace-warnings -r esbuild-register bin/www.ts"
+	"exec": "node --inspect=7004 --trace-warnings -r ./esbuild-register bin/www.ts"
 }
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index 4e204fae93..645e7603cb 100644
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
 					replacement: `${path.resolve(__dirname, 'src')}/$1`,
 				},
 			],
+			preserveSymlinks: true,
 		},
 		define: {
 			__APP_ENV__: JSON.stringify(env.APP_ENV),