diff --git a/create-vite-express/templates/react-ts/package.json b/create-vite-express/templates/react-ts/package.json
index c8819f8..9e4be83 100644
--- a/create-vite-express/templates/react-ts/package.json
+++ b/create-vite-express/templates/react-ts/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
+    "tsx": "^4.3.0",
     "typescript": "^5.3.2",
     "vite-express": "*"
   },
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.2.16",
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.2.0",
     "nodemon": "^3.0.1",
-    "tsx": "^4.3.0",
     "vite": "^5.0.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/create-vite-express/templates/vanilla-ts/package.json b/create-vite-express/templates/vanilla-ts/package.json
index f718d85..a809684 100644
--- a/create-vite-express/templates/vanilla-ts/package.json
+++ b/create-vite-express/templates/vanilla-ts/package.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   "private": true,
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "nodemon src/server/main.ts -w src/server",
-    "start": "NODE_ENV=production ts-node src/server/main.ts",
+    "dev": "nodemon -w src/server -x tsx src/server/main.ts",
+    "start": "NODE_ENV=production tsx src/server/main.ts",
     "build": "vite build"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "express": "^4.18.2",
+    "tsx": "^4.5.0",
     "typescript": "^5.3.2",
     "vite-express": "*"
   }
diff --git a/create-vite-express/templates/vanilla/package.json b/create-vite-express/templates/vanilla/package.json
index 0342538..6d9b67b 100644
--- a/create-vite-express/templates/vanilla/package.json
+++ b/create-vite-express/templates/vanilla/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "name": "vite-starter",
   "private": true,
   "version": "0.0.0",
+  "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "nodemon src/server/main.js -w src/server",
     "start": "NODE_ENV=production node src/server/main.js",
diff --git a/create-vite-express/templates/vanilla/src/server/main.js b/create-vite-express/templates/vanilla/src/server/main.js
index 620f53b..9323e3f 100644
--- a/create-vite-express/templates/vanilla/src/server/main.js
+++ b/create-vite-express/templates/vanilla/src/server/main.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-const express = require("express");
-const ViteExpress = require("vite-express");
+import express from "express";
+import ViteExpress from "vite-express";
 
 const app = express();