diff --git a/express/tsconfig.json b/express/tsconfig.json
index 3381805..a1cccc6 100644
--- a/express/tsconfig.json
+++ b/express/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
         "strict": true,
         "types": ["node"],
         "outDir": "out"
-    }
+    },
+    "exclude": ["**/*.spec.ts", "**/*.test.ts"]
 }
diff --git a/framework/cmd.d/test b/framework/cmd.d/test
index 5196eea..09a0b3a 100755
--- a/framework/cmd.d/test
+++ b/framework/cmd.d/test
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-shopt -s globstar nullglob
-
 DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 
 cd "$DIR/../../express"
 
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
-    "$DIR"/../shims/pnpm tsx --test ./**/*.spec.ts ./**/*.test.ts
+    # Find all test files - use -print0/xargs to handle filenames safely
+    find . -type f \( -name '*.spec.ts' -o -name '*.test.ts' \) -print0 | \
+        xargs -0 "$DIR"/../shims/pnpm tsx --test
 else
     "$DIR"/../shims/pnpm tsx --test "$@"
 fi