diff --git a/express/run.sh b/express/run.sh
index 725e61c..3fbad7d 100755
--- a/express/run.sh
+++ b/express/run.sh
@@ -1,32 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# XXX should we default to strict or non-strict here?
-
 set -eu
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
-run_dir="$DIR"
+cd "$DIR"
 
-source "$run_dir"/../framework/shims/common
-source "$run_dir"/../framework/shims/node.common
-
-strict_arg="${1:---no-strict}"
-
-if [[ "$strict_arg" = "--strict" ]] ; then
-    strict="yes"
-else
-    strict="no"
-fi
-
-cmd="tsx"
-if [[ "strict" = "yes" ]] ; then
-    cmd="ts-node"
-fi
-
-cd "$run_dir"
-
-"$run_dir"/check.sh
-#echo checked
-# $ROOT/cmd "$cmd" $run_dir/app.ts
-../cmd node "$run_dir"/out/app.js
+exec ../cmd node dist/index.js
diff --git a/master/runexpress.go b/master/runexpress.go
index 9b2e2c4..9de84b0 100644
--- a/master/runexpress.go
+++ b/master/runexpress.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func runExpress(changes <-chan FileChange) {
 
 	// Helper to start the express process
 	startExpress := func() *exec.Cmd {
-		cmd := exec.Command("node", "../express/dist/index.js")
+		cmd := exec.Command("../express/run.sh")
 		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr