diff --git a/bin/belt b/bin/belt
index 2770033..f96a09a 100755
--- a/bin/belt
+++ b/bin/belt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-node -r ts-node/register ./react-native/react-native.ts "$@"
+yarn ts-node ./src/cli.ts "$@"
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index e67520d..0000000
--- a/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { program } from "commander";
-
-program
-  .name("thoughtbelt")
-  .description(
-    "Perform project setup and redundant tasks without your pants falling down!"
-  )
-  .command(
-    "react-native <subcommand> [options]",
-    "Perform a React Native task",
-    { executableFile: "react-native/react-native.ts" }
-  )
-  .alias("rn")
-  .alias("expo")
-  .showHelpAfterError()
-  .parse();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f499106..c1a1a44 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "Monorepo for project bootstrapping CLIs",
   "main": "index.js",
+  "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "belt": "bin/belt",
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
diff --git a/react-native/eslint.ts b/react-native/eslint.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index 22cd7ba..0000000
--- a/react-native/eslint.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-console.log('ESLint!')
diff --git a/react-native/prettier.ts b/react-native/prettier.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index 828c5cf..0000000
--- a/react-native/prettier.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-console.log("Prettier!");
diff --git a/react-native/react-native.ts b/react-native/react-native.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 24cbed0..0000000
--- a/react-native/react-native.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import { program } from "commander";
-
-console.log("React Native 🎉");
-
-program
-  .name("thoughtbelt")
-  .description(
-    "Perform React Native and Expo setup and redundant tasks without your pants falling down!"
-  )
-  .command("eslint", "Configure ESLint", { executableFile: "eslint.ts" })
-  .command("prettier", "Configure Prettier", { executableFile: "prettier.ts" })
-  .showHelpAfterError()
-  .parse();
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce238e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { program } from "commander";
+import buildAction from "./util/buildAction";
+
+console.log("React Native 🎉");
+
+export default function runCli() {
+  program
+    .name("thoughtbelt")
+    .description(
+      "Perform React Native and Expo setup and redundant tasks without your pants falling down!"
+    )
+
+    .command("eslint")
+    .description("Configure ESLint")
+    .action(buildAction(import("./commands/eslint")));
+
+  program
+    .command("prettier")
+    .description("Configure Prettier")
+    .action(buildAction(import("./commands/prettier")));
+
+  program.showHelpAfterError().parse();
+}
+
+runCli();
diff --git a/src/commands/eslint.ts b/src/commands/eslint.ts
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5f8c481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/eslint.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default function runEslint() {
+  console.log("ESLint!");
+}
diff --git a/src/commands/prettier.ts b/src/commands/prettier.ts
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5d3bb16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/prettier.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default function runPrettier() {
+  console.log("Prettier!");
+}
diff --git a/src/util/buildAction.ts b/src/util/buildAction.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4013fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/buildAction.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+type AsyncModule = Promise<{
+  default: (...args: unknown[]) => void;
+}>;
+
+/**
+ * builds the action function that is passed to Commander's
+ * program.action.
+ * Eg: program.action(
+ *   buildAction(import('./commands/prettier))
+ * )
+ */
+export default function buildAction(asyncModule: AsyncModule) {
+  return async (...args: unknown[]) => {
+    const module = await asyncModule;
+    module.default(args);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index d2ba263..d945246 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
-    "lib": ["es2019"],
     "target": "es2019",
-    "module": "commonjs",
-    "strict": true,
+    "module": "ES2020",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "noImplicitThis": true,
-    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "strict": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
     "outDir": "./build",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "types": ["node"]
   },
-  "include": ["./**/*"],
+  "ts-node": {
+    "esm": true,
+    "experimentalSpecifierResolution": "node"
+  },
+  "include": ["./**/*"]
 }