diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c302ad40..f67723af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ dist/
 node_modules
 api/assets/*.js
 api/assets/*.css
-database.db
\ No newline at end of file
+database.db
+tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/.swcrc b/api/.swcrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 794efbd7..00000000
--- a/api/.swcrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"module": {
-		"type": "commonjs"
-	},
-	"jsc": {
-		"parser": {
-			"syntax": "typescript",
-			"decorators": true
-		},
-		"target": "es2021",
-		"baseUrl": "./",
-		"paths": {
-			"@fosscord/api": ["src/index.ts"],
-			"@fosscord/api/*": ["src/*"]
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/api/package-lock.json b/api/package-lock.json
index 2af8c7b9..f4e7506c 100644
Binary files a/api/package-lock.json and b/api/package-lock.json differ
diff --git a/bundle/.swcrc b/bundle/.swcrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a89b49d..00000000
--- a/bundle/.swcrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"module": {
-		"type": "commonjs"
-	},
-	"jsc": {
-		"parser": {
-			"syntax": "typescript",
-			"decorators": true
-		},
-		"target": "es2021"
-	}
-}
diff --git a/bundle/package-lock.json b/bundle/package-lock.json
index dd80d787..cb8078de 100644
Binary files a/bundle/package-lock.json and b/bundle/package-lock.json differ
diff --git a/bundle/scripts/build.js b/bundle/scripts/build.js
index ba559ecf..9939558d 100644
--- a/bundle/scripts/build.js
+++ b/bundle/scripts/build.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 const { spawn } = require("child_process");
 const path = require("path");
-const { performance } = require("perf_hooks");
 const fs = require("fs");
-const esbuildPluginTsc = require("esbuild-plugin-tsc");
+const { performance } = require("perf_hooks");
 
 let parts = "api,cdn,gateway,bundle".split(",");
 const tscBin = path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", "util", "node_modules", "typescript", "bin", "tsc");
@@ -13,17 +12,49 @@ const swcBin = path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", "util", "node_modules", "@swc",
 function buildPackage(dir) {
 	const element = path.basename(dir);
 
-	require("esbuild").build({
+	return require("esbuild").build({
 		entryPoints: walk(path.join(dir, "src")),
 		bundle: false,
 		outdir: path.join(dir, "dist"),
 		target: "es2021",
-		format: "cjs",
-		plugins: [esbuildPluginTsc({})],
-		keepNames: true,
+		// plugins don't really work because bundle is false
+		keepNames: false,
+		tsconfig: path.join(dir, "tsconfig.json"),
 	});
 }
 
+const importPart = /import (\* as )?(({[^}]+})|(\w+)) from ("[.\w-/@q]+")/g;
+const importMod = /import ("[\w-/@q.]+")/g;
+const exportDefault = /export default/g;
+const exportAllAs = /export \* from (".+")/g;
+const exportMod = /export ({[\w, ]+})/g;
+const exportConst = /export (const|var|let) (\w+)/g;
+const exportPart = /export ((async )?\w+) (\w+)/g;
+
+// resolves tsconfig paths + rewrites es6 imports/exports to require (because esbuild/swc doesn't work properly)
+function transpileFiles() {
+	for (const part of ["gateway", "api", "cdn", "bundle"]) {
+		const files = walk(path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", part, "dist"));
+		for (const file of files) {
+			let content = fs.readFileSync(file, { encoding: "utf8" });
+			console.log(file);
+			content = content
+				.replaceAll(
+					`@fosscord/${part}`,
+					path.relative(file, path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", part, "dist")).slice(3)
+				)
+				.replace(importPart, `const $2 = require($5)`)
+				.replace(importMod, `require($1)`)
+				.replace(exportDefault, `module.exports =`)
+				.replace(exportAllAs, `module.exports = {...(module.exports)||{}, ...require($1)}`)
+				.replace(exportMod, "module.exports = $1")
+				.replace(exportConst, `let $2 = {};\nmodule.exports.$2 = $2`)
+				.replace(exportPart, `module.exports.$3 = $1 $3`);
+			fs.writeFileSync(file, content);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 function util() {
 	// const child = spawn("node", `${swcBin}  src --out-dir dist --sync`.split(" "), {
 	const child = spawn("node", `${tscBin} -b .`.split(" "), {
@@ -41,13 +72,16 @@ function util() {
 }
 
 const start = performance.now();
-console.log("[Build] starting ...");
 
-util();
-for (const part of parts) {
-	buildPackage(path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", part));
+async function main() {
+	console.log("[Build] starting ...");
+	util();
+	await Promise.all(parts.map((part) => buildPackage(path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", part))));
+	transpileFiles();
 }
 
+main();
+
 process.on("exit", () => {
 	console.log("[Build] took " + Math.round(performance.now() - start) + "ms");
 });
@@ -61,7 +95,7 @@ function walk(dir) {
 		if (stat && stat.isDirectory()) {
 			/* Recurse into a subdirectory */
 			results = results.concat(walk(file));
-		} else if (file.endsWith(".ts")) {
+		} else if (file.endsWith(".ts") || file.endsWith(".js")) {
 			/* Is a file */
 			results.push(file);
 		}
diff --git a/bundle/tsconfig.json b/bundle/tsconfig.json
index b300a426..69725244 100644
--- a/bundle/tsconfig.json
+++ b/bundle/tsconfig.json
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 		"skipLibCheck": true /* Skip type checking of declaration files. */,
 		"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true /* Disallow inconsistently-cased references to the same file. */,
 		"emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
-		"experimentalDecorators": true
+		"experimentalDecorators": true,
+		"baseUrl": "."
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cdn/tsconfig.json b/cdn/tsconfig.json
index c80d16fd..249dffff 100644
--- a/cdn/tsconfig.json
+++ b/cdn/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		/* Visit https://aka.ms/tsconfig.json to read more about this file */
 
 		/* Basic Options */
-		"incremental": true,                   /* Enable incremental compilation */
+		"incremental": true /* Enable incremental compilation */,
 		"target": "ES6" /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017', 'ES2018', 'ES2019', 'ES2020', or 'ESNEXT'. */,
 		"module": "commonjs" /* Specify module code generation: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es2015', 'es2020', or 'ESNext'. */,
 		"lib": ["ES2015", "dom"] /* Specify library files to be included in the compilation. */,
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 		"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true /* Disallow inconsistently-cased references to the same file. */,
 		"baseUrl": ".",
 		"paths": {
-			"@fosscord/cdn/": ["src/index"],
+			"@fosscord/cdn": ["src/index"],
 			"@fosscord/cdn/*": ["src/*"]
 		},
 		"plugins": [{ "transform": "@zerollup/ts-transform-paths" }]
diff --git a/gateway/.swcrc b/gateway/.swcrc
index 3079a89f..e8cbb8a1 100644
--- a/gateway/.swcrc
+++ b/gateway/.swcrc
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@
 			"syntax": "typescript",
 			"decorators": true
 		},
-		"target": "es2021",
+		"target": "es5",
 		"baseUrl": ".",
 		"paths": {
-			"@fosscord/gateway": ["src/index"],
-			"@fosscord/gateway/*": ["src/*"]
+			"@fosscord/gateway": ["src/index"]
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/gateway/package-lock.json b/gateway/package-lock.json
index 38962a2a..07ae02f9 100644
Binary files a/gateway/package-lock.json and b/gateway/package-lock.json differ
diff --git a/gateway/tsconfig.json b/gateway/tsconfig.json
index e2ac5b0b..2ad38f93 100644
--- a/gateway/tsconfig.json
+++ b/gateway/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 		/* Visit https://aka.ms/tsconfig.json to read more about this file */
 
 		/* Basic Options */
-		"incremental": true,                   /* Enable incremental compilation */
+		"incremental": true /* Enable incremental compilation */,
 		"target": "ES2020" /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017', 'ES2018', 'ES2019', 'ES2020', or 'ESNEXT'. */,
 		"module": "commonjs" /* Specify module code generation: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es2015', 'es2020', or 'ESNext'. */,
 		"lib": ["ES2015", "ES2020.BigInt", "DOM"] /* Specify library files to be included in the compilation. */,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 		"resolveJsonModule": true,
 		"baseUrl": ".",
 		"paths": {
-			"@fosscord/gateway": ["src/index"],
+			"@fosscord/gateway": ["src/index.ts"],
 			"@fosscord/gateway/*": ["src/*"]
 		},
 		"plugins": [{ "transform": "@zerollup/ts-transform-paths" }]
diff --git a/util/.swcrc b/util/.swcrc
deleted file mode 100644
index a723d37f..00000000
--- a/util/.swcrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"module": {
-		"type": "commonjs"
-	},
-	"jsc": {
-		"parser": {
-			"syntax": "typescript",
-			"decorators": true
-		},
-		"target": "es2021",
-		"transform": {
-			"legacyDecorator": true,
-			"decoratorMetadata": true
-		},
-		"keepClassNames": true,
-		"loose": true
-	}
-}
diff --git a/webrtc/.swcrc b/webrtc/.swcrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a89b49d..00000000
--- a/webrtc/.swcrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"module": {
-		"type": "commonjs"
-	},
-	"jsc": {
-		"parser": {
-			"syntax": "typescript",
-			"decorators": true
-		},
-		"target": "es2021"
-	}
-}