diff --git a/api/db/generic-json-level.ts b/api/db/generic-json-level.ts
index 80b37ce9..c8bb1bf6 100644
--- a/api/db/generic-json-level.ts
+++ b/api/db/generic-json-level.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   AbstractValueIterator,
 } from "abstract-level"
 import { promises as fs } from "fs"
-import path from "path"
+import path from "path/posix"
 
 interface JSONLevelOptions {}
 
diff --git a/api/db/get-db.ts b/api/db/get-db.ts
index 3d9da27b..862aab86 100644
--- a/api/db/get-db.ts
+++ b/api/db/get-db.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { mkdirSync } from "fs"
-import * as Path from "path"
+import * as Path from "path/posix"
 import { ZodLevelDatabase } from "./zod-level-db"
 
 let globalDb: ZodLevelDatabase | undefined
diff --git a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/check-if-initialized.ts b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/check-if-initialized.ts
index 5f2cea77..f72282da 100644
--- a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/check-if-initialized.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/check-if-initialized.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { AppContext } from "../../util/app-context"
 import kleur from "kleur"
-import * as Path from "path"
+import * as Path from "path/posix"
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "fs"
 
 export const checkIfInitialized = async (ctx: AppContext) => {
diff --git a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/index.ts b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/index.ts
index 3feb2e70..f8ffde48 100644
--- a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/index.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import fs from "fs"
 import kleur from "kleur"
 import posthog from "cli/lib/posthog"
 import open from "open"
-import * as Path from "path"
+import * as Path from "path/posix"
 import prompts from "prompts"
 import { z } from "zod"
 import { AppContext } from "../../util/app-context"
diff --git a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/soupify-and-upload-example-file.ts b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/soupify-and-upload-example-file.ts
index 9dc555b7..c2c0d612 100644
--- a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/soupify-and-upload-example-file.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/soupify-and-upload-example-file.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import kleur from "kleur"
-import { join as joinPath } from "path"
+import { join as joinPath } from "path/posix"
 import { AxiosInstance } from "axios"
 import { readdirSync, readFileSync } from "fs"
 import { soupify } from "cli/lib/soupify"
diff --git a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/start-edit-event-watcher.ts b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/start-edit-event-watcher.ts
index 0635bd13..e43b84b0 100644
--- a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/start-edit-event-watcher.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/start-edit-event-watcher.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { AppContext } from "cli/lib/util/app-context"
 import fg from "fast-glob"
 import fs from "fs"
 import { Project, ts } from "ts-morph"
-import * as Path from "path"
+import * as Path from "path/posix"
 import { deriveSelectorFromPcbComponentId } from "./derive-selector-from-pcb-component-id"
 import type { EditEvent } from "@tscircuit/manual-edit-events"
 import {
diff --git a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/upload-examples-from-directory.ts b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/upload-examples-from-directory.ts
index 3ff87f44..0be267d6 100644
--- a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/upload-examples-from-directory.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/dev/upload-examples-from-directory.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import kleur from "kleur"
-import { join as joinPath } from "path"
+import { join as joinPath } from "path/posix"
 import { AxiosInstance } from "axios"
 import { readdirSync, readFileSync } from "fs"
 import { soupify } from "cli/lib/soupify"
diff --git a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/init/create-or-modify-npmrc.ts b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/init/create-or-modify-npmrc.ts
index e5ad0f76..d461f7f1 100644
--- a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/init/create-or-modify-npmrc.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/init/create-or-modify-npmrc.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { existsSync, writeFileSync } from "fs"
 import kleur from "kleur"
-import * as Path from "path"
+import * as Path from "path/posix"
 import { getGeneratedNpmrc } from "./get-generated-npmrc"
 import { AppContext } from "cli/lib/util/app-context"
 
diff --git a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/init/index.ts b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/init/index.ts
index 57a158af..6fcb2c3e 100644
--- a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/init/index.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/init/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   writeFile,
   appendFileSync,
 } from "fs"
-import * as Path from "node:path"
+import * as Path from "node:path/posix"
 import $ from "dax-sh"
 import { getGeneratedReadme } from "./get-generated-readme"
 import { getGeneratedTsconfig } from "./get-generated-tsconfig"
diff --git a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/open.ts b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/open.ts
index 623b9c73..e9c379d0 100644
--- a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/open.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/open.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "fs"
 import kleur from "kleur"
 import { AppContext } from "cli/lib/util/app-context"
-import * as Path from "path"
+import * as Path from "path/posix"
 import open from "open"
 
 export const openCmd = async (ctx: AppContext, args: any) => {
diff --git a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/publish/index.ts b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/publish/index.ts
index b4d2e8ed..bfb713d7 100644
--- a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/publish/index.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/publish/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import kleur from "kleur"
 import { z } from "zod"
 import { AppContext } from "../../util/app-context"
-import * as Path from "path"
+import * as Path from "path/posix"
 import * as fs from "fs/promises"
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "fs"
 import { getAllPackageFiles } from "cli/lib/util/get-all-package-files"
diff --git a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/render.ts b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/render.ts
index de63ba6e..282afee9 100644
--- a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/render.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/render.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { soupify } from "cli/lib/soupify"
 import type { AppContext } from "cli/lib/util/app-context"
 import fs from "fs"
-import path from "path"
+import path from "path/posix"
 
 export const renderCmd = async (
   ctx: AppContext,
diff --git a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/soupify.ts b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/soupify.ts
index eb0c8838..eff3e92e 100644
--- a/cli/lib/cmd-fns/soupify.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/cmd-fns/soupify.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { AppContext } from "../util/app-context"
 import { z } from "zod"
-import * as Path from "path"
+import * as Path from "path/posix"
 import { unlink } from "node:fs/promises"
 import { soupify } from "cli/lib/soupify"
 import { writeFileSync } from "fs"
diff --git a/cli/lib/export-fns/export-gerbers.ts b/cli/lib/export-fns/export-gerbers.ts
index 6df2d5ef..95fd50de 100644
--- a/cli/lib/export-fns/export-gerbers.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/export-fns/export-gerbers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { AppContext } from "../util/app-context"
 import { z } from "zod"
-import * as Path from "path"
+import * as Path from "path/posix"
 import { unlink } from "node:fs/promises"
 import { soupify } from "cli/lib/soupify"
 import * as fs from "fs"
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export const exportGerbersToFile = async (
     },
     ctx,
   )
+  console.log(soup,'soup')
 
   console.log(kleur.gray("[soup to gerber json]..."))
   const gerber_layer_cmds = convertSoupToGerberCommands(soup, {
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ export const exportGerbersToZipBuffer = async (
 ) => {
   const tempDir = Path.join(".tscircuit", "tmp-gerber-zip")
   fs.mkdirSync(tempDir, { recursive: true })
-
+console.log('step two')
   await exportGerbersToFile(
     {
       example_file_path: params.example_file_path,
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ export const exportGerbersToZipBuffer = async (
     },
     ctx,
   )
+  console.log('step last')
 
   const buffer = fs.readFileSync(Path.join(tempDir, "gerbers.zip"))
 
diff --git a/cli/lib/export-fns/export-pnp-csv.ts b/cli/lib/export-fns/export-pnp-csv.ts
index 512c2313..89800564 100644
--- a/cli/lib/export-fns/export-pnp-csv.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/export-fns/export-pnp-csv.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { AppContext } from "../util/app-context"
 import { z } from "zod"
-import * as Path from "path"
+import * as Path from "path/posix"
 import { unlink } from "node:fs/promises"
 import { soupify } from "cli/lib/soupify"
 import { convertCircuitJsonToPickAndPlaceCsv } from "circuit-json-to-pnp-csv"
diff --git a/cli/lib/soupify/get-tmp-entrpoint-filepath.ts b/cli/lib/soupify/get-tmp-entrpoint-filepath.ts
index 4911c49d..6b008a89 100644
--- a/cli/lib/soupify/get-tmp-entrpoint-filepath.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/soupify/get-tmp-entrpoint-filepath.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import Path from "node:path"
+import Path from "node:path/posix"
 import fs from "fs/promises"
 
 export const getTmpEntrypointFilePath = async (filePath: string) => {
diff --git a/cli/lib/soupify/run-entrypoint-file.ts b/cli/lib/soupify/run-entrypoint-file.ts
index 4032e33b..59e5f354 100644
--- a/cli/lib/soupify/run-entrypoint-file.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/soupify/run-entrypoint-file.ts
@@ -17,44 +17,58 @@ export const runEntrypointFile = async (
   }: { tmpEntrypointPath: string; tmpOutputPath: string },
   ctx: Pick<AppContext, "runtime" | "params">,
 ) => {
+  try{
+  console.log(1)
   debug(`using runtime ${ctx.runtime}`)
   const processCmdPart1 =
     ctx.runtime === "node"
       ? $`npx tsx ${tmpEntrypointPath}`
       : $`bun ${tmpEntrypointPath}`
+      console.log(2)
 
   debug(`starting process....`)
-  const processResult = await processCmdPart1
-    .stdout(debug.enabled ? "inheritPiped" : "piped")
+  console.log(debug.enabled)
+  
+  try{
+    const processResult = await processCmdPart1
     .stderr(debug.enabled ? "inheritPiped" : "piped")
-    .noThrow()
-
+    .stdout(debug.enabled ? "inheritPiped" : "piped")
+  }catch(e){
+    console.log(e)
+  }
+    
+ console.log(tmpOutputPath
+ )
   const rawSoup = await readFile(tmpOutputPath, "utf-8")
-  const errText = processResult.stderr
+  // const errText = processResult.stderr
 
+  console.log(4)
   if (ctx.params.cleanup !== false) {
     debug(`deleting ${tmpEntrypointPath}`)
     await unlink(tmpEntrypointPath)
     debug(`deleting ${tmpOutputPath}`)
     await unlink(tmpOutputPath)
   }
-
+  
   try {
     debug(`parsing result of soupify...`)
     const soup = JSON.parse(rawSoup)
-
+    
     if (soup.COMPILE_ERROR) {
       // console.log(kleur.red(`Failed to compile ${filePath}`))
       console.log(kleur.red(soup.COMPILE_ERROR))
       throw new Error(soup.COMPILE_ERROR)
     }
-
+    console.log('final')
     return soup
   } catch (e: any) {
     // console.log(kleur.red(`Failed to parse result of soupify: ${e.toString()}`))
     const t = Date.now()
     console.log(`Dumping raw output to .tscircuit/err-${t}.log`)
-    writeFileSync(`.tscircuit/err-${t}.log`, rawSoup + "\n\n" + errText)
-    throw new Error(errText)
+    // writeFileSync(`.tscircuit/err-${t}.log`, rawSoup + "\n\n" + errText)
+    // throw new Error(errText)
   }
+}catch(e){
+  console.log(e)
+}
 }
diff --git a/cli/lib/soupify/soupify-with-core.ts b/cli/lib/soupify/soupify-with-core.ts
index e06e6f37..f209477b 100644
--- a/cli/lib/soupify/soupify-with-core.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/soupify/soupify-with-core.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { AppContext } from "../util/app-context"
 import { z } from "zod"
 import $ from "dax-sh"
-import * as Path from "path"
+import * as Path from "path/posix"
 import { unlink } from "node:fs/promises"
 import kleur from "kleur"
 import { writeFileSync } from "fs"
@@ -22,53 +22,51 @@ export const soupifyWithCore = async (
   ctx: Pick<AppContext, "runtime" | "params">,
 ) => {
   let { filePath, exportName } = params
-
   exportName ??= await getExportNameFromFile(filePath)
 
-  const { tmpEntrypointPath, tmpOutputPath } =
-    await getTmpEntrypointFilePath(filePath)
-
+  
+  let { tmpEntrypointPath, tmpOutputPath } = await getTmpEntrypointFilePath(filePath)
   // Remove existing entrypoint or tmp output files
   await fs.unlink(tmpEntrypointPath).catch(() => {})
   await fs.unlink(tmpOutputPath).catch(() => {})
-
   debug(`writing to ${tmpEntrypointPath}`)
   writeFileSync(
     tmpEntrypointPath,
     `
-import React from "react"
-import { Circuit } from "@tscircuit/core"
-import * as EXPORTS from "./${Path.basename(filePath)}"
-import { writeFileSync } from "node:fs"
-
-const Component = EXPORTS["${exportName}"]
-
-const project = new Circuit()
-
-try {
-  project.add(<Component />)
-} catch (e: any) {
-  console.log("[during .add()] ", e.toString())
-  writeFileSync("${tmpOutputPath}", JSON.stringify({
-    COMPILE_ERROR: e.toString() + "\\n\\n" + e.stack,
-  }))
-  throw e
-}
-
-try {
-  project.render()
-} catch (e: any) {
-  console.log(e.toString())
-  writeFileSync("${tmpOutputPath}", JSON.stringify({
-    COMPILE_ERROR: e.toString() + "\\n\\n" + e.stack,
-  }))
-  throw e
-}
-
-
-writeFileSync("${tmpOutputPath}", JSON.stringify(project.getCircuitJson()))
-`.trim(),
-  )
-
-  return await runEntrypointFile({ tmpEntrypointPath, tmpOutputPath }, ctx)
-}
+    import React from "react"
+    import { Circuit } from "@tscircuit/core"
+    import * as EXPORTS from "./${Path.basename(filePath)}"
+    import { writeFileSync } from "node:fs"
+    
+    const Component = EXPORTS["${exportName}"]
+    
+    const project = new Circuit()
+    
+    try {
+      project.add(<Component />)
+      } catch (e: any) {
+        console.log("[during .add()] ", e.toString())
+        writeFileSync("${tmpOutputPath}", JSON.stringify({
+          COMPILE_ERROR: e.toString() + "\\n\\n" + e.stack,
+          }))
+          throw e
+          }
+          
+          try {
+            project.render()
+            } catch (e: any) {
+              console.log(e.toString())
+              writeFileSync("${tmpOutputPath}", JSON.stringify({
+                COMPILE_ERROR: e.toString() + "\\n\\n" + e.stack,
+                }))
+                throw e
+                }
+                
+                
+                writeFileSync("${tmpOutputPath}", JSON.stringify(project.getCircuitJson()))
+                `.trim(),
+              )
+              
+              return await runEntrypointFile({ tmpEntrypointPath, tmpOutputPath }, ctx)
+            }
+            
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cli/lib/util/lint-project.ts b/cli/lib/util/lint-project.ts
index 3dadd117..73bbf40c 100644
--- a/cli/lib/util/lint-project.ts
+++ b/cli/lib/util/lint-project.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as ts from "typescript"
 import * as fs from "fs"
-import * as path from "path"
+import * as path from "path/posix"
 
 interface LintResult {
   filePath: string
diff --git a/cli/tests/export-gerber-keyboard.test.ts b/cli/tests/export-gerber-keyboard.test.ts
index 610f3754..a24a9076 100644
--- a/cli/tests/export-gerber-keyboard.test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/export-gerber-keyboard.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { test, expect, describe } from "bun:test"
 import { $ } from "bun"
 import { temporaryDirectory } from "tempy"
-import { join } from "path"
+import { join } from "path/posix"
 import { existsSync } from "fs"
 
 test("tsci export gerbers --input example-project/examples/macrokeypad.tsx", async () => {
diff --git a/cli/tests/export-gerber.test.ts b/cli/tests/export-gerber.test.ts
index 21709b8b..135844cf 100644
--- a/cli/tests/export-gerber.test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/export-gerber.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { test, expect, describe } from "bun:test"
 import { $ } from "bun"
 import { temporaryDirectory } from "tempy"
-import { join } from "path"
+import { join } from "path/posix"
 import { existsSync, readdirSync, readFileSync } from "fs"
 import extract from "extract-zip"
 import pcbStackup from "pcb-stackup"
diff --git a/cli/tests/export-kicad-pcb.test.ts b/cli/tests/export-kicad-pcb.test.ts
index 9ce7b342..b35ddce8 100644
--- a/cli/tests/export-kicad-pcb.test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/export-kicad-pcb.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { test, expect, describe } from "bun:test"
 import { $ } from "bun"
 import { temporaryDirectory } from "tempy"
-import { join } from "path"
+import { join } from "path/posix"
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "fs"
 
 test("tsci export kicad_pcb --input example-project/examples/macrokeypad.tsx", async () => {