diff --git a/.changeset/flat-beds-repeat.md b/.changeset/flat-beds-repeat.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c1740409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/flat-beds-repeat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@ensembleui/js-commons": patch
+---
+
+update filename extension for script artifacts
diff --git a/packages/js-commons/src/core/local-files.ts b/packages/js-commons/src/core/local-files.ts
index dd4cd4c67..41d4dec75 100644
--- a/packages/js-commons/src/core/local-files.ts
+++ b/packages/js-commons/src/core/local-files.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   compact,
   groupBy,
   head,
+  initial,
   isArray,
   isEmpty,
   isNil,
@@ -335,6 +336,10 @@ export const saveArtifact = async (
     pathToWrite = `${artifact.name || artifact.id}.yaml`;
   }
 
+  if (artifact.type === EnsembleDocumentType.Script) {
+    pathToWrite = `${initial(pathToWrite.split(".")).join("")}.js`;
+  }
+
   if (!isAssetOrFont(artifact)) {
     await writeFile(
       join(artifactSubDir, pathToWrite),