diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bfa34c1..c992673 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ coverage
 locales/
 package-lock.json
 yarn.lock
+examples/**/dist
 
 Thumbs.db
 tmp/
diff --git a/examples/typescript-jobserver/index.ts b/examples/typescript-jobserver/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..759f3f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/typescript-jobserver/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import process from 'node:process';
+import * as path from 'node:path';
+import Bree from 'bree';
+
+const bree = new Bree({
+  /**
+   * Always set the root option when doing any type of
+   * compiling with bree. This just makes it clearer where
+   * bree should resolve the jobs folder from. By default it
+   * resolves to the jobs folder relative to where the program
+   * is executed.
+   */
+  root: path.join(__dirname, 'jobs'),
+  /**
+   * We only need the default extension to be "ts"
+   * when we are running the app with ts-node - otherwise
+   * the compiled-to-js code still needs to use JS
+   */
+  defaultExtension: process.env.TS_NODE ? 'ts' : 'js',
+  acceptedExtensions: ['.ts', '.js'],
+  jobs: [
+    { cron: '* * * * *', name: 'job' },
+    { cron: '* * * * *', name: 'defaults' }
+  ]
+});
+
+(async () => {
+  await bree.start();
+})();
diff --git a/examples/typescript-jobserver/jobs/defaults.ts b/examples/typescript-jobserver/jobs/defaults.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17f7599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/typescript-jobserver/jobs/defaults.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { parentPort } from 'node:worker_threads';
+import process from 'node:process';
+
+console.log('Hello TypeScript Defaults!');
+
+// signal to parent that the job is done
+if (parentPort) parentPort.postMessage('done');
+// eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-process-exit
+else process.exit(0);
diff --git a/examples/typescript-jobserver/jobs/job.ts b/examples/typescript-jobserver/jobs/job.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..981171c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/typescript-jobserver/jobs/job.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { parentPort } from 'node:worker_threads';
+import process from 'node:process';
+
+console.log('Hello TypeScript!');
+
+// signal to parent that the job is done
+if (parentPort) parentPort.postMessage('done');
+// eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-process-exit
+else process.exit(0);
diff --git a/examples/typescript-jobserver/package.json b/examples/typescript-jobserver/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8242d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/typescript-jobserver/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "name": "bree-js-example-jobserver",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "basic bree typescript jobserver example",
+  "main": "index.ts",
+  "author": "Mike Valstar <mike@valstar.dev> (https://valstar.dev/)",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@tsconfig/node20": "^20.1.2",
+    "@types/node": "^20.8.0",
+    "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
+    "tslib": "^2.6.2",
+    "typescript": "^5.2.2"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "TS_NODE=true NODE_OPTIONS=\"-r ts-node/register\" node index.ts",
+    "start": "rm -rf dist && tsc && node dist/index.js"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "bree": "latest"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/typescript-jobserver/tsconfig.json b/examples/typescript-jobserver/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8801e72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/typescript-jobserver/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "extends": "@tsconfig/node20/tsconfig.json",
+  "include": ["**/*.ts", "jobs/index.js"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
+    "esModuleInterop": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/job-builder.js b/src/job-builder.js
index 0ebd181..54965ae 100644
--- a/src/job-builder.js
+++ b/src/job-builder.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const isSANB = require('is-string-and-not-blank');
 const isValidPath = require('is-valid-path');
 const later = require('@breejs/later');
 const { boolean } = require('boolean');
-const { isSchedule, parseValue } = require('./job-utils');
+const { isSchedule, parseValue, getJobPath } = require('./job-utils');
 
 later.date.localTime();
 
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ const buildJob = (job, config) => {
   if (isSANB(job)) {
     const path = join(
       config.root,
-      config.acceptedExtensions.some((ext) => job.endsWith(ext))
-        ? job
-        : `${job}.${config.defaultExtension}`
+      getJobPath(job, config.acceptedExtensions, config.defaultExtension)
     );
 
     const jobObject = {
@@ -61,9 +59,11 @@ const buildJob = (job, config) => {
       ? job.path
       : join(
           config.root,
-          config.acceptedExtensions.some((ext) => job.name.endsWith(ext))
-            ? job.name
-            : `${job.name}.${config.defaultExtension}`
+          getJobPath(
+            job.name,
+            config.acceptedExtensions,
+            config.defaultExtension
+          )
         );
 
     if (isValidPath(path)) {
diff --git a/src/job-utils.js b/src/job-utils.js
index 7d28c13..2d6037b 100644
--- a/src/job-utils.js
+++ b/src/job-utils.js
@@ -95,9 +95,34 @@ const getJobNames = (jobs, excludeIndex) => {
   return names;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Processes job name to generate a partial path for the job
+ * Allows for resiliancy when the path extensions are either
+ * provided or not on both default and accepted extensions
+ *
+ * @param {string} name
+ * @param {number} acceptedExtensions
+ * @param {string} defaultExtension
+ * @returns {string} job path
+ */
+const getJobPath = (name, acceptedExtensions, defaultExtension) => {
+  const extFindArray = acceptedExtensions.map((ext) => {
+    return ext.startsWith('.') ? ext : `.${ext}`;
+  });
+
+  const hasExt = extFindArray.find((ext) => name.endsWith(ext));
+
+  if (hasExt) return name;
+
+  return defaultExtension.startsWith('.')
+    ? `${name}${defaultExtension}`
+    : `${name}.${defaultExtension}`;
+};
+
 module.exports = {
   getHumanToMs,
   getJobNames,
+  getJobPath,
   getName,
   isSchedule,
   parseValue
diff --git a/src/job-validator.js b/src/job-validator.js
index 71a8f7f..35b1ffa 100644
--- a/src/job-validator.js
+++ b/src/job-validator.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const cron = require('cron-validate');
 const isSANB = require('is-string-and-not-blank');
 const isValidPath = require('is-valid-path');
 
-const { getName, isSchedule, parseValue } = require('./job-utils');
+const { getName, isSchedule, parseValue, getJobPath } = require('./job-utils');
 
 const validateReservedJobName = (name) => {
   // Don't allow a job to have the `index` file name
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ const validateStringJob = async (job, i, config) => {
 
   const path = join(
     config.root,
-    config.acceptedExtensions.some((ext) => job.endsWith(ext))
-      ? job
-      : `${job}.${config.defaultExtension}`
+    getJobPath(job, config.acceptedExtensions, config.defaultExtension)
   );
 
   const stats = await fs.promises.stat(path);
@@ -86,9 +84,11 @@ const validateJobPath = async (job, prefix, config) => {
       ? job.path
       : join(
           config.root,
-          config.acceptedExtensions.some((ext) => job.name.endsWith(ext))
-            ? job.name
-            : `${job.name}.${config.defaultExtension}`
+          getJobPath(
+            job.name,
+            config.acceptedExtensions,
+            config.defaultExtension
+          )
         );
     if (isValidPath(path)) {
       try {