diff --git a/templates/single/bin/run b/templates/single/bin/run
deleted file mode 100755
index 74421806d..000000000
--- a/templates/single/bin/run
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-const fs = require('fs')
-const path = require('path')
-const dev = fs.existsSync(path.join(__dirname, '../tsconfig.json'))
-
-if (dev) require('ts-node/register')
-
-require(`../${dev ? 'src' : 'lib'}`).run()
diff --git a/templates/single/bin/run.ts b/templates/single/bin/run.ts
index 6f46d90bb..e242f5a11 100755
--- a/templates/single/bin/run.ts
+++ b/templates/single/bin/run.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 
 const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
-const dev = fs.existsSync(path.join(__dirname, '../tsconfig.json'))
+const project = path.join(__dirname, '../tsconfig.json')
+const dev = fs.existsSync(project)
 
-if (dev) require('ts-node/register')
+if (dev) {
+  require('ts-node').register({project})
+}
 
 require(`../${dev ? 'src' : 'lib'}`).run()
 .catch(require('@oclif/errors/handle'))