diff --git a/src/cli/index.ts b/src/cli/index.ts
index afaeeee..beea7b6 100755
--- a/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bun
-import { APPS_DIR } from '$apps'
 import type { App, LogLine } from '@types'
 import { loadGitignore } from '@gitignore'
 import { program } from 'commander'
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ async function getApp(name: string) {
 
 function isApp(): boolean {
   try {
-    const pkg = JSON.parse(join(process.cwd(), 'package.json'))
+    const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(process.cwd(), 'package.json'), 'utf-8'))
     return !!pkg?.scripts?.toes
   } catch (e) {
     return false