diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
index 51f12839ddc9..4cce2fc4ed70 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ describe("wrangler", () => {
       });
       expect(fs.existsSync("./tsconfig.json")).toBe(false);
       expect(mockPackageManager.install).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(packageJson.scripts.start).toBe("wrangler dev src/index.ts");
+      expect(packageJson.scripts.deploy).toBe("wrangler publish src/index.ts");
     });
 
     it("should not touch an existing package.json in the same directory", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/index.tsx b/packages/wrangler/src/index.tsx
index ab34c89dc974..0bd74d2855e8 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/index.tsx
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ export async function main(argv: string[]): Promise<void> {
               {
                 name: "worker",
                 version: "0.0.0",
+                scripts: {
+                  start: "wrangler dev src/index.ts",
+                  deploy: "wrangler publish src/index.ts",
+                },
                 devDependencies: {
                   wrangler: wranglerVersion,
                 },