diff --git a/packages/core/index.ts b/packages/core/index.ts
index fd60a2d18..2f4bc3e60 100644
--- a/packages/core/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/index.ts
@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@ export * from './src/reflection.js';
 export * from './src/url.js';
 export * from './src/array.js';
 export * from './src/types.js';
-export * from './src/path.js';
+
+// export * does not work for some reason
+// we get: packages/framework/src/debug/media.controller.ts:14:25 - error TS2305: Module '"@deepkit/core"' has no exported member 'pathJoin'.
+// exporting it explicitly works.
+export { pathDirectory, pathJoin, pathExtension, pathNormalize, pathBasename } from './src/path.js';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/path.ts b/packages/core/src/path.ts
index cc8030a88..190256fdc 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/path.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/path.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /**
  * Normalizes the given path.
  * Removes duplicate slashes, removes trailing slashes, adds a leading slash.
diff --git a/packages/filesystem-aws-s3/tests/filesystem.spec.ts b/packages/filesystem-aws-s3/tests/filesystem.spec.ts
index 116110502..6bdf1bb6c 100644
--- a/packages/filesystem-aws-s3/tests/filesystem.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/filesystem-aws-s3/tests/filesystem.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { expect, test } from '@jest/globals';
-import './filesystem.spec.js';
 import { adapterFactory, setAdapterFactory } from '@deepkit/filesystem/test';
 import { FilesystemAwsS3Adapter } from '../src/s3-adapter.js';
 import { DeleteObjectsCommand, ListObjectsCommand } from '@aws-sdk/client-s3';
diff --git a/packages/filesystem-ftp/tests/filesystem.spec.ts b/packages/filesystem-ftp/tests/filesystem.spec.ts
index 9a1b136a2..da979441b 100644
--- a/packages/filesystem-ftp/tests/filesystem.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/filesystem-ftp/tests/filesystem.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { test } from '@jest/globals';
-import './filesystem.spec.js';
 import { setAdapterFactory } from '@deepkit/filesystem/test';
 import { FilesystemFtpAdapter } from '../src/ftp-adapter.js';
 import { platform } from 'os';
diff --git a/packages/filesystem-google/tests/filesystem.spec.ts b/packages/filesystem-google/tests/filesystem.spec.ts
index e3bb66e13..8631de001 100644
--- a/packages/filesystem-google/tests/filesystem.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/filesystem-google/tests/filesystem.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { test } from '@jest/globals';
-import './filesystem.spec.js';
 import { Filesystem } from '@deepkit/filesystem';
 import { adapterFactory, setAdapterFactory } from '@deepkit/filesystem/test';
 import { FilesystemGoogleAdapter } from '../src/google-adapter.js';
diff --git a/packages/filesystem-sftp/tests/filesystem.spec.ts b/packages/filesystem-sftp/tests/filesystem.spec.ts
index 997418ec8..d4fd17e12 100644
--- a/packages/filesystem-sftp/tests/filesystem.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/filesystem-sftp/tests/filesystem.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { test } from '@jest/globals';
-import './storage.spec.js';
 import { setAdapterFactory } from '@deepkit/filesystem/test';
 import { FilesystemSftpAdapter } from '../src/sftp-adapter.js';
 import { platform } from 'os';
diff --git a/packages/framework/tsconfig.json b/packages/framework/tsconfig.json
index acf9fb9ba..175db8010 100644
--- a/packages/framework/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/framework/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "preserveSymlinks": true,
     "target": "es2018",
     "module": "CommonJS",
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "outDir": "./dist/cjs",
     "declaration": true,
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@
     "src",
     "jsx",
     "tests",
-    "benchmark",
     "index.ts",
     "jsx-runtime.ts",
     "loader.ts"
diff --git a/packages/orm-browser/package-lock.json b/packages/orm-browser/package-lock.json
index a2f3e3968..bdeac68d3 100644
--- a/packages/orm-browser/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/orm-browser/package-lock.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 			"version": "1.0.1-alpha.103",
 			"license": "MIT",
 			"devDependencies": {
+				"@types/node": "20.6.0",
 				"rxjs": "~7.5.0"
 			},
 			"peerDependencies": {
@@ -808,13 +809,9 @@
 			"peer": true
 		},
 		"node_modules/@types/node": {
-			"version": "20.8.7",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-20.8.7.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-21TKHHh3eUHIi2MloeptJWALuCu5H7HQTdTrWIFReA8ad+aggoX+lRes3ex7/FtpC+sVUpFMQ+QTfYr74mruiQ==",
-			"peer": true,
-			"dependencies": {
-				"undici-types": "~5.25.1"
-			}
+			"version": "20.6.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-20.6.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-najjVq5KN2vsH2U/xyh2opaSEz6cZMR2SetLIlxlj08nOcmPOemJmUK2o4kUzfLqfrWE0PIrNeE16XhYDd3nqg=="
 		},
 		"node_modules/@types/sqlstring": {
 			"version": "2.3.1",
@@ -2241,12 +2238,6 @@
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.6.2.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha512-AEYxH93jGFPn/a2iVAwW87VuUIkR1FVUKB77NwMF7nBTDkDrrT/Hpt/IrCJ0QXhW27jTBDcf5ZY7w6RiqTMw2Q=="
 		},
-		"node_modules/undici-types": {
-			"version": "5.25.3",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici-types/-/undici-types-5.25.3.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-Ga1jfYwRn7+cP9v8auvEXN1rX3sWqlayd4HP7OKk4mZWylEmu3KzXDUGrQUN6Ol7qo1gPvB2e5gX6udnyEPgdA==",
-			"peer": true
-		},
 		"node_modules/universalify": {
 			"version": "2.0.0",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-2.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/orm-browser/package.json b/packages/orm-browser/package.json
index efd216ef3..f9b077850 100644
--- a/packages/orm-browser/package.json
+++ b/packages/orm-browser/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     "@deepkit/orm": "^1.0.1-alpha.102",
     "@deepkit/rpc": "^1.0.1-alpha.102",
     "@deepkit/type": "^1.0.1-alpha.102",
+    "@types/node": "20.6.0",
     "rxjs": "~7.5.0"
   },
   "jest": {