diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4c8ff6474..612d9a1cf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "test:log": "cross-env DEBUG='automerge-repo:*' vitest",
     "test:coverage": "vitest --coverage",
     "test:ui": "vitest --coverage --ui",
-    "watch": "pnpm -r watch --parallel --stream"
+    "watch": "pnpm run --parallel --stream -r watch "
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">= 18.x"
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@
     "vite-plugin-wasm": "^3.3.0",
     "vitest": "^1.2.2"
   }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/packages/automerge-repo-network-broadcastchannel/package.json b/packages/automerge-repo-network-broadcastchannel/package.json
index 49155e2b9..048f571cd 100644
--- a/packages/automerge-repo-network-broadcastchannel/package.json
+++ b/packages/automerge-repo-network-broadcastchannel/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
-    "watch": "npm-watch",
+    "watch": "npm-watch build",
     "test": "vitest"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/automerge-repo-network-messagechannel/package.json b/packages/automerge-repo-network-messagechannel/package.json
index c45ff2856..728a8a411 100644
--- a/packages/automerge-repo-network-messagechannel/package.json
+++ b/packages/automerge-repo-network-messagechannel/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
-    "watch": "npm-watch",
+    "watch": "npm-watch build",
     "test": "vitest"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/packages/automerge-repo-network-websocket/package.json b/packages/automerge-repo-network-websocket/package.json
index 11a73ed61..6554a7360 100644
--- a/packages/automerge-repo-network-websocket/package.json
+++ b/packages/automerge-repo-network-websocket/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
-    "watch": "npm-watch",
+    "watch": "npm-watch build",
     "test": "vitest"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/automerge-repo-react-hooks/package.json b/packages/automerge-repo-react-hooks/package.json
index ac212ece6..0c93db5b4 100644
--- a/packages/automerge-repo-react-hooks/package.json
+++ b/packages/automerge-repo-react-hooks/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc --noEmit && vite build",
     "test": "vitest run",
-    "watch": "npm-watch",
+    "watch": "npm-watch build",
     "visualize": "VISUALIZE=true vite build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/automerge-repo-storage-indexeddb/package.json b/packages/automerge-repo-storage-indexeddb/package.json
index 5285d88fe..0e9a72380 100644
--- a/packages/automerge-repo-storage-indexeddb/package.json
+++ b/packages/automerge-repo-storage-indexeddb/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
-    "watch": "npm-watch"
+    "watch": "npm-watch build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@automerge/automerge-repo": "workspace:*"
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/automerge-repo-storage-nodefs/package.json b/packages/automerge-repo-storage-nodefs/package.json
index 381f5b72c..026081e1c 100644
--- a/packages/automerge-repo-storage-nodefs/package.json
+++ b/packages/automerge-repo-storage-nodefs/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
-    "watch": "npm-watch"
+    "watch": "npm-watch build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@automerge/automerge-repo": "workspace:*",
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/automerge-repo-svelte-store/package.json b/packages/automerge-repo-svelte-store/package.json
index 544f8aa1d..58f27926c 100644
--- a/packages/automerge-repo-svelte-store/package.json
+++ b/packages/automerge-repo-svelte-store/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
-    "watch": "npm-watch"
+    "watch": "npm-watch build"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@automerge/automerge": "^2.1.9",
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "svelte": "^3.0.0"
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/create-repo-node-app/package.json b/packages/create-repo-node-app/package.json
index 37b6324f2..9e13e8a49 100644
--- a/packages/create-repo-node-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-repo-node-app/package.json
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@
   "bin": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
-    "postbuild": "node postbuild.js",
-    "watch": "npm-watch build"
+    "postbuild": "node postbuild.js"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file