diff --git a/apps/server/.gitignore b/apps/server/.gitignore
index 0968122d4..20f3839c0 100644
--- a/apps/server/.gitignore
+++ b/apps/server/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 node_modules
 build
+build-ts
 data
 data-integration
 !data-integration/document.db
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/server/scripts/copy-dist.ts b/apps/server/scripts/copy-dist.ts
index 69f3c84e3..a834b785d 100644
--- a/apps/server/scripts/copy-dist.ts
+++ b/apps/server/scripts/copy-dist.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ try {
         fs.copySync(dir, path.normalize(path.join(PUBLIC_DIR, path.basename(dir))));
     }
 
+    fs.copySync(path.join(serverDir, "build-ts", "apps", "server", "src"), path.join(DEST_DIR, "src"));
     fs.copySync(path.join(rootDir, "packages", "turndown-plugin-gfm", "src"), path.join(DEST_DIR, "src", "public", "app-dist", "turndown-plugin-gfm"));
 
     console.log("Copying complete!")
diff --git a/apps/server/tsconfig.json b/apps/server/tsconfig.json
index 29873d452..e330fabae 100644
--- a/apps/server/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/server/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         "module": "NodeNext",
         "declaration": false,
         "sourceMap": true,
-        "outDir": "./build",
+        "outDir": "./build-ts",
         "strict": true,
         "noImplicitAny": true,
         "resolveJsonModule": true,