diff --git a/docs/src/content/docs/getting-started/installation.mdx b/docs/src/content/docs/getting-started/installation.mdx
index 3e68248581..0a0a308a8f 100644
--- a/docs/src/content/docs/getting-started/installation.mdx
+++ b/docs/src/content/docs/getting-started/installation.mdx
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ to bug fixes earlier than the marketplace release.
 
 -  ...
 -  .genaiscript/ folder created by the extension to store supporting files
-    -  genaiscript.cjs command line
     -  cache/ various cache files
     -  retreival/ retreival database caches
     -  ... supporting files
diff --git a/packages/core/src/clihelp.ts b/packages/core/src/clihelp.ts
index ea87c186c3..e9f9a6a583 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/clihelp.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/clihelp.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { CORE_VERSION, RunTemplateOptions } from "."
 import { Fragment } from "./ast"
-import { GENAISCRIPT_CLI_JS, NPM_CLI_PACKAGE } from "./constants"
+import { NPM_CLI_PACKAGE } from "./constants"
 import { MarkdownTrace } from "./trace"
 
 export function generateCliArguments(
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ ${generateCliArguments(template, fragment, options, "batch")}
 
 
 -   You will need to install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/).
--   The \`${GENAISCRIPT_CLI_JS}\` is written by the Visual Studio Code extension automatically.
 -   The CLI uses the same secrets in the \`.env\` file.
--   Run \`node .genaiscript/genaiscript help run\` for the full list of options.
+-   Run \`npx genaiscript help run\` for the full list of options.
 `
     )
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/constants.ts b/packages/core/src/constants.ts
index 36b9f88349..3da81a1b3d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/constants.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ export const AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION = "2023-09-01-preview"
 export const TOOL_ID = "genaiscript"
 export const GENAISCRIPT_FOLDER = "." + TOOL_ID
 export const CLI_JS = TOOL_ID + ".cjs"
-export const GENAISCRIPT_CLI_JS = GENAISCRIPT_FOLDER + "/" + CLI_JS
 export const GENAI_SRC = "genaisrc"
 export const GENAI_EXT = ".genai.js"
 export const TOOL_NAME = "GenAIScript"
diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/fragmentcommands.ts b/packages/vscode/src/fragmentcommands.ts
index 939a713306..2e69030ee1 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/fragmentcommands.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/fragmentcommands.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import * as vscode from "vscode"
 import {
     Fragment,
-    GENAISCRIPT_CLI_JS,
     PromptTemplate,
     dotGenaiscriptPath,
     groupBy,
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ import { ExtensionState } from "./state"
 import {
     checkDirectoryExists,
     checkFileExists,
-    saveAllTextDocuments,
 } from "./fs"
 
 type TemplateQuickPickItem = {
@@ -83,10 +81,10 @@ export function activateFragmentCommands(state: ExtensionState) {
     const fragmentPrompt = async (
         options:
             | {
-                  fragment?: Fragment | string | vscode.Uri
-                  template?: PromptTemplate
-                  debug?: boolean
-              }
+                fragment?: Fragment | string | vscode.Uri
+                template?: PromptTemplate
+                debug?: boolean
+            }
             | vscode.Uri
     ) => {
         if (typeof options === "object" && options instanceof vscode.Uri)
@@ -128,7 +126,7 @@ export function activateFragmentCommands(state: ExtensionState) {
             vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders[0],
             {
                 name: "GenAIScript",
-                program: GENAISCRIPT_CLI_JS,
+                program: state.cliJsPath,
                 request: "launch",
                 skipFiles: ["<node_internals>/**", dotGenaiscriptPath("**")],
                 type: "node",
@@ -198,9 +196,8 @@ export function templatesToQuickPickItems(
                                     template.filename
                                 )) ??
                             template.id,
-                        description: `${template.id} ${
-                            template.description || ""
-                        }`,
+                        description: `${template.id} ${template.description || ""
+                            }`,
                         template,
                     }
             )
diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/retreivalcommands.ts b/packages/vscode/src/retreivalcommands.ts
index b80570514b..6edaa38d12 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/retreivalcommands.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/retreivalcommands.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,8 @@ import {
     GENAISCRIPT_FOLDER,
     TOOL_NAME,
     clearIndex,
-    initToken,
     isIndexable,
-    upsert,
     search as retreivalSearch,
-    CLI_JS,
     ICON_LOGO_NAME,
     RETRIEVAL_DEFAULT_INDEX,
 } from "genaiscript-core"
@@ -105,7 +102,7 @@ export function activateRetreivalCommands(state: ExtensionState) {
             iconPath: new vscode.ThemeIcon(ICON_LOGO_NAME),
         })
         terminal.sendText(
-            `node ${host.path.join(GENAISCRIPT_FOLDER, CLI_JS)} retreival index "${host.path.join(vscode.workspace.asRelativePath(uri.fsPath), "**")}" --name ${indexName}`
+            `node "${state.cliJsPath}" retreival index "${host.path.join(vscode.workspace.asRelativePath(uri.fsPath), "**")}" --name ${indexName}`
         )
         terminal.show()
     }
diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/servermanager.ts b/packages/vscode/src/servermanager.ts
index d9a1f58b0a..467aa4ca28 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/servermanager.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/servermanager.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import {
-    CLI_JS,
-    GENAISCRIPT_FOLDER,
     HighlightService,
     ICON_LOGO_NAME,
     RetreivalService,
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ export class TerminalServerManager implements ServerManager {
             iconPath: new vscode.ThemeIcon(ICON_LOGO_NAME),
         })
         this._terminal.sendText(
-            `node ${host.path.join(GENAISCRIPT_FOLDER, CLI_JS)} serve`
+            `node "${this.state.cliJsPath}" serve`
         )
         this._terminal.show()
     }
diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/state.ts b/packages/vscode/src/state.ts
index 7ea7d76e29..05aaea6a8a 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/state.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/state.ts
@@ -179,11 +179,6 @@ export class ExtensionState extends EventTarget {
         const dir = vscode.Uri.file(dotGenaiscriptPath("."))
         await vscode.workspace.fs.createDirectory(dir)
 
-        const p = Utils.joinPath(this.context.extensionUri, CLI_JS)
-        const cli = vscode.Uri.file(dotGenaiscriptPath(CLI_JS))
-
-        // genaiscript.cjs
-        await vscode.workspace.fs.copy(p, cli, { overwrite: true })
         // add .gitignore
         await writeFile(
             dir,
@@ -206,6 +201,11 @@ retrieval/
         )
     }
 
+    get cliJsPath() {
+        const res = Utils.joinPath(this.context.extensionUri, CLI_JS).fsPath
+        return res
+    }
+
     aiRequestCache() {
         return this._aiRequestCache
     }
@@ -529,9 +529,9 @@ ${e.message}`
         const spec = `# Specification
 
 ${files
-    .map((uri) => this.host.path.relative(fspath, uri.fsPath))
-    .map((fn) => `-   [${fn}](./${fn})`)
-    .join("\n")}
+                .map((uri) => this.host.path.relative(fspath, uri.fsPath))
+                .map((fn) => `-   [${fn}](./${fn})`)
+                .join("\n")}
 `
         this.host.clearVirtualFiles()
         this.host.setVirtualFile(specn, spec)
@@ -610,9 +610,9 @@ ${files
                 r.source = TOOL_NAME
                 r.code = target
                     ? {
-                          value,
-                          target,
-                      }
+                        value,
+                        target,
+                    }
                     : undefined
                 return r
             })