diff --git a/payload/nodemon.json b/payload/nodemon.json
index 1e04413..045486d 100644
--- a/payload/nodemon.json
+++ b/payload/nodemon.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "ext": "ts",
+  "ignore": ["src/types.ts"],
   "exec": "yarn generate:types && ts-node src/server.ts"
 }
diff --git a/payload/package.json b/payload/package.json
index 89b457e..bddb56a 100644
--- a/payload/package.json
+++ b/payload/package.json
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "cross-env PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH=src/payload.config.ts nodemon",
-    "build:payload": "cross-env PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH=src/payload.config.ts payload build",
+    "build:payload": "cross-env PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH=src/payload.config.ts node -r tsconfig-paths/register node_modules/payload/dist/bin/index.js build",
     "build:server": "tsc",
     "build": "yarn build:payload && yarn build:server",
     "serve": "cross-env PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH=dist/payload.config.js node dist/server.js",
-    "generate:types": "cross-env PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH=src/payload.config.ts payload generate:types"
+    "generate:types": "cross-env PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH=src/payload.config.ts node -r tsconfig-paths/register node_modules/payload/dist/bin/index.js generate:types"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "@types/express": "^4.17.9",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.6",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
+    "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
     "typescript": "^5.1.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/payload/src/payload.config.ts b/payload/src/payload.config.ts
index 564eb2b..dcdbb61 100644
--- a/payload/src/payload.config.ts
+++ b/payload/src/payload.config.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
 import { buildConfig } from "payload/config";
 import path from "path";
-import Posts from "src/collections/Posts";
-import Users from "src/collections/Users";
-import Media from "src/collections/Media";
+import Posts from "@/collections/Posts";
+import Users from "@/collections/Users";
+import Media from "@/collections/Media";
 
 export default buildConfig({
   serverURL: process.env.PAYLOAD_URL,
   admin: {
     user: Users.slug,
+    webpack: (config) => ({
+      ...config,
+      resolve: {
+        ...config.resolve,
+        alias: {
+          ...config.resolve.alias,
+          "@": path.resolve(__dirname, "./"),
+        },
+      },
+    }),
   },
   collections: [Posts, Users, Media],
   typescript: {
diff --git a/payload/tsconfig.json b/payload/tsconfig.json
index 4a56765..f278960 100644
--- a/payload/tsconfig.json
+++ b/payload/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "outDir": "./dist",
-    "baseUrl": ".",
-    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "paths": {
+      "@/*": ["src/*"]
+    },
     "jsx": "react"
   },
   "ts-node": {
-    "transpileOnly": true
+    "transpileOnly": true,
+    "require": ["tsconfig-paths/register"]
   }
 }