From e6e016ac2db9a9b7855e19cfa2a50cb1e9aec768 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elliot DeNolf <denolfe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 17:11:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore(cpa): build for es6 (#5736)

---
 packages/create-payload-app/.swcrc       |  2 +-
 packages/create-payload-app/bin/cli.js   |  4 +++-
 packages/create-payload-app/package.json |  2 +-
 packages/create-payload-app/src/index.ts | 12 ++++++++----
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/create-payload-app/.swcrc b/packages/create-payload-app/.swcrc
index 8148972038..14463f4b08 100644
--- a/packages/create-payload-app/.swcrc
+++ b/packages/create-payload-app/.swcrc
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
     }
   },
   "module": {
-    "type": "commonjs"
+    "type": "es6"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-payload-app/bin/cli.js b/packages/create-payload-app/bin/cli.js
index 30f38aa97c..9f4569c00d 100755
--- a/packages/create-payload-app/bin/cli.js
+++ b/packages/create-payload-app/bin/cli.js
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-require('../dist/index.js')
+
+import { main } from '../dist/index.js'
+main()
diff --git a/packages/create-payload-app/package.json b/packages/create-payload-app/package.json
index a48f5fd5fb..a56cff25f7 100644
--- a/packages/create-payload-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-payload-app/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-payload-app",
-  "version": "3.0.0-alpha.54",
+  "version": "3.0.0-alpha.59",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
   "homepage": "https://payloadcms.com",
diff --git a/packages/create-payload-app/src/index.ts b/packages/create-payload-app/src/index.ts
index e34d74cdd7..c753e70a87 100644
--- a/packages/create-payload-app/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-payload-app/src/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 import { Main } from './main.js'
 import { error } from './utils/log.js'
 
-async function main(): Promise<void> {
-  await new Main().init()
+export async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    await new Main().init()
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (e instanceof Error) {
+      error(e.message)
+    }
+  }
 }
-
-main().catch((e) => error(`An error has occurred: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : e}`))