diff --git a/.changeset/eighty-terms-film.md b/.changeset/eighty-terms-film.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..828b450d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eighty-terms-film.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"create-hypergraph": patch
+---
+
+fix cli build by including type module in package.json
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/create-hypergraph/scripts/copy-package-json.ts b/apps/create-hypergraph/scripts/copy-package-json.ts
index 7d99f23e..afabe9f3 100644
--- a/apps/create-hypergraph/scripts/copy-package-json.ts
+++ b/apps/create-hypergraph/scripts/copy-package-json.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const read = pipe(
       'create-hypergraph': 'bin.js',
       ch: 'bin.js',
     },
+    type: json.type,
     engines: json.engines,
     repository: json.repository,
     license: json.license,