diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index f392a2b..80f4bbb 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -35,6 +35,23 @@ export default ts.config(
 			'func-style': ['error', 'declaration', { allowTypeAnnotation: true }],
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		files: ['./src/lib/**/*'],
+		rules: {
+			'no-restricted-imports': [
+				'error',
+				{
+					patterns: [
+						{
+							group: ['$lib'],
+							message:
+								"Since we will build the mcp server with typescript we can't use `$lib` imports here, please import with relative paths",
+						},
+					],
+				},
+			],
+		},
+	},
 	{
 		files: ['**/*.svelte', '**/*.svelte.ts', '**/*.svelte.js'],
 		languageOptions: {
diff --git a/src/lib/parse/parse.spec.ts b/src/lib/parse/parse.spec.ts
index 1cbb9fd..17e08d4 100644
--- a/src/lib/parse/parse.spec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/parse/parse.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { TSESTree } from '@typescript-eslint/types';
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { walk } from '$lib/index.js';
+import { walk } from '../index.js';
 import { parse, type ParseResult } from './parse.js';
 
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