diff --git a/apps/svelte.dev/package.json b/apps/svelte.dev/package.json
index 8a581ce22c..6a5f60fd94 100644
--- a/apps/svelte.dev/package.json
+++ b/apps/svelte.dev/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		"check": "node scripts/update.js && svelte-kit sync && svelte-check",
 		"format": "prettier --write .",
 		"lint": "prettier --check .",
-		"sync-docs": "tsx src/sync-docs.ts"
+		"sync-docs": "tsx scripts/sync-docs.ts"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@codemirror/autocomplete": "^6.9.0",
diff --git a/apps/svelte.dev/src/sync-docs.ts b/apps/svelte.dev/scripts/sync-docs.ts
similarity index 90%
rename from apps/svelte.dev/src/sync-docs.ts
rename to apps/svelte.dev/scripts/sync-docs.ts
index db0c787182..5f220f00c8 100644
--- a/apps/svelte.dev/src/sync-docs.ts
+++ b/apps/svelte.dev/scripts/sync-docs.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { replace_export_type_placeholders, type Modules } from '@sveltejs/site-kit/markdown';
-import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import { spawn, type SpawnOptions } from 'node:child_process';
+import path from 'node:path';
 import {
 	cpSync,
 	existsSync,
@@ -7,21 +8,26 @@ import {
 	readFileSync,
 	readdirSync,
 	rmSync,
-	rmdirSync,
 	writeFileSync
 } from 'node:fs';
 import { format } from 'prettier';
 import ts from 'typescript';
 import glob from 'tiny-glob/sync';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+const dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const REPOS = path.join(dirname, '../repos');
+const DOCS = path.join(dirname, '../content/docs');
 
 // Adjust the following variables as needed for your local setup
 
 /** If `true`, will checkout the docs from Git. If `false`, will use the `..._repo_path` vars to get content from your local file system */
-const use_git = false;
+const use_git = process.env.USE_GIT === 'true';
+
 /** The path to your local Svelte repository (only relevant if `use_git` is `false`) */
-let svelte_repo_path = '../../../svelte';
+let svelte_repo_path = path.join(dirname, '../../../../svelte');
 /** The path to your local SvelteKit repository (only relevant if `use_git` is `false`) */
-let sveltekit_repo_path = '../../../svelte-kit';
+let sveltekit_repo_path = path.join(dirname, '../../../../svelte-kit');
 
 /**
  * Depending on your setup, this will either clone the Svelte and SvelteKit repositories
@@ -32,21 +38,18 @@ let sveltekit_repo_path = '../../../svelte-kit';
 export async function sync_docs() {
 	if (use_git) {
 		try {
-			mkdirSync('repos');
+			mkdirSync(REPOS);
 		} catch {
 			// ignore if it already exists
 		}
 
-		const cwd = process.cwd();
-		process.chdir('repos');
 		await Promise.all([
-			cloneRepo('https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte.git'),
-			cloneRepo('https://github.com/sveltejs/kit.git')
+			clone_repo('https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte.git'),
+			clone_repo('https://github.com/sveltejs/kit.git')
 		]);
-		process.chdir(cwd);
 
-		svelte_repo_path = 'repos/svelte';
-		sveltekit_repo_path = 'repos/kit';
+		svelte_repo_path = `${REPOS}/svelte`;
+		sveltekit_repo_path = `${REPOS}/kit`;
 	}
 
 	await sync_svelte_docs();
@@ -54,15 +57,11 @@ export async function sync_docs() {
 }
 
 async function sync_svelte_docs() {
-	cpSync(
-		new URL(`../${svelte_repo_path}/documentation/docs`, import.meta.url).pathname.slice(1),
-		'content/docs/svelte',
-		{ recursive: true }
-	);
-	migrate_meta_json('content/docs/svelte');
+	cpSync(`${svelte_repo_path}/documentation/docs`, `${DOCS}/svelte`, { recursive: true });
+	migrate_meta_json(`${DOCS}/svelte`);
 
 	const svelte_modules = await read_svelte_types();
-	const files = glob('content/docs/svelte/**/*.md');
+	const files = glob(`${DOCS}/svelte/**/*.md`);
 
 	for (const file of files) {
 		const content = await replace_export_type_placeholders(
@@ -75,12 +74,8 @@ async function sync_svelte_docs() {
 }
 
 async function sync_kit_docs() {
-	cpSync(
-		new URL(`../${sveltekit_repo_path}/documentation/docs`, import.meta.url).pathname.slice(1),
-		'content/docs/kit',
-		{ recursive: true }
-	);
-	migrate_meta_json('content/docs/kit');
+	cpSync(`${sveltekit_repo_path}/documentation/docs`, `${DOCS}/kit`, { recursive: true });
+	migrate_meta_json(`${DOCS}/kit`);
 
 	const sveltekit_modules = await read_kit_types();
 
@@ -117,7 +112,7 @@ async function sync_kit_docs() {
 	config.comment = kit_config.comment =
 		'See the [configuration reference](/docs/kit/configuration) for details.';
 
-	const kit_files = glob('content/docs/kit/**/*.md');
+	const kit_files = glob(`${DOCS}/kit/**/*.md`);
 
 	for (const file of kit_files) {
 		const content = await replace_export_type_placeholders(
@@ -143,25 +138,26 @@ function replace_strings(obj: any, replace: (str: string) => string) {
 	}
 }
 
-async function cloneRepo(repo: string) {
+async function clone_repo(repo: string) {
 	const regex_result = /https:\/\/github.com\/\w+\/(\w+).git/.exec(repo);
 	if (!regex_result || regex_result.length < 2) {
 		throw new Error(`Expected https://github.com/xxx/xxx.git, but got ${repo}`);
 	}
 
-	const dirname = regex_result[1];
+	const dirname = `${REPOS}/${regex_result[1]}`;
 	if (existsSync(dirname)) {
 		// TODO skip if we detect that same branch is already cloned
-		rmdirSync(dirname, { recursive: true });
+		rmSync(dirname, { recursive: true });
 	}
 
-	await invoke('git', ['clone', '--depth', '1', repo]);
+	await invoke('git', ['clone', '--depth', '1', repo], {
+		cwd: REPOS
+	});
 }
 
-function invoke(cmd: string, args: string[]) {
-	const child = spawn(cmd, args);
-	child.stdout.on('data', (data) => console.log(data.toString()));
-	child.stderr.on('data', (data) => console.error(data.toString()));
+function invoke(cmd: string, args: string[], opts: SpawnOptions) {
+	const child = spawn(cmd, args, { ...opts, stdio: 'inherit' });
+
 	return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
 		child.on('close', (code) => {
 			if (!code) {