diff --git a/crates/dash_node_impl/src/lib.rs b/crates/dash_node_impl/src/lib.rs
index 67a8a41f..c07f1eab 100644
--- a/crates/dash_node_impl/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/dash_node_impl/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,15 +34,11 @@ pub fn run_with_nodejs_mnemnoics(path: &str, opt: OptLevel, initial_gc_threshold
 async fn run_inner_fallible(path: &str, opt: OptLevel, initial_gc_threshold: Option<usize>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let path = Path::new(path);
     let package_state = if path.is_dir() {
-        // TODO: make it also work with paths to files. need to adjust the execute_node_module call too,
-        // since that needs a dir path
         process_package_json(path)?
     } else {
         PackageState {
             base_dir: path.parent().unwrap_or(&env::current_dir()?).into(),
-            metadata: Package::default_with_entry(
-                String::from_utf8_lossy(path.to_str().unwrap_or_default().as_bytes()).to_string(),
-            ),
+            metadata: Package::default_with_entry(path.into()),
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/crates/dash_node_impl/src/package.rs b/crates/dash_node_impl/src/package.rs
index 59e042d4..2107f1f7 100644
--- a/crates/dash_node_impl/src/package.rs
+++ b/crates/dash_node_impl/src/package.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use dash_proc_macro::Trace;
 use serde::Deserialize;
@@ -8,12 +9,12 @@ pub struct Package {
     pub name: String,
     pub version: String,
     pub description: String,
-    pub main: String,
+    pub main: PathBuf,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub dependencies: HashMap<String, String>,
 }
 impl Package {
-    pub fn default_with_entry(entry: String) -> Self {
+    pub fn default_with_entry(entry: PathBuf) -> Self {
         Package {
             name: String::default(),
             version: String::default(),