diff --git a/.env.local b/.env.local
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b555f36d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.local
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+NODE_OPTIONS=--import tsx
+TSX_TSCONFIG_PATH=tsconfig.base.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/zod2md-jsdocs/src/constants.ts b/tools/zod2md-jsdocs/src/constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28992a132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/zod2md-jsdocs/src/constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export const ZOD2MD_CONFIG_FILE = 'zod2md.config.ts';
+export const GENERATE_DOCS_TARGET_NAME = 'generate-docs';
diff --git a/tools/zod2md-jsdocs/src/nx-plugin.ts b/tools/zod2md-jsdocs/src/nx-plugin.ts
index 36cefc983..8fece780e 100644
--- a/tools/zod2md-jsdocs/src/nx-plugin.ts
+++ b/tools/zod2md-jsdocs/src/nx-plugin.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import type { CreateNodesV2, NxPlugin, TargetConfiguration } from '@nx/devkit';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
-
-const ZOD2MD_CONFIG_FILE = 'zod2md.config.ts';
-const GENERATE_DOCS_TARGET_NAME = 'generate-docs';
+// this would break without setting node loader in .env.local
+import { GENERATE_DOCS_TARGET_NAME, ZOD2MD_CONFIG_FILE } from './constants.js';
 
 type DocsTargetConfigParams = {
   config: string;