diff --git a/.config/build.sh b/.config/build.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 8693842..659cbbe
--- a/.config/build.sh
+++ b/.config/build.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,33 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-set -e
-
-rm -rf .build
-mkdir -p ./.build
-
-cd ~/$REPL_SLUG/
-npm install typescript
+echo "installing dependencies..."
 npm install
-npx tsc
+
+echo "compiling eaglerproxy, please wait... "
+echo "this may take a while when you first compile the proxy, or when the proxy has to be recompiled (usually due to modification of anything in the src folder, including config.ts)"
+echo "after the initial compile, startups will be a lot more faster and snappier"
+
+set +e
+
+cd ~/$REPL_SLUG/replit_runtime
+node ./index.js
+exit_code=$?
+
+if [ $exit_code -eq 0 ]; then
+    set -e
+    echo "detected that recompilation is not required, skipping and directly launching..."
+elif [ $exit_code -eq 2 ]; then
+    set -e
+    echo "recompiling proxy..."
+    rm -rf .build
+    mkdir -p ./.build
+    cd ~/$REPL_SLUG/
+    npm install typescript
+    npx tsc
+    echo "finished compiling, launching..."
+else
+    echo "received non-zero exit code ($?), exiting!"
+    set -e
+    exit 1  
+fi
+
diff --git a/replit_launch.sh b/replit_launch.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/replit_runtime/config.js b/replit_runtime/config.js
index b045050..33a9cbf 100644
--- a/replit_runtime/config.js
+++ b/replit_runtime/config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const path = require("path")
+const os = require("os")
 
 module.exports = {
-    sourceDir: path.resolve("~", process.env.REPL_SLUG)
+    sourceDir: path.resolve(os.homedir(), path.join(process.env.REPL_SLUG, "src"))
 }
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diff --git a/replit_runtime/index.js b/replit_runtime/index.js
index b8ae019..14b3bcc 100644
--- a/replit_runtime/index.js
+++ b/replit_runtime/index.js
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ class Logger {
 async function recursiveFileSearch(dir) {
     const fileList = []
     for (const file of await fs.readdir(dir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
-        let pathDir = path.resolve(dir, file)
+        let pathDir = path.resolve(dir, file.name)
         if (file.isFile()) {
-            fileList.push(file)
+            fileList.push(pathDir)
         } else if (file.isDirectory()) {
             fileList.push(...(await recursiveFileSearch(pathDir)))
         } else {
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ async function recursiveFileSearch(dir) {
     return fileList
 }
 
-const logger = new Logger("Launcher", process.env.DEBUG == "true"),
+const logger = new Logger({
+    name: "launcher", 
+    logDebug: process.env.DEBUG == "true"
+}),
     LINE_SEPERATOR = "-----------------------------------"
 
 if (!process.env.REPL_SLUG) {
@@ -83,7 +86,14 @@ fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, ".sourcehash"))
                             process.exit(0)
                         } else {
                             logger.info("Source has been changed, recompiling...")
-                            process.exit(2)
+                            fs.writeFile(path.join(__dirname, ".sourcehash"), sourceHash)
+                                .then(() => {
+                                    process.exit(2)
+                                })
+                                .catch(err => {
+                                    logger.error(`Could not write new hash to disk!\n${err.stack}`)
+                                    process.exit(1)
+                                })
                         }
                     })
             })
@@ -95,8 +105,31 @@ fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, ".sourcehash"))
     .catch(err => {
         if (err.code == "ENOENT") {
             logger.warn("Previous source hash not found! Assuming a clean install is being used.")
+            logger.info("Calculating hash...")
+            recursiveFileSearch(sourceDir)
+                .then(files => {
+                    Promise.all(files.map(f => fs.readFile(f)))
+                        .then(data => {
+                            const hash = crypto.createHash("sha256")
+                            data.forEach(d => hash.update(d))
+                            let sourceHash = hash.digest().toString()
+                            fs.writeFile(path.join(__dirname, ".sourcehash"), sourceHash)
+                                .then(() => {
+                                    logger.info("Saved hash to disk.")
+                                    process.exit(2)
+                                })
+                                .catch(err => {
+                                    logger.error(`Could not write new hash to disk!\n${err.stack}`)
+                                    process.exit(1)
+                                })
+                        })
+                })
+                .catch(err => {
+                    logger.error(`Could not calculate file hashes for files in directory ${sourceDir}!\n${err.stack}`)
+                    process.exit(1)
+                })
         } else {
             logger.error(`Could not read .sourcehash file in ${path.join(__dirname, ".sourcehash")} due to an unknown error! Try again with a clean repl?\n${err.stack}`)
-            process.exit(2)
+            process.exit(1)
         }
     })
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diff --git a/replit_runtime/package.json b/replit_runtime/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75e7ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/replit_runtime/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "name": "replit_runtime",
+    "description": "Runtime preparation utility for Repls. Determines whether or not a recompilation is necessary.",
+    "type": "commonjs"
+}
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