diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 8e2e73d..c802f4b 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ plugins {
   base
   `project-report`
   `build-dashboard`
+
+  kotlin("multiplatform") apply false // try to stop error 'Projects must be configuring'
 }
 
 group = "dev.adamko.kafkatorio"
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ val licenseFile: RegularFile by extra(layout.projectDirectory.file("LICENSE"))
 
 val projectTokens: MapProperty<String, String> by extra {
   objects.mapProperty<String, String>().apply {
-    put("project.version", provider { "$version" })
+    put("project.version", provider { "${project.version}" })
     put("rootProject.name", provider { rootProject.name })
     put("date.year", provider { "${LocalDate.now().year}" })
     put("author.email", "adam@adamko.dev")
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/gradle/extensions.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/gradle/extensions.kt
index 71a85d1..3bb8f13 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/gradle/extensions.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/gradle/extensions.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package dev.adamko.kafkatorio.gradle
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.file.Directory
+import org.gradle.api.file.FileCopyDetails
 import org.gradle.api.file.ProjectLayout
+import org.gradle.api.file.RelativePath
 import org.gradle.api.specs.NotSpec
 import org.gradle.api.specs.Spec
 import org.gradle.plugins.ide.idea.model.IdeaModule
@@ -14,8 +16,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.incremental.md5
 
 
 operator fun <T> Spec<T>.not(): NotSpec<T> = NotSpec(this)
-//
-//
+
+
 //fun isProcessRunning(process: String, ignoreCase: Boolean = true): Spec<Task> =
 //  Spec<Task> {
 //    ByteArrayOutputStream().use { outputStream ->
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ fun Project.execCapture(spec: ExecSpec.() -> Unit): String {
   }
 }
 
+
 /** https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-50848 */
 fun Project.yarn(configure: YarnRootExtension.() -> Unit) = with(yarn, configure)
 
@@ -68,3 +71,8 @@ fun Directory.filesChecksum() = asFileTree
   .map { it.readBytes() + it.absolutePath.toByteArray() }
   .fold(byteArrayOf()) { acc, bytes -> acc + bytes }
   .md5()
+
+
+/** Drop the first [count] directories from the path */
+fun FileCopyDetails.dropDirectories(count: Int = 1): RelativePath =
+  RelativePath(true, *relativePath.segments.drop(count).toTypedArray())
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/lang/node.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/lang/node.gradle.kts
index 4a309db..59c1c21 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/lang/node.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/lang/node.gradle.kts
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ node {
   distBaseUrl.set(null as String?) // set by dependencyResolutionManagement
 }
 
+val projectVersion: Provider<String> = providers.provider { "${project.version}" }
+
 val updatePackageJson by tasks.registering(UpdatePackageJson::class) {
 //  group = NodePlugin.NODE_GROUP
 //  description = "Read the package.json file and update the version and name, based on the project."
 
-  propertiesToCheck.put("version", providers.provider { "${project.version}" })
+  inputs.property("projectVersion", projectVersion)
+  propertiesToCheck.put("version", projectVersion)
 
   // check to see if the properties are already up-to-date
 //  outputs.upToDateWhen(areJsonPropertiesUpToDate(packageJsonFile, propertiesToCheck))
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/task/GenerateTypescriptTask.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/task/GenerateTypescriptTask.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51b7032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/task/GenerateTypescriptTask.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package dev.adamko.kafkatorio.task
+
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty
+import org.gradle.api.file.FileSystemOperations
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.JavaExec
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputDirectory
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
+
+
+abstract class GenerateTypescriptTask @Inject constructor(
+  private val fileOps: FileSystemOperations,
+) : JavaExec() {
+
+  @get:OutputDirectory
+  abstract val output: DirectoryProperty
+
+  init {
+    group = "kt2ts"
+  }
+
+  @TaskAction
+  fun generate() {
+    fileOps.delete { delete(temporaryDir) }
+    temporaryDir.mkdirs()
+
+    super.exec()
+
+    fileOps.sync {
+      from(temporaryDir)
+      into(output)
+      include("**/*.ts")
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/task/UpdatePackageJson.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/task/UpdatePackageJson.kt
index 418bfdd..32ebb08 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/task/UpdatePackageJson.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/task/UpdatePackageJson.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.support.useToRun
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.util.suffixIfNot
 
 @CacheableTask
-abstract class UpdatePackageJson : DefaultTask() {
+abstract class UpdatePackageJson @Inject constructor(
+  private val providers: ProviderFactory
+) : DefaultTask() {
 
   @get:Input
   abstract val propertiesToCheck: MapProperty<String, String>
@@ -27,15 +29,10 @@ abstract class UpdatePackageJson : DefaultTask() {
   @get:OutputFile
   abstract val packageJsonFile: RegularFileProperty
 
-  @get:Inject
-  abstract val providers: ProviderFactory
-//
-//  @get:Inject
-//  abstract val fs: FileSystemOperations
-
   init {
     group = NodePlugin.NODE_GROUP
-    description = "Read the package.json file and update the version and name, based on the project."
+    description =
+      "Read the package.json file and update the version and name, based on the project."
 
     outputs.upToDateWhen(JsonPropertiesUpToDateSpec)
 
@@ -47,12 +44,13 @@ abstract class UpdatePackageJson : DefaultTask() {
 
   @TaskAction
   fun exec() {
-    val pj = packageJsonFile.asFile.get()
+    val packageJsonFile = packageJsonFile.asFile.get()
+    val propertiesToCheck = propertiesToCheck.get()
 
-    logger.info("updating package.json ${pj.canonicalPath}")
-    val packageJson = jsonMapper.parseToJsonElement(pj.readText()).jsonObject
+    logger.info("updating package.json ${packageJsonFile.canonicalPath}")
+    val packageJson = jsonMapper.parseToJsonElement(packageJsonFile.readText()).jsonObject
 
-    val newJsonProps = propertiesToCheck.get().mapValues { (_, newVal) -> JsonPrimitive(newVal) }
+    val newJsonProps = propertiesToCheck.mapValues { (_, newVal) -> JsonPrimitive(newVal) }
 
     val packageJsonUpdate = JsonObject(packageJson + newJsonProps)
     val packageJsonContentUpdated =
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ abstract class UpdatePackageJson : DefaultTask() {
 
     logger.debug(packageJsonContentUpdated)
 
-    packageJsonFile.get().asFile.writer().useToRun {
+    packageJsonFile.writer().useToRun {
       write(packageJsonContentUpdated)
     }
   }
diff --git a/modules/events-mod/build.gradle.kts b/modules/events-mod/build.gradle.kts
index acd0431..b6d4976 100644
--- a/modules/events-mod/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/modules/events-mod/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import dev.adamko.kafkatorio.gradle.asConsumer
 import dev.adamko.kafkatorio.gradle.asProvider
+import dev.adamko.kafkatorio.gradle.dropDirectories
 import dev.adamko.kafkatorio.gradle.factorioModAttributes
 import dev.adamko.kafkatorio.gradle.typescriptAttributes
 import dev.adamko.kafkatorio.task.TypescriptToLuaTask
@@ -11,15 +12,15 @@ plugins {
   distribution
 }
 
-description =
-  "Sends in-game information to a server over the internet (requires Kafkatorio Kafka-Pipe)"
+description = "Sends in-game information to a server over the internet (requires additional setup)"
 
 
 // Factorio required format is:
 // - filename: `mod-name_version.zip`
 // - zip contains one directory, `mod-name`
+
 val modName: String by extra { "${rootProject.name}-events" }
-val distributionZipName: String by extra { "${modName}_${project.version}.zip" }
+val distributionZipName: String by extra { "${modName}_${rootProject.version}.zip" }
 
 // version of Factorio that the mod is compatible with (must only be "major.minor" - patch causes error)
 val modFactorioCompatibility: Provider<String> =
@@ -27,10 +28,11 @@ val modFactorioCompatibility: Provider<String> =
 
 val licenseFile: RegularFile by rootProject.extra
 val projectTokens: MapProperty<String, String> by rootProject.extra
+val modDescription: String by project.extra { project.description ?: "" }
 projectTokens.apply {
   put("mod.name", modName)
   put("mod.title", "Kafkatorio Events")
-  put("mod.description", provider { project.description }.orElse(""))
+  put("mod.description", modDescription)
   put("factorio.version", modFactorioCompatibility)
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ node {
   nodeProjectDir.set(tsSrcDir)
 }
 
+
 val typescriptEventsSchema: Configuration by configurations.creating {
   description = "Fetch the TypeScript schema from the event-schema subproject"
   asConsumer()
@@ -82,9 +85,7 @@ val installEventsTsSchema by tasks.registering(Sync::class) {
       }
   ) {
     // drop the first directory inside the zip
-    eachFile {
-      relativePath = RelativePath(true, *relativePath.segments.drop(1).toTypedArray())
-    }
+    eachFile { relativePath = dropDirectories() }
     includeEmptyDirs = false
   }
   into(outputDir)
@@ -123,7 +124,6 @@ distributions {
         }
       }
     }
-
   }
 }
 
@@ -163,8 +163,11 @@ val factorioModProvider by configurations.registering {
 }
 
 
+val packageJsonName = providers.provider { "${rootProject.name}-${project.name}" }
+
 tasks.updatePackageJson {
-  propertiesToCheck.put("name", providers.provider { "${rootProject.name}-${project.name}" })
+  inputs.property("packageJsonName", packageJsonName)
+  propertiesToCheck.put("name", packageJsonName)
   packageJsonFile.set(layout.projectDirectory.file("src/main/typescript/package.json"))
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/events-schema/build.gradle.kts b/modules/events-schema/build.gradle.kts
index 4e784c9..3bbfd52 100644
--- a/modules/events-schema/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/modules/events-schema/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import dev.adamko.kafkatorio.gradle.asProvider
 import dev.adamko.kafkatorio.gradle.typescriptAttributes
+import dev.adamko.kafkatorio.task.GenerateTypescriptTask
 
 
 plugins {
@@ -106,56 +107,78 @@ kotlin {
   }
 }
 
+val jvmJar: TaskProvider<Jar> = tasks.named<Jar>(kotlin.jvm().artifactsTaskName)
+val mainCompilation: Provider<FileCollection> =
+  kotlin.jvm().compilations.named("main").map { it.runtimeDependencyFiles }
 
-val generateTypescript by tasks.registering(JavaExec::class) {
-  group = "kt2ts"
 
-  val jvmJar = tasks.named<Jar>(kotlin.jvm().artifactsTaskName)
+val generateTypescript by tasks.registering(GenerateTypescriptTask::class) {
   dependsOn(jvmJar)
-
-  val mainCompilation = kotlin.jvm().compilations.named("main").map { it.runtimeDependencyFiles }
-//  dependsOn(mainCompilation)
-  inputs.files(mainCompilation)
-
   classpath(
     jvmJar,
-    mainCompilation
+    mainCompilation,
   )
-
-//  mainClass.set("dev.adamko.kafkatorio.events.schema.Kt2tsKt")
+  output.set(layout.buildDirectory.dir("generated/typescript"))
   mainClass.set("dev.adamko.kafkatorio.events.schema.Kt2ts2Kt")
+  args(temporaryDir.canonicalPath)
+}
 
-  val tempOutputDirectory = file("$temporaryDir")
-  args(tempOutputDirectory)
+//val generateTypescript2 by tasks.registering(JavaExec::class) {
+//  group = "kt2ts"
+//
+//  dependsOn(jvmJar)
+//
+//  inputs.files(mainCompilation)
+//
+//  classpath(
+//    jvmJar,
+//    mainCompilation,
+//  )
+//  mainClass.set("dev.adamko.kafkatorio.events.schema.Kt2ts2Kt")
+//
+//  args(temporaryDir)
+//
+//  val buildOutput = layout.buildDirectory.dir("generated/typescript")
+//  outputs.dir(buildOutput)
+//
+//  doFirst {
+//    delete(temporaryDir)
+//    mkdir(temporaryDir)
+//  }
+//
+//  doLast {
+//    sync {
+//      from(temporaryDir)
+//      into(buildOutput)
+//      include("**/*.ts")
+//    }
+//  }
+//}
 
-  val buildOutput = layout.buildDirectory.dir("generated/typescript")
-  outputs.dir(buildOutput)
-
-  doFirst {
-    delete(temporaryDir)
-    mkdir(temporaryDir)
-  }
-
-  doLast {
-    sync {
-      from(temporaryDir)
-      into(buildOutput)
-      include("**/*.ts")
-    }
-  }
+val schemaTsDistributionName = providers.provider {
+  "${rootProject.name}-${project.name}"
 }
 
 val schemaTs by distributions.registering {
-  distributionBaseName.set("${rootProject.name}-${project.name}")
+  distributionBaseName.set(schemaTsDistributionName)
   contents {
     from(generateTypescript.map { it.outputs.files.asFileTree })
   }
 }
 
+val schemaTsZipTask = tasks.named<Zip>("${schemaTs.name}DistZip")
+
 val typescriptModelGenerated: Configuration by configurations.creating {
   asProvider()
   typescriptAttributes(objects)
 
-  val schemaTsZipTask = tasks.named<Zip>("${schemaTs.name}DistZip")
   outgoing.artifact(schemaTsZipTask.flatMap { it.archiveFile })
 }
+
+
+tasks.matching {
+  it.name == "jsGenerateExternalsIntegrated"
+}.configureEach {
+  @Suppress("UnstableApiUsage")
+  notCompatibleWithConfigurationCache("try to prevent 'Projects must be configuring' error")
+}