diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/package.json b/packages/e2e-test/package.json
index 389f4b6f93..8e6c730431 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-test/package.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-test/package.json
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
     "backstage"
   ],
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "main": "src/index.ts",
+  "main": "src/index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "yarn ts-node --transpile-only --compiler-options '{\"module\":\"CommonJS\"}' .",
+    "start": "node .",
     "lint": "backstage-cli lint",
     "test": "backstage-cli test",
     "test:e2e": "yarn start"
diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/src/index.ts b/packages/e2e-test/src/e2e-test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/e2e-test/src/index.ts
rename to packages/e2e-test/src/e2e-test.ts
diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/src/index.js b/packages/e2e-test/src/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90f8030a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/e2e-test/src/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+require('ts-node').register({
+  transpileOnly: true,
+  project: require('path').resolve(__dirname, '../../../tsconfig.json'),
+  compilerOptions: {
+    module: 'CommonJS',
+  },
+});
+
+require('./e2e-test');