diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index 144415a..98ed205 100755
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diff --git a/packages/doorman-client/bun.lockb b/packages/doorman-client/bun.lockb
deleted file mode 100755
index 747920f..0000000
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diff --git a/packages/doorman-client/package.json b/packages/doorman-client/package.json
index 78e90e6..d49430c 100644
--- a/packages/doorman-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/doorman-client/package.json
@@ -13,13 +13,16 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@twilio-labs/serverless-runtime-types": "^4.0.1",
     "@twilio/runtime-handler": "1.3.0",
+    "doorman-api": "workspace:*",
     "node-fetch": "^2.7.0",
     "prom-client": "^15.1.3",
     "prometheus-remote-write": "^0.5.1",
     "promise.timeout": "^1.2.0",
     "twilio": "^3.84.1",
     "winston": "^3.17.0",
-    "winston-loki": "^6.1.3"
+    "winston-loki": "^6.1.3",
+    "zod": "^3.25.56",
+    "zod_utilz": "^0.8.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/bun": "latest",
diff --git a/packages/doorman-client/src/index.ts b/packages/doorman-client/src/index.ts
index 8f3794b..0a6169b 100644
--- a/packages/doorman-client/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/doorman-client/src/index.ts
@@ -10,12 +10,26 @@ const functionFiles = paths.map(path => readdirSync(path).map(file => path + "/"
 // for hot reload to work, we import all the files we want to build
 const imports = functionFiles.forEach(file => require('./' + path.relative('src', file)));
 
+
 console.log("functions to build:", functionFiles);
+
+const bundledModules = ['zod_utilz'];
+
+const externalModules = Object.keys(require('../package.json').dependencies)
+    .filter(dep => !bundledModules.includes(dep));
+
+console.log("Explicitly bundling dependencies", bundledModules);
+
+// console.log("external modules: ", externalModules);
+
 console.log("Building functions...");
+
 await Bun.build({
   entrypoints: functionFiles,
   outdir: './build/functions',
-  packages: 'external',
+  packages: 'bundle',
   target: 'node',
+  external: externalModules,
+  root: './src/functions',
   format: 'cjs',
 });
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 7556e1d..a7ef960 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
     "allowJs": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
     "types": [
+      "cypress",
       "bun-types" // add Bun global
     ]
   }