diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-search-local/babel.config.js b/packages/docusaurus-search-local/babel.config.js
index 5985f8f..ebc303f 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-search-local/babel.config.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-search-local/babel.config.js
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-const assert = require("assert");
-
 module.exports = (api) => {
-  const isTest = api.env("test");
-  assert(isTest, "babel.config.js is only used for testing with jest!");
+  api.cache.never();
 
   return {
-    // Jest
     presets: [
       ["@babel/preset-env", { targets: { node: "current" } }],
       "@babel/preset-typescript",
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-search-local/package.json b/packages/docusaurus-search-local/package.json
index 52f5431..c1e6cf0 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-search-local/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-search-local/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "@babel/core": "^7.21.0",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.20.2",
     "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.21.0",
+    "@docusaurus/core": "catalog:",
     "@docusaurus/module-type-aliases": "catalog:",
     "@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog": "catalog:",
     "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs": "catalog:",
@@ -75,8 +76,8 @@
     "typescript": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build:client": "tsc --project tsconfig.client.json && copyfiles --up 1 src/client/**/*.css lib",
-    "build:server": "tsc --project tsconfig.server.json && copyfiles --up 1 src/lunr.js src/server/lunr-generator.js lib",
+    "build:client": "tsc --project tsconfig.client.json && copyfiles --up 1 src/lunr.js src/client/**/*.css lib",
+    "build:server": "tsc --project tsconfig.server.json && babel src/server --out-dir lib/server --extensions .ts,.js,.tsx,.jsx,.cjs,.mjs && copyfiles --up 1 src/lunr.js src/server/lunr-generator.js lib",
     "dev": "concurrently --names client,server --prefix-colors blue,green pnpm:dev:client pnpm:dev:server",
     "dev:client": "concurrently --names tsc,cp pnpm:dev:client:tsc pnpm:dev:client:cp",
     "dev:client:tsc": "tsc --project tsconfig.client.json --watch",
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-search-local/tsconfig.json b/packages/docusaurus-search-local/tsconfig.json
index 39d94ff..0376553 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-search-local/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-search-local/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "ESNext",
-    "module":"ESNext",
+    "module": "ESNext",
     "lib": ["ESNext", "DOM"],
 
     // Declarations break Docusaurus' 'write-translations' command (#163, #129, #145)
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-search-local/tsconfig.server.json b/packages/docusaurus-search-local/tsconfig.server.json
index dacc01a..c0a5585 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-search-local/tsconfig.server.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-search-local/tsconfig.server.json
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "ESNext",
-    "lib": ["ESNext", "DOM"]
+    "lib": ["ESNext", "DOM"],
+    "module": "Preserve",
+    "moduleResolution": "Bundler",
+    "noEmit": true
   },
   "include": ["src/server/**/*"]
 }