diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index abe93b08..b4f8552b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
     "lint": "turbo run lint",
     "lint:fix": "turbo run lint -- --fix",
     "test:watch": "npm run test:watch -w ring-client-api",
-    "example": "turbo build --filter=ring-client-api && DEBUG=ring node -r @swc-node/register ./packages/examples/example.ts",
-    "api-example": "turbo build --filter=ring-client-api && DEBUG=ring node -r @swc-node/register ./packages/examples/api-example.ts",
-    "record-example": "turbo build --filter=ring-client-api && DEBUG=ring node -r @swc-node/register ./packages/examples/record-example.ts",
-    "return-audio-example": "turbo build --filter=ring-client-api && DEBUG=ring node -r @swc-node/register ./packages/examples/return-audio-example.ts",
-    "stream-example": "turbo build --filter=ring-client-api && DEBUG=ring node -r @swc-node/register ./packages/examples/stream-example.ts",
-    "browser-example": "turbo build --filter=ring-client-api && DEBUG=ring node -r @swc-node/register ./packages/examples/browser-example.ts",
+    "example": "turbo build --filter=ring-client-api && DEBUG=ring node --experimental-transform-types ./packages/examples/example.ts",
+    "api-example": "turbo build --filter=ring-client-api && DEBUG=ring node --experimental-transform-types ./packages/examples/api-example.ts",
+    "record-example": "turbo build --filter=ring-client-api && DEBUG=ring node --experimental-transform-types ./packages/examples/record-example.ts",
+    "return-audio-example": "turbo build --filter=ring-client-api && DEBUG=ring node --experimental-transform-types ./packages/examples/return-audio-example.ts",
+    "stream-example": "turbo build --filter=ring-client-api && DEBUG=ring node --experimental-transform-types ./packages/examples/stream-example.ts",
+    "browser-example": "turbo build --filter=ring-client-api && DEBUG=ring node --experimental-transform-types ./packages/examples/browser-example.ts",
     "auth-cli": "turbo build --filter=ring-client-api && ./packages/ring-client-api/lib/ring-auth-cli.js",
     "device-data-cli": "turbo build --filter=ring-client-api && ./packages/ring-client-api/lib/ring-device-data-cli.js",
     "push-with-tags": "git push --follow-tags",
diff --git a/packages/examples/.gitignore b/packages/examples/.gitignore
index 53752db2..a30bad98 100644
--- a/packages/examples/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/examples/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 output
+public
diff --git a/packages/examples/api-example.ts b/packages/examples/api-example.ts
index 4e31568f..6ba5fd3f 100644
--- a/packages/examples/api-example.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/api-example.ts
@@ -38,24 +38,29 @@ async function example() {
 
   // Camera API
   const eventsResponse = await camera.getEvents({
-    limit: 10,
-    kind: 'ding',
-    state: 'accepted',
-    // olderThanId: previousEventsResponse.meta.pagination_key
-    // favorites: true
-  })
-  console.log('Got events', eventsResponse.events[0])
-  const eventsWithRecordings = eventsResponse.events.filter(
+      limit: 10,
+      kind: 'ding',
+      state: 'accepted',
+      // olderThanId: previousEventsResponse.meta.pagination_key
+      // favorites: true
+    }),
+    [firstRecordedEvent] = eventsResponse.events.filter(
       (event) => event.recording_status === 'ready',
-    ),
-    transcodedUrl = await camera.getRecordingUrl(
-      eventsWithRecordings[0].ding_id_str, // MUST use the ding_id_str, not ding_id
+    )
+
+  if (!firstRecordedEvent) {
+    console.log('No events with recordings found')
+    return
+  }
+
+  const transcodedUrl = await camera.getRecordingUrl(
+      firstRecordedEvent.ding_id_str, // MUST use the ding_id_str, not ding_id
       {
         transcoded: true, // get transcoded version of the video.  false by default.  transcoded has ring log and timestamp
       },
     ),
     untranscodedUrl = await camera.getRecordingUrl(
-      eventsWithRecordings[0].ding_id_str,
+      firstRecordedEvent.ding_id_str,
     )
 
   console.log('Recording Transcoded URL', transcodedUrl)
diff --git a/packages/examples/browser-example.ts b/packages/examples/browser-example.ts
index dc827d8e..2d42d968 100644
--- a/packages/examples/browser-example.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/browser-example.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ async function example() {
   }
 
   const app = express(),
+    __dirname = new URL('.', import.meta.url).pathname,
     publicOutputDirectory = path.join(__dirname, 'public/output')
 
   app.use('/', express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')))
diff --git a/packages/examples/return-audio-example.ts b/packages/examples/return-audio-example.ts
index eb52eb27..72f84708 100644
--- a/packages/examples/return-audio-example.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/return-audio-example.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ async function example() {
   await cleanOutputDirectory()
 
   console.log(`Starting Return Audio to ${camera.name}...`)
-  const call = await camera.startLiveCall()
+  const call = await camera.startLiveCall(),
+    __dirname = new URL('.', import.meta.url).pathname
 
   console.log('Call started, activating return audio...')
   await Promise.all([
diff --git a/packages/examples/tsconfig.json b/packages/examples/tsconfig.json
index 9e623966..0b9b7f6b 100644
--- a/packages/examples/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/examples/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "extends": "tsconfig/tsconfig.json"
+  "extends": "tsconfig/tsconfig.json",
+  "exclude": ["public", "output"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/examples/util.ts b/packages/examples/util.ts
index 97ea79a1..01d311a9 100644
--- a/packages/examples/util.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/util.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { mkdir, rm } from 'node:fs/promises'
 
+const __dirname = new URL('.', import.meta.url).pathname
+
 export const outputDirectory = join(__dirname, 'output')
 
 export async function cleanOutputDirectory() {