diff --git a/packages/cli/src/environment.ts b/packages/cli/src/environment.ts
index 9d017f99b2..51f6e9b972 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/environment.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+process.env.DISABLE_PINO_LOGGER = "1"
 process.env.NO_JS = "1"
 process.env.JS_BCRYPT = "1"
 process.env.DISABLE_JWT_WARNING = "1"
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
index 86a6d2b7b3..317ccea974 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-process.env.DISABLE_PINO_LOGGER = "1"
+// have to import this before anything else
 import "./environment"
 import { getCommands } from "./options"
 import { Command } from "commander"
diff --git a/packages/cli/start.sh b/packages/cli/start.sh
index 9650f0bbfa..ae39f73753 100755
--- a/packages/cli/start.sh
+++ b/packages/cli/start.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 dir="$(dirname -- "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE}")")"
-${dir}/node_modules/ts-node/dist/bin.js ${dir}/src/index.ts $@
+${dir}/../../node_modules/ts-node/dist/bin.js ${dir}/src/index.ts $@