diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 80f386771..f3831d9a6 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@
     "max-statements": ["warn", { "max": 20 }, { "ignoreTopLevelFunctions": true }],
     "no-invalid-this": "warn"
   },
-  "overrides": [
-    {
-      "files": ["*.ts"],
-      "excludedFiles": "*.test.ts",
-      "rules": {
-        "@typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type": "warn"
-      }
-    }
-  ],
   "plugins": ["@typescript-eslint"],
   "ignorePatterns": [
     "src/templates",
diff --git a/src/cli/build.helpers.ts b/src/cli/build.helpers.ts
index 0d4efbd00..4f8135829 100644
--- a/src/cli/build.helpers.ts
+++ b/src/cli/build.helpers.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import { CapabilityExport } from "../lib/types";
 import { validateCapabilityNames } from "../lib/helpers";
 import { peprFormat } from "./format";
 import { BuildOptions, BuildResult, context, BuildContext } from "esbuild";
+import { Assets } from "../lib/assets";
+import { resolve } from "path";
+import { promises as fs } from "fs";
 
 export type Reloader = (opts: BuildResult<BuildOptions>) => void | Promise<void>;
 /**
@@ -187,3 +190,30 @@ export async function watchForChanges(
 
   return ctx;
 }
+
+export async function generateYamlAndWriteToDisk(obj: {
+  uuid: string;
+  imagePullSecret: string;
+  outputDir: string;
+  assets: Assets;
+  zarf: string;
+}): Promise<void> {
+  const { uuid, imagePullSecret, outputDir, assets, zarf } = obj;
+  const yamlFile = `pepr-module-${uuid}.yaml`;
+  const chartPath = `${uuid}-chart`;
+  const yamlPath = resolve(outputDir, yamlFile);
+  const yaml = await assets.allYaml(imagePullSecret);
+  const zarfPath = resolve(outputDir, "zarf.yaml");
+
+  let localZarf = "";
+  if (zarf === "chart") {
+    localZarf = assets.zarfYamlChart(chartPath);
+  } else {
+    localZarf = assets.zarfYaml(yamlFile);
+  }
+  await fs.writeFile(yamlPath, yaml);
+  await fs.writeFile(zarfPath, localZarf);
+
+  await assets.generateHelmChart(outputDir);
+  console.info(`✅ K8s resource for the module saved to ${yamlPath}`);
+}
diff --git a/src/cli/build.ts b/src/cli/build.ts
index a9878a98c..a90a8a2b3 100644
--- a/src/cli/build.ts
+++ b/src/cli/build.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-Present The Pepr Authors
 
 import { execFileSync } from "child_process";
-import { BuildOptions, BuildResult, analyzeMetafile, BuildContext } from "esbuild";
+import { BuildOptions, BuildResult, analyzeMetafile } from "esbuild";
 import { promises as fs } from "fs";
 import { basename, dirname, extname, resolve } from "path";
 import { Assets } from "../lib/assets";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { dependencies, version } from "./init/templates";
 import { RootCmd } from "./root";
 import { Option } from "commander";
 import { parseTimeout } from "../lib/helpers";
-import { PackageJSON } from "../lib/module";
+
 import {
   checkFormat,
   watchForChanges,
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   handleCustomImageBuild,
   checkIronBankImage,
   validImagePullSecret,
+  generateYamlAndWriteToDisk,
 } from "./build.helpers";
 
 const peprTS = "pepr.ts";
@@ -112,15 +113,13 @@ export default function (program: RootCmd): void {
         handleEmbedding(opts.embed, path);
 
         // set the image version if provided
-        if (opts.version) {
-          cfg.pepr.peprVersion = opts.version;
-        }
+        opts.version ? (cfg.pepr.peprVersion = opts.version) : null;
 
         // Generate a secret for the module
         const assets = new Assets(
           {
             ...cfg.pepr,
-            appVersion: version,
+            appVersion: cfg.version,
             description: cfg.description,
             // Can override the rbacMode with the CLI option
             rbacMode: determineRbacMode(opts, cfg),
@@ -137,28 +136,14 @@ export default function (program: RootCmd): void {
         // Ensure imagePullSecret is valid
         validImagePullSecret(opts.withPullSecret);
 
-        // const { yamlFile, chartPath, yamlPath, yaml } = await generateYamlAndFiles(uuid, outputDir, opts.withPullSecret, assets.allYaml)
-        const yamlFile = `pepr-module-${uuid}.yaml`;
-        const chartPath = `${uuid}-chart`;
-        const yamlPath = resolve(outputDir, yamlFile);
-        const yaml = await assets.allYaml(opts.withPullSecret);
-
         handleValidCapabilityNames(assets.capabilities);
-
-        const zarfPath = resolve(outputDir, "zarf.yaml");
-
-        let zarf = "";
-        if (opts.zarf === "chart") {
-          zarf = assets.zarfYamlChart(chartPath);
-        } else {
-          zarf = assets.zarfYaml(yamlFile);
-        }
-        await fs.writeFile(yamlPath, yaml);
-        await fs.writeFile(zarfPath, zarf);
-
-        await assets.generateHelmChart(outputDir);
-
-        console.info(`✅ K8s resource for the module saved to ${yamlPath}`);
+        await generateYamlAndWriteToDisk({
+          uuid,
+          outputDir,
+          imagePullSecret: opts.withPullSecret,
+          zarf: opts.zarf,
+          assets,
+        });
       }
     });
 }
@@ -172,14 +157,7 @@ externalLibs.push("pepr");
 // Add the kubernetes client to the list of external libraries as it is pulled in by kubernetes-fluent-client
 externalLibs.push("@kubernetes/client-node");
 
-export async function loadModule(entryPoint = peprTS): Promise<{
-  cfg: PackageJSON;
-  entryPointPath: string;
-  modulePath: string;
-  name: string;
-  path: string;
-  uuid: string;
-}> {
+export async function loadModule(entryPoint = peprTS) {
   // Resolve path to the module / files
   const entryPointPath = resolve(".", entryPoint);
   const modulePath = dirname(entryPointPath);
@@ -220,19 +198,7 @@ export async function loadModule(entryPoint = peprTS): Promise<{
   };
 }
 
-export async function buildModule(
-  reloader?: Reloader,
-  entryPoint = peprTS,
-  embed = true,
-): Promise<
-  | {
-      ctx: BuildContext<BuildOptions>;
-      path: string;
-      cfg: PackageJSON;
-      uuid: string;
-    }
-  | undefined
-> {
+export async function buildModule(reloader?: Reloader, entryPoint = peprTS, embed = true) {
   try {
     const { cfg, modulePath, path, uuid } = await loadModule(entryPoint);
 
diff --git a/src/lib/module.ts b/src/lib/module.ts
index 8d46c3037..0e092d8f8 100644
--- a/src/lib/module.ts
+++ b/src/lib/module.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export interface CustomLabels {
 /** Global configuration for the Pepr runtime. */
 export type ModuleConfig = {
   /** The Pepr version this module uses */
-  peprVersion: string;
+  peprVersion?: string;
   /** The user-defined version of the module */
   appVersion?: string;
   /** A unique identifier for this Pepr module. This is automatically generated by Pepr. */
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export type ModuleConfig = {
   /** The RBAC mode; if "scoped", generates scoped rules, otherwise uses wildcard rules. */
   rbacMode?: string;
   /** The included files to be added to the container */
-  includedFiles: string[];
+  includedFiles?: string[];
 };
 export type ExtendedPackageJSON = PackageJSON & {
   name: string;