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• Your code builds clean without any errors or warnings
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A description of the changes proposed in the pull request:
fixes pnpm start on a fresh repo.

• addresses some other nitpick changes suggested by coderabbit.

Tests performed by the developer:
pnpm clean && pnpm install && pnpm build && pnpm install && pnpm start --dev

Tips for QA testing:
run same and verify that checking balance still works.