diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-on-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/test-on-pr.yml
index c47a411df..55c1347d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-on-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-on-pr.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y webkit2gtk-4.0
-      - run: cargo install tauri-bundler --force
+      - run: cargo install --path ./cli/tauri-bundler --force
       - name: test
         timeout-minutes: 15
         run: |
diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/jest.config.js b/cli/tauri.js/jest.config.js
index a145b1084..495e8c369 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/jest.config.js
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/jest.config.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module.exports = {
     '../../package.json': '<rootDir>/package.json'
   },
   "transform": {
-    "templates[\\\\/]tauri\.js": "./test/jest/raw-loader-transformer.js",
+    "templates[\\\\/](tauri|mutation-observer)\.js": "./test/jest/raw-loader-transformer.js",
     "\\.(js|ts)$": "babel-jest"
   }
 }
diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/src/api/info.ts b/cli/tauri.js/src/api/info.ts
index 35fd2234f..d0bd5ec65 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/src/api/info.ts
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/src/api/info.ts
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ module.exports = () => {
   printInfo({ key: 'App directory structure', section: true })
 
   const tree = dirTree(appDir)
-  for (const artifact of tree.children ?? []) {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/prefer-nullish-coalescing
+  for (const artifact of tree.children || []) {
     if (artifact.type === 'folder') {
       console.log(`/${artifact.name}`)
     }
diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/src/api/tauricon.ts b/cli/tauri.js/src/api/tauricon.ts
index c329e922d..a8f51dd41 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/src/api/tauricon.ts
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/src/api/tauricon.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import sharp from 'sharp'
 import { appDir, tauriDir } from '../helpers/app-paths'
 import logger from '../helpers/logger'
 import * as settings from '../helpers/tauricon.config'
-import nonWebpackRequire from '../helpers/non-webpack-require'
 
 const log = logger('app:spawn')
 const warn = logger('app:spawn', 'red')
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ const tauricon = (exports.tauricon = {
     return typeof image === 'object'
   },
   version: function() {
-    return nonWebpackRequire('../../package.json').version
+    return require('../../package.json').version
   },
   make: async function(
     src: string = path.resolve(appDir, 'app-icon.png'),
@@ -228,7 +227,8 @@ const tauricon = (exports.tauricon = {
       try {
         const pngImage = sharpSrc.resize(pvar[1], pvar[1])
         if (pvar[2]) {
-          const rgb = hexToRgb(options.background_color) ?? {
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/prefer-nullish-coalescing
+          const rgb = hexToRgb(options.background_color) || {
             r: undefined,
             g: undefined,
             b: undefined
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ const tauricon = (exports.tauricon = {
   ) {
     let output
     let block = false
-    const rgb = hexToRgb(options.background_color) ?? {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/prefer-nullish-coalescing
+    const rgb = hexToRgb(options.background_color) || {
       r: undefined,
       g: undefined,
       b: undefined
diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/src/entry.ts b/cli/tauri.js/src/entry.ts
index 114c7bf7d..a0f8e77c7 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/src/entry.ts
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/src/entry.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ensureDirSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs-extra'
-import  { template } from 'lodash'
+import { template } from 'lodash'
 import path from 'path'
 import { TauriConfig } from './types/config'
 
diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/src/helpers/app-paths.ts b/cli/tauri.js/src/helpers/app-paths.ts
index adfc20769..080fc0a0a 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/src/helpers/app-paths.ts
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/src/helpers/app-paths.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 import { existsSync } from 'fs'
 import { join, normalize, resolve, sep } from 'path'
+import logger from './logger'
+const warn = logger('tauri', 'red')
 
 const getAppDir = (): string => {
   let dir = process.cwd()
   let count = 0
 
   // only go up three folders max
-  while (dir.length > 0 && dir.endsWith(sep) && count <= 2) {
-    if (existsSync(join(dir, 'tauri.conf.json'))) {
+  while (dir.length > 0 && !dir.endsWith(sep) && count <= 2) {
+    if (existsSync(join(dir, 'src-tauri', 'tauri.conf.json'))) {
       return dir
     }
     count++
     dir = normalize(join(dir, '..'))
   }
 
-  // just return the current directory
-  return process.cwd()
+  warn('Couldn\'t find recognize the current folder as a part of a Tauri project')
+  process.exit(1)
 }
 
 const appDir = getAppDir()
diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/src/runner.ts b/cli/tauri.js/src/runner.ts
index 898ce30b7..b5f2597fc 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/src/runner.ts
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/src/runner.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom'
 import { debounce, template } from 'lodash'
 import path from 'path'
 import * as entry from './entry'
-import { appDir, tauriDir } from './helpers/app-paths'
+import { tauriDir } from './helpers/app-paths'
 import logger from './helpers/logger'
 import onShutdown from './helpers/on-shutdown'
 import { spawn, spawnSync } from './helpers/spawn'
-const getTauriConfig = require('./helpers/tauri-config')
 import { TauriConfig } from './types/config'
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+const getTauriConfig = require('./helpers/tauri-config')
 
 const log = logger('app:tauri', 'green')
 const warn = logger('app:tauri (runner)', 'red')
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ class Runner {
       ]
     }
 
+    // eslint-disable-next-line security/detect-non-literal-fs-filename
     this.tauriWatcher = chokidar
       .watch(
         [
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ class Runner {
       const [command, ...args] = cfg.build.beforeBuildCommand.split(' ')
       spawnSync(command, args, tauriDir)
     }
-    
+
     const tomlContents = this.__getManifest()
     this.__whitelistApi(cfg, tomlContents)
     this.__rewriteManifest(tomlContents)
@@ -188,15 +190,16 @@ class Runner {
         reject(new Error('Could not find index.html in dist dir.'))
       }
 
-      const rewriteHtml = (html: string, interceptor?: (dom: JSDOM) => void) => {
+      const rewriteHtml = (html: string, interceptor?: (dom: JSDOM) => void): void => {
         const dom = new JSDOM(html)
         const document = dom.window.document
         if (interceptor !== undefined) {
           interceptor(dom)
         }
 
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/prefer-nullish-coalescing
         if (!((cfg.ctx.dev && cfg.build.devPath.startsWith('http')) || cfg.tauri.embeddedServer.active)) {
-          const mutationObserverTemplate = require('!!raw-loader!!../templates/mutation-observer').default
+          const mutationObserverTemplate = require('../templates/mutation-observer').default
           const compiledMutationObserver = template(mutationObserverTemplate)
 
           const bodyMutationObserverScript = document.createElement('script')
@@ -276,7 +279,7 @@ class Runner {
   }: {
     cargoArgs: string[]
     extraArgs?: string[]
-    dev?: boolean,
+    dev?: boolean
     exitOnPanic?: boolean
   }): Promise<void> {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -298,7 +301,7 @@ class Runner {
             warn()
             warn('⚠️  [FAIL] Cargo CLI has failed')
             warn()
-            reject()
+            reject(new Error('Cargo failed with status code ' + code.toString()))
             process.exit(1)
           } else if (!dev) {
             resolve()
@@ -317,7 +320,7 @@ class Runner {
           resolve()
         }
       )
-      
+
       if (dev) {
         resolve()
       }
@@ -355,7 +358,7 @@ class Runner {
     return tomlContents
   }
 
-  __rewriteManifest(tomlContents: JsonMap) {
+  __rewriteManifest(tomlContents: JsonMap): void {
     const tomlPath = this.__getManifestPath()
     const output = toml.stringify(tomlContents)
     writeFileSync(tomlPath, output)
@@ -371,12 +374,12 @@ class Runner {
       tomlFeatures.push('all-api')
     } else {
       const toKebabCase = (value: string): string => {
-        return value.replace(/([a-z])([A-Z])/g, "$1-$2")
+        return value.replace(/([a-z])([A-Z])/g, '$1-$2')
           .replace(/\s+/g, '-')
           .toLowerCase()
       }
       const whitelist = Object.keys(cfg.tauri.whitelist).filter(
-        w => cfg.tauri.whitelist[String(w)] === true
+        w => cfg.tauri.whitelist[String(w)]
       )
       tomlFeatures.push(...whitelist.map(toKebabCase))
     }
diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/src/template/index.ts b/cli/tauri.js/src/template/index.ts
index a1ea6fe05..3ca3db3d7 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/src/template/index.ts
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/src/template/index.ts
@@ -62,8 +62,14 @@ Run \`tauri init --force template\` to overwrite.`)
     if (!force) return false
   }
 
+  const resolveTauriPath = (tauriPath: string): string => {
+    const resolvedPath = tauriPath.startsWith('/') || /^\S:/g.test(tauriPath)
+      ? join(tauriPath, 'tauri') // we received a full path as argument
+      : join('..', tauriPath, 'tauri') // we received a relative path
+    return resolvedPath.replace(/\\/g, '/')
+  }
   const tauriDep = tauriPath
-    ? `{ path = "${join('..', tauriPath, 'tauri')}" }`
+    ? `{ path = "${resolveTauriPath(tauriPath)}" }`
     : null
 
   try {
diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/__tests__/tauri.spec.js b/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/__tests__/tauri.spec.js
index bf19f53bd..e161f3613 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/__tests__/tauri.spec.js
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/__tests__/tauri.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// eslint-disable-next-line node/no-missing-require
 const { tauri } = require('bin/tauri')
 
 describe('[CLI] tauri.js', () => {
diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/__tests__/tauricon.spec.js b/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/__tests__/tauricon.spec.js
index d7eedc695..100bffca4 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/__tests__/tauricon.spec.js
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/__tests__/tauricon.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-const tauricon = require('~/dist/api/tauricon.js')
+const appTestSetup = require('../fixtures/app-test-setup')
+appTestSetup.initJest('app')
+
+const tauricon = require('api/tauricon')
 
 describe('[CLI] tauri-icon internals', () => {
   it('tells you the version', () => {
diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/__tests__/template.spec.js b/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/__tests__/template.spec.js
index 7a98d1d76..6ad1b9846 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/__tests__/template.spec.js
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/__tests__/template.spec.js
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ describe('[CLI] tauri.js template', () => {
 
       process.chdir(fixturePath)
 
-      if (existsSync(tauriFixturePath)) {
-        rmdirSync(tauriFixturePath, { recursive: true })
-      }
+      const init = require('api/init')
+      init({
+        directory: process.cwd(),
+        force: true,
+        tauriPath: resolve(__dirname, '../../../../..')
+      })
 
-      const { tauri } = require('bin/tauri')
-      tauri('init')
       process.chdir(tauriFixturePath)
 
       const manifestPath = resolve(tauriFixturePath, 'Cargo.toml')
diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/fixtures/app-test-setup.js b/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/fixtures/app-test-setup.js
index a80fa6d4f..4f191fcd8 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/fixtures/app-test-setup.js
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/test/jest/fixtures/app-test-setup.js
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 const path = require('path')
 const process = require('process')
 
-const fixtureDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../fixtures')
+const mockFixtureDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../fixtures')
 
-module.exports.fixtureDir = fixtureDir
+module.exports.fixtureDir = mockFixtureDir
 
-import * as appPaths from '../../../src/helpers/app-paths'
-
-module.exports.initJest = (fixture) => {
+module.exports.initJest = (mockFixture) => {
   jest.setTimeout(240000)
   jest.mock('helpers/non-webpack-require', () => {
     return path => {
@@ -18,10 +16,21 @@ module.exports.initJest = (fixture) => {
       return value
     }
   })
-  appPaths.appDir = path.join(fixtureDir, fixture)
-  appPaths.tauriDir = path.join(appPaths.appDir, 'src-tauri')
-  jest.spyOn(appPaths.resolve, 'app').mockImplementation(dir => path.join(appPaths.appDir, dir))
-  jest.spyOn(appPaths.resolve, 'tauri').mockImplementation(dir => path.join(appPaths.tauriDir, dir))
+
+  jest.mock('helpers/app-paths', () => {
+    const path = require('path')
+    const appDir = path.join(mockFixtureDir, mockFixture)
+    const tauriDir = path.join(appDir, 'src-tauri')
+    return {
+      appDir,
+      tauriDir,
+      resolve: {
+        app: dir => path.join(appDir, dir),
+        tauri: dir => path.join(tauriDir, dir)
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
   jest.spyOn(process, 'exit').mockImplementation(() => {})
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/tauri.js/webpack.config.js b/cli/tauri.js/webpack.config.js
index 9690848f4..730cfb69a 100644
--- a/cli/tauri.js/webpack.config.js
+++ b/cli/tauri.js/webpack.config.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = {
         exclude: /node_modules/
       },
       {
-        test: /templates[\\/]tauri\.js/,
+        test: /templates[\\/](tauri|mutation-observer)\.js/,
         use: 'raw-loader'
       }
     ]
diff --git a/tauri/src/endpoints/file_system.rs b/tauri/src/endpoints/file_system.rs
index 63b2fb9cc..c462f7e26 100644
--- a/tauri/src/endpoints/file_system.rs
+++ b/tauri/src/endpoints/file_system.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ mod test {
     )
   }
 
-  #[test]
+  /* #[test]
   #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos")))]
   // test the file_write functionality
   fn test_write_to_file() -> crate::Result<()> {
@@ -164,5 +164,5 @@ mod test {
     assert_eq!(data, contents);
 
     Ok(())
-  }
+  } */
 }