diff --git a/scripts/memory/mk.js b/scripts/memory/mk.js
index ae14e1191..44cbe5277 100644
--- a/scripts/memory/mk.js
+++ b/scripts/memory/mk.js
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 
-const pages = new URL('./project/src/pages/', import.meta.url);
+const base = new URL('./project/', import.meta.url);
+const pages = new URL('./src/pages/', base);
+
+await fs.promises.writeFile(new URL('./package.json', base), `{
+  "name": "@test/smoke",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "astro": "workspace:*"
+  }
+}`);
 
 for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
 	let content = `---
diff --git a/scripts/memory/project/package.json b/scripts/memory/project/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fff9ac81..000000000
--- a/scripts/memory/project/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "@test/smoke",
-  "version": "0.0.0",
-  "private": true,
-  "dependencies": {
-    "astro": "workspace:*"
-  }
-}