diff --git a/mqtt/index.js b/mqtt/index.js
index 57af425..d20d2cc 100644
--- a/mqtt/index.js
+++ b/mqtt/index.js
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-const crypto = require("crypto");
-const mqtt = require("mqtt");
-const commandLineArgs = require("command-line-args");
-const commandLineUsage = require("command-line-usage");
-const PositionUtil = require("./utils/position_util");
-
-const { Mesh, Mqtt, Portnums, Telemetry } = require("@meshtastic/protobufs");
-const { fromBinary } = require("@bufbuild/protobuf");
+import crypto from 'crypto';
+import mqtt from "mqtt";
+import commandLineArgs from 'command-line-args';
+import commandLineUsage from 'command-line-usage';
+import { fromBinary } from '@bufbuild/protobuf';
+import { Mesh, Mqtt, Portnums, Telemetry } from '@meshtastic/protobufs';
+import PositionUtil from './utils/position_util.js';
 
 // create prisma db client
-const { PrismaClient } = require("@prisma/client");
+import { PrismaClient } from "@prisma/client";
 const prisma = new PrismaClient();
 
 // meshtastic bitfield flags
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ if(options.help){
         },
     ]);
     console.log(usage);
-    return;
+    process.exit(1);
 }
 
 // get options and fallback to default values
diff --git a/mqtt/package.json b/mqtt/package.json
index 90b1ca3..2a87a4c 100644
--- a/mqtt/package.json
+++ b/mqtt/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
   "description": "",
+  "type": "module",
   "dependencies": {
     "@bufbuild/protobuf": "^2.2.5",
     "@meshtastic/protobufs": "npm:@jsr/meshtastic__protobufs@^2.6.2",
diff --git a/mqtt/utils/node_id_util.js b/mqtt/utils/node_id_util.js
index 5397df1..f9b1e00 100644
--- a/mqtt/utils/node_id_util.js
+++ b/mqtt/utils/node_id_util.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class NodeIdUtil {
+export default class NodeIdUtil {
 
     /**
      * Converts the provided hex id to a numeric id, for example: !FFFFFFFF to 4294967295
@@ -18,6 +18,4 @@ class NodeIdUtil {
 
     }
 
-}
-
-module.exports = NodeIdUtil;
+}
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diff --git a/mqtt/utils/position_util.js b/mqtt/utils/position_util.js
index 6824b0b..9eef1e3 100644
--- a/mqtt/utils/position_util.js
+++ b/mqtt/utils/position_util.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class PositionUtil {
+export default class PositionUtil {
 
     /**
      * Obfuscates the provided latitude or longitude down to the provided precision in bits.
@@ -61,6 +61,4 @@ class PositionUtil {
 
     }
 
-}
-
-module.exports = PositionUtil;
+}
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