diff --git a/packages/cli/lib/services/compile.service.ts b/packages/cli/lib/services/compile.service.ts
index a88b3d9fa6..d0b9587a5e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/lib/services/compile.service.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/lib/services/compile.service.ts
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ export interface ListedFile {
     baseName: string;
 }
 
+// inputPath - absolute platform path
+// outputPath - absolute platform path
 export function getFileToCompile({ fullPath, filePath }: { fullPath: string; filePath: string }): ListedFile {
     const baseName = path.basename(filePath, '.ts');
     return {
@@ -349,43 +351,13 @@ export function listFilesToCompile({
     });
 }
 
-// get array of file paths that match the given path parts.
-// last part is treated as a file extension.
-// eg getMatchingFiles('foo', 'ts') -> glob.sync('foo/*.ts')
+// get absolute platform file paths that match the given path parts,
+// with last part treated as a file extension.
+// eg getMatchingFiles('/foo', 'bar', 'ts') -> glob.sync('/foo/bar/*.ts')
+// returns ['/foo/bar/baz.ts', '/foo/bar/pok.ts', ...]
 function getMatchingFiles(...args: string[]): string[] {
     args.splice(-1, 1, `*.${args.slice(-1)[0]}`);
-    // console.log('args', args);
-    const pattern = args.join('/');
-    // console.log('pattern', pattern);
-    // return glob.sync(pattern, { posix: true });
-    return glob.sync(pattern);
-
-    // const pattern = path.join(...args);
-    // console.log('pattern', pattern);
-
-    // windowsPathsNoEscape
-    // Use \\ as a path separator only, and never as an escape
-    // character.
-    // If set, all \\ characters are replaced with / in the
-    // pattern. Note that this makes it impossible to match
-    // against paths containing literal glob pattern characters,
-    // but allows matching with patterns constructed using
-    // path.join() and path.resolve() on Windows platforms,
-    // mimicking the (buggy!) behavior of Glob v7 and before on
-    // Windows.
-
-    // absolute
-    // Set to false to always return relative paths. When
-    // this option is not set, absolute paths are returned for
-    // patterns that are absolute, and otherwise paths are
-    // returned that are relative to the cwd setting.
-
-    // posix
-    // Return / delimited paths, even on Windows.
-    // On posix systems, this has no effect. But, on Windows, it
-    // means that paths will be / delimited, and absolute paths
-    // will be their full resolved UNC forms, eg instead of
-    // 'C:\\foo\\bar', it would return '//?/C:/foo/bar'
-
-    // return glob.sync(pattern, { windowsPathsNoEscape: true, absolute: false, posix: true });
+    // glob prefers posix paths as input
+    const pattern = args.join('/'); // eg '/foo/bar/*.ts'
+    return glob.sync(pattern, { absolute: true });
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/lib/services/compile.service.unit.test.ts b/packages/cli/lib/services/compile.service.unit.test.ts
index e030d2a9c0..8df6133f5b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/lib/services/compile.service.unit.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/lib/services/compile.service.unit.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { getFileToCompile, listFilesToCompile } from './compile.service';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import type { NangoYamlParsed } from '@nangohq/types';
 
-// eg "C:\Users\bburns\Workspace\test\various\src"
+// eg "C:\\Users\bburns\\Workspace\\forks\\nango\\packages\\cli\\lib\\services"
 const thisFolder = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 
 describe('listFiles', () => {
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ describe('listFiles', () => {
         //. why should this be the first entry?
         expect(files[0]).toStrictEqual({
             baseName: 'verification.service',
+            //. but listFiles gives
+            // 'packages\\cli\\lib\\services\\verification.service.ts'
+            // why?
+            // that's relative to curdir, not fullpath
+            // oh, that's what glob does - wew
+            // path.relative(join..., '')
             inputPath: join(thisFolder, 'verification.service.ts'),
             outputPath: join(thisFolder, 'dist/verification.service.js')
         });