diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4248f0ce811..187228c6acf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,4 @@ tmp/
 vendor/
 node_modules/
 .docs/
-.DS_Store
-tmp-*
-tmp_*
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/init/src/init.ts b/init/src/init.ts
index 209a618330d..f477850cedb 100644
--- a/init/src/init.ts
+++ b/init/src/init.ts
@@ -553,8 +553,7 @@ if (Deno.args.includes("build")) {
 
   const denoJson = {
     tasks: {
-      check:
-        "deno fmt --check && deno lint && deno check **/*.ts && deno check **/*.tsx",
+      check: "deno fmt --check && deno lint && deno check --config deno.json .",
       dev: "deno run -A --watch=static/,routes/ dev.ts",
       build: "deno run -A dev.ts build",
       start: "deno run -A main.ts",
diff --git a/init/src/init_test.ts b/init/src/init_test.ts
index c0a2a898b3a..825586316c7 100644
--- a/init/src/init_test.ts
+++ b/init/src/init_test.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ import { waitForText } from "../../tests/test_utils.tsx";
 import { withChildProcessServer } from "../../tests/test_utils.tsx";
 
 async function withTmpDir(fn: (dir: string) => void | Promise<void>) {
-  const hash = crypto.randomUUID().replaceAll(/-/g, "");
-  const dir = path.join(import.meta.dirname!, "..", "..", `tmp_${hash}`);
+  const dir = await Deno.makeTempDir({ prefix: "fresh-" });
   await Deno.mkdir(dir, { recursive: true });
 
   try {
@@ -135,9 +134,12 @@ Deno.test("init - fmt, lint, and type check project", async () => {
     const check = await new Deno.Command(Deno.execPath(), {
       args: ["task", "check"],
       cwd: dir,
-      stderr: "inherit",
-      stdout: "inherit",
+      stderr: "piped",
+      stdout: "piped",
     }).output();
+    const out = getStdOutput(check);
+    // deno-lint-ignore no-console
+    console.log(out);
     expect(check.code).toEqual(0);
   });
 });