diff --git a/.changeset/unlucky-experts-shout.md b/.changeset/unlucky-experts-shout.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8c6fbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/unlucky-experts-shout.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"stack54": patch
+---
+
+Fixes views build failure caused by when no view found in project directory
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a68740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "name": "stack54-monorepo",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "author": "Joshua Amaju",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "private": true,
+  "keywords": [],
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/joshamaju/stack54.git"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "pnpm test -r",
+    "changeset": "changeset",
+    "version": "changeset version",
+    "release": "changeset publish",
+    "build": "tsc -b tsconfig.build.json"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@changesets/cli": "^2.27.1",
+    "playwright": "^1.41.1",
+    "typescript": "^5.3.3"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core/build/view.ts b/packages/core/src/core/build/view.ts
index 1746073..aa7947c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core/build/view.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core/build/view.ts
@@ -116,56 +116,60 @@ export function buildViews({
     // @ts-ignore build gets the filtered type wrong
     const facades = new Map(facade_keypairs.filter((_) => _ !== undefined));
 
-    const resolve: Plugin = {
-      name: "facade-resolver",
-      async resolveId(source, importer) {
-        if (importer) {
-          const [importer_] = importer.split("?");
-
-          /**
-           * resolves imports (including import aliases) inside inline script and modules script tags
-           * i.e
-           * <script type="module">
-           * import module from '@/aliased/module'
-           * import module from './file/path'
-           * import module form 'installed/node-module'
-           * </script>
-           */
-          if (facades.has(importer_)) {
-            // reconstruct the original svelte file name from the html facade
-            const original = importer_.replace(generated_dir, "");
-
-            const { dir, name } = path.parse(original);
-            const view = path.join(dir, `${name}.svelte`);
-
-            const resolved = await this.resolve(source, view);
-
-            if (resolved) return resolved;
-
-            const file = path.resolve(path.dirname(original), source);
-            if (await fse.exists(file)) return file;
+    if (facades.size > 0) {
+      const resolve: Plugin = {
+        name: "facade-resolver",
+        async resolveId(source, importer) {
+          if (importer) {
+            const [importer_] = importer.split("?");
+
+            /**
+             * resolves imports (including import aliases) inside inline script and modules script tags
+             * i.e
+             * <script type="module">
+             * import module from '@/aliased/module'
+             * import module from './file/path'
+             * import module form 'installed/node-module'
+             * </script>
+             */
+            if (facades.has(importer_)) {
+              // reconstruct the original svelte file name from the html facade
+              const original = importer_.replace(generated_dir, "");
+
+              const { dir, name } = path.parse(original);
+              const view = path.join(dir, `${name}.svelte`);
+
+              const resolved = await this.resolve(source, view);
+
+              if (resolved) return resolved;
+
+              const file = path.resolve(path.dirname(original), source);
+              if (await fse.exists(file)) return file;
+            }
           }
-        }
-      },
-    };
-
-    const env_define = define(env);
-
-    const inline_config: vite.InlineConfig = {
-      logLevel: "silent",
-      define: env_define,
-      mode: "production",
-      plugins: [resolve, obfuscate, deobfuscate],
-      build: {
-        ssr: false,
-        outDir: build_dir,
-        rollupOptions: { input: [...facades.keys()] },
-      },
-    };
+        },
+      };
+
+      const env_define = define(env);
+
+      const inline_config: vite.InlineConfig = {
+        logLevel: "silent",
+        define: env_define,
+        mode: "production",
+        plugins: [resolve, obfuscate, deobfuscate],
+        build: {
+          ssr: false,
+          outDir: build_dir,
+          rollupOptions: { input: [...facades.keys()] },
+        },
+      };
 
-    yield* Effect.tryPromise(() => {
-      return vite.build(vite.mergeConfig(config.vite, inline_config));
-    });
+      yield* Effect.tryPromise(() => {
+        return vite.build(vite.mergeConfig(config.vite, inline_config));
+      });
+    } else {
+      yield* Effect.logWarning("No views to build");
+    }
 
     const modules = yield* Effect.forEach(
       facades,