diff --git a/src/node/constants.ts b/src/node/constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6ba953ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/node/constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { logger } from "@coder/logger"
+import * as path from "path"
+
+let pkg: { version?: string; commit?: string } = {}
+try {
+  pkg = require("../../package.json")
+} catch (error) {
+  logger.warn(error.message)
+}
+
+export const version = pkg.version || "development"
+export const commit = pkg.commit || "development"
+export const rootPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../..")
diff --git a/src/node/entry.ts b/src/node/entry.ts
index e8c6b4e1f..ce0d2980f 100644
--- a/src/node/entry.ts
+++ b/src/node/entry.ts
@@ -17,20 +17,11 @@ import {
   shouldRunVsCodeCli,
 } from "./cli"
 import { coderCloudBind } from "./coder-cloud"
+import { commit, version } from "./constants"
 import { loadPlugins } from "./plugin"
 import { humanPath, open } from "./util"
 import { ipcMain, WrapperProcess } from "./wrapper"
 
-let pkg: { version?: string; commit?: string } = {}
-try {
-  pkg = require("../../package.json")
-} catch (error) {
-  logger.warn(error.message)
-}
-
-const version = pkg.version || "development"
-const commit = pkg.commit || "development"
-
 export const runVsCodeCli = (args: DefaultedArgs): void => {
   logger.debug("forking vs code cli...")
   const vscode = cp.fork(path.resolve(__dirname, "../../lib/vscode/out/vs/server/fork"), [], {