diff --git a/e2e/package.json b/e2e/package.json
index 532eb86..e5c1a66 100644
--- a/e2e/package.json
+++ b/e2e/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@getgauge/cli": "latest",
     "@types/node": "latest",
-    "taiko": "^1.4.0"
+    "taiko": "^1.4.0",
+    "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/e2e/src/VowelCounter.ts b/e2e/src/VowelCounter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..308fafe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/src/VowelCounter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export default class VowelCounter {
+  private vowels: string[];
+
+  constructor(vowels: string[]) {
+    this.vowels = vowels;
+  }
+
+  countVowels(word: string): number {
+    let count = 0;
+    for (const char of word) {
+      if (this.vowels.includes(char.toLowerCase())) {
+        count++;
+      }
+    }
+    return count;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/e2e/tests/implementation.ts b/e2e/tests/implementation.ts
index 6b7dac1..139debe 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/implementation.ts
+++ b/e2e/tests/implementation.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 import * as assert from "node:assert";
+import VowelCounter from "@lib/VowelCounter";
 import { DataStoreFactory, Step, type Table } from "gauge-ts";
 
 class Implementation {
   static vowelsCount = (word: string): number => {
-    const vowels = DataStoreFactory.getSpecDataStore().get(
-      "vowels",
-    ) as string[];
-    return word.split("").filter((c) => vowels.includes(c)).length;
+    const counter = DataStoreFactory.getSpecDataStore().get(
+      "counter",
+    ) as VowelCounter;
+    return counter.countVowels(word);
   };
 
   @Step("Vowels in English language are <aeiou>.")
   public async listVowels(vowels: string) {
-    DataStoreFactory.getSpecDataStore().put("vowels", vowels.split(""));
+    DataStoreFactory.getSpecDataStore().put(
+      "counter",
+      new VowelCounter(vowels.split("")),
+    );
   }
 
   @Step("The word <gauge> has <3> vowels.")
diff --git a/e2e/tsconfig.json b/e2e/tsconfig.json
index 0e534a9..7bfb7c6 100644
--- a/e2e/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
     "strict": true,
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
-    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+    "paths": {
+      "@lib/*": ["./src/*"]
+    }
   },
   "include": ["tests/**/*", "gen/**/*"],
   "exclude": ["node_modules/"]
diff --git a/gauge-ts/launcher.mjs b/gauge-ts/launcher.mjs
index 852fc38..234e07f 100755
--- a/gauge-ts/launcher.mjs
+++ b/gauge-ts/launcher.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+
 const version = process.versions.node.split(".");
 if (Number.parseInt(version[0]) < 20) {
   throw new Error(
diff --git a/gauge-ts/package.json b/gauge-ts/package.json
index 1692ee6..7a413ec 100644
--- a/gauge-ts/package.json
+++ b/gauge-ts/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gauge-ts",
-  "version": "0.3.1",
+  "version": "0.3.2",
   "description": "Typescript runner for Gauge",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/gauge-ts/ts.json b/gauge-ts/ts.json
index 9ee8798..56631e8 100644
--- a/gauge-ts/ts.json
+++ b/gauge-ts/ts.json
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
     "linux": ["./launcher.mjs", "--start"],
     "windows": ["launcher.bat", "--start"]
   },
-  "version": "0.3.1",
+  "version": "0.3.2",
   "gRPCSupport": true
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 46b11ed..0d937dd 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
         "typescript": "^5.4.5"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
-        "@getgauge/cli": "*",
-        "@types/node": "*",
-        "taiko": "^1.4.0"
+        "@getgauge/cli": "latest",
+        "@types/node": "latest",
+        "taiko": "^1.4.0",
+        "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0"
       }
     },
     "gauge-ts": {
@@ -8097,6 +8098,29 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/tsconfig-paths": {
+      "version": "4.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tsconfig-paths/-/tsconfig-paths-4.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NoZ4roiN7LnbKn9QqE1amc9DJfzvZXxF4xDavcOWt1BPkdx+m+0gJuPM+S0vCe7zTJMYUP0R8pO2XMr+Y8oLIg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "json5": "^2.2.2",
+        "minimist": "^1.2.6",
+        "strip-bom": "^3.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/tsconfig-paths/node_modules/strip-bom": {
+      "version": "3.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-bom/-/strip-bom-3.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-vavAMRXOgBVNF6nyEEmL3DBK19iRpDcoIwW+swQ+CbGiu7lju6t+JklA1MHweoWtadgt4ISVUsXLyDq34ddcwA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=4"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/tslib": {
       "version": "2.6.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tslib/-/tslib-2.6.3.tgz",