diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 04a9d43..f3bc7d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "capsulerun-bash-monorepo",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Sandboxed bash for untrusted command execution",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
diff --git a/packages/bash-mcp/package.json b/packages/bash-mcp/package.json
index 2d56705..6c2fd1b 100644
--- a/packages/bash-mcp/package.json
+++ b/packages/bash-mcp/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@capsule-run/bash-mcp",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "description": "MCP server exposing sandboxed bash for untrusted command execution",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/packages/bash-types/package.json b/packages/bash-types/package.json
index 577b643..ac082cd 100644
--- a/packages/bash-types/package.json
+++ b/packages/bash-types/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@capsule-run/bash-types",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "description": "",
   "type": "module",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/capsulerun/bash",
diff --git a/packages/bash-wasm/package.json b/packages/bash-wasm/package.json
index f74219c..fa93a3e 100644
--- a/packages/bash-wasm/package.json
+++ b/packages/bash-wasm/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@capsule-run/bash-wasm",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "description": "Sandboxed bash for untrusted command execution",
   "type": "module",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/capsulerun/bash",
diff --git a/packages/bash-wasm/sandboxes/js/sandbox.ts b/packages/bash-wasm/sandboxes/js/sandbox.ts
index 8dc4a6b..c3aa0da 100644
--- a/packages/bash-wasm/sandboxes/js/sandbox.ts
+++ b/packages/bash-wasm/sandboxes/js/sandbox.ts
@@ -5,15 +5,11 @@ import fsPromises from 'fs/promises';
 
 import type { State } from '@capsule-run/bash-types';
 
-function wasmRelative(cwd: string, filePath: string): string {
-  return path.resolve(cwd, filePath).replace(/^\//, '');
-}
-
 function resolveNodeModule(fromPath: string, id: string): string | null {
   let dir = path.dirname('/' + fromPath);
 
   while (true) {
-    const base = wasmRelative('/', path.join(dir, 'node_modules', id));
+    const base = path.resolve(dir, 'node_modules', id);
     const candidates = [base, base + '.js', base + '/index.js'];
 
     const pkgJson = base + '/package.json';
@@ -22,7 +18,7 @@ function resolveNodeModule(fromPath: string, id: string): string | null {
       try {
         const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pkgJson, 'utf-8') as string);
         const main = pkg.main || 'index.js';
-        candidates.unshift(wasmRelative('/', path.join(dir, 'node_modules', id, main)));
+        candidates.unshift(path.resolve(dir, 'node_modules', id, main));
       } catch {}
     }
 
@@ -51,7 +47,7 @@ const makeRequire = (fromPath: string) => (id: string) => {
 
     depPath = resolved;
   } else {
-    const base = wasmRelative('/', path.resolve('/' + path.dirname(fromPath), id));
+    const base = path.resolve(path.dirname(fromPath), id);
 
     depPath = fs.existsSync(base)
       ? base
@@ -73,18 +69,19 @@ const executeFile = task(
   { name: 'executeFile', compute: 'MEDIUM', ram: '512MB', allowedHosts: ['*'] },
   async (state: State, filePath: string, args: string[]) => {
     const capturedOutput: string[] = [];
-    const relPath = wasmRelative(state.cwd, filePath);
+    const absolutePath = path.resolve(state.cwd, filePath);
 
     process.chdir(state.cwd);
 
     Object.defineProperty(process, 'argv', {
-      value: ['node', relPath, ...args],
+      value: ['node', absolutePath, ...args],
       writable: true,
       configurable: true,
     });
 
-    const capture = (...logArgs: any[]) =>
+    const capture = (...logArgs: any[]): void => {
       capturedOutput.push(logArgs.map((a) => String(a)).join(' '));
+    };
 
     const originalLog = console.log;
     const originalError = console.error;
@@ -94,20 +91,18 @@ const executeFile = task(
     console.warn = capture;
 
     try {
-      const code = fs.readFileSync(relPath, 'utf-8') as string;
+      const code = fs.readFileSync(absolutePath, 'utf-8') as string;
       const mod = { exports: {} as any };
-      const customRequire = makeRequire(relPath);
+      const customRequire = makeRequire(absolutePath);
 
       const fn = new Function('module', 'exports', 'require', '__filename', '__dirname', code);
-      fn(mod, mod.exports, customRequire, relPath, path.dirname(relPath));
+      fn(mod, mod.exports, customRequire, absolutePath, path.dirname(absolutePath));
 
       const output = capturedOutput.join('\n');
-      if (output) {
-        return Object.keys(mod.exports).length > 0
-          ? output + '\n' + JSON.stringify(mod.exports)
-          : output;
-      }
-      return mod.exports;
+
+      if (output) return output;
+
+      return Object.keys(mod.exports).length > 0 ? mod.exports : null;
     } finally {
       console.log = originalLog;
       console.error = originalError;
@@ -122,8 +117,9 @@ const executeCode = task(
     process.chdir(state.cwd);
     const capturedOutput: string[] = [];
 
-    const capture = (...args: any[]) =>
+    const capture = (...args: any[]): void => {
       capturedOutput.push(args.map((arg) => String(arg)).join(' '));
+    };
 
     const originalLog = console.log;
     const originalError = console.error;
@@ -132,7 +128,7 @@ const executeCode = task(
     console.error = capture;
     console.warn = capture;
 
-    const require = makeRequire(wasmRelative(state.cwd, '.'));
+    const require = makeRequire(state.cwd);
 
     try {
       let result;
diff --git a/packages/bash-wasm/sandboxes/python/sandbox.py b/packages/bash-wasm/sandboxes/python/sandbox.py
index 113307c..4902a80 100644
--- a/packages/bash-wasm/sandboxes/python/sandbox.py
+++ b/packages/bash-wasm/sandboxes/python/sandbox.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def execute_file(state: str, file_path: str, args: list[str]):
             pass
 
     if output:
-        return output.rstrip("\n") + "\n" + json.dumps(public_result) if public_result else output.rstrip("\n")
+        return output.rstrip("\n")
 
     return public_result if public_result else None
 
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ def execute_code(state: str, code: str):
     old_stdout = sys.stdout
     sys.stdout = captured_output
 
+    last_was_expr = isinstance(last_node, ast.Expr)
+
     try:
-        if isinstance(last_node, ast.Expr):
+        if last_was_expr:
             tree.body.pop()
             if tree.body:
                 exec(compile(tree, filename="<ast>", mode="exec"), local_env)
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ def execute_code(state: str, code: str):
             pass
 
     if output:
-        if public_vars:
+        if not last_was_expr and public_vars:
             return output.rstrip("\n") + "\n" + json.dumps(public_vars)
         if result is not None:
             return output.rstrip("\n") + "\n" + str(result)
diff --git a/packages/bash/package.json b/packages/bash/package.json
index 6d4f4d7..6230c5f 100644
--- a/packages/bash/package.json
+++ b/packages/bash/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@capsule-run/bash",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "description": "Sandboxed bash for untrusted command executions",
   "type": "module",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/capsulerun/bash",