diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 42d8f89..4f00104 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@skyleague/event-horizon-dev",
-  "version": "4.0.4",
+  "version": "4.0.11",
   "description": "The accompanying development package for @skyleague/event-horizon.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "package.json"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "npx ts-node --esm build.config.ts",
+    "build": "npx tsx build.config.ts",
     "build:docs": "npx typedoc",
     "check:cost": "npx cost-of-modules --no-install --include-dev",
     "check:coverage": "npx vitest run --coverage=true",
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
   "node-standards": {
     "extends": "yargs-cli",
     "rules": {
-      "exports": false
+      "exports": false,
+      "scripts": false
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/event-horizon/http/http.ts b/src/lib/event-horizon/http/http.ts
index 061627b..8680785 100644
--- a/src/lib/event-horizon/http/http.ts
+++ b/src/lib/event-horizon/http/http.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@ export function httpEvent<
                     event.raw.isBase64Encoded ? Buffer.from(b.toString()).toString('base64') : b
                 ) as typeof event.raw.body
             }
+
+            // force coercion
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
+            http.schema.body?.is?.(event.body)
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
+            http.schema.headers?.is?.(event.headers)
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
+            http.schema.query?.is?.(event.query)
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
+            http.schema.path?.is?.(event.path)
+
             event.raw.headers ??= (event.headers as typeof event.raw.headers) ?? {}
             event.raw.queryStringParameters ??= (event.query as typeof event.raw.queryStringParameters) ?? {}
             const rawEvent = event.raw