diff --git a/packages/playground/samples/index.js b/packages/playground/samples/index.js
index 4ed2e68..84ef12f 100644
--- a/packages/playground/samples/index.js
+++ b/packages/playground/samples/index.js
@@ -44,15 +44,15 @@ for (const suite of testSuites) {
     const content = readFileSync(fullPath, "utf-8");
     const namespace = file.replace(/\.tsp$/, "").replace(/\//g, ".");
 
-    lexicons.set(namespace, { file, content, suite });
+    lexicons.set(namespace, { file, content, suite, fullPath });
   }
 }
 
 // Build samples list for playground
 const samplesList = {};
-for (const [namespace] of lexicons) {
+for (const [namespace, lexicon] of lexicons) {
   samplesList[namespace] = {
-    filename: `samples/${namespace}.tsp`,
+    filename: relative(join(__dirname, ".."), lexicon.fullPath),
     preferredEmitter: "@typelex/emitter",
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/playground/vite.config.ts b/packages/playground/vite.config.ts
index 4cf29ae..5403510 100644
--- a/packages/playground/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { definePlaygroundViteConfig } from "@typespec/playground/vite";
 import { defineConfig } from "vite";
-import samples from "./samples/dist/samples.js";
+import samples from "./samples/index.js";
 
 const playgroundConfig = definePlaygroundViteConfig({
   defaultEmitter: "@typelex/emitter",