diff --git a/npm/codewhale/bin/codew.js b/npm/codewhale/bin/codew.js
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..36ada7a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/codewhale/bin/codew.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const { run } = require("../scripts/run");
+
+run("codewhale").catch((error) => {
+  console.error("Failed to start codewhale:", error.message);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
diff --git a/npm/codewhale/package.json b/npm/codewhale/package.json
index fa607bd3..05a4b5a4 100644
--- a/npm/codewhale/package.json
+++ b/npm/codewhale/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
   "type": "commonjs",
   "bin": {
     "codewhale": "bin/codewhale.js",
+    "codew": "bin/codew.js",
     "codewhale-tui": "bin/codewhale-tui.js"
   },
   "scripts": {