diff --git a/activate.ps1 b/activate.ps1
index bc6f326e..4021aa29 100644
--- a/activate.ps1
+++ b/activate.ps1
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ if ($MyInvocation.CommandOrigin -eq 'runspace') {
     exit 1
 }
 
+function tye() {
+    $ProjectPath = Join-Path (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "src") "tye"
+    dotnet run --project "$ProjectPath" @args
+}
+
 function deactivate ([switch]$init) {
 
     # reset old environment variables
@@ -27,8 +32,9 @@ function deactivate ([switch]$init) {
     Remove-Item env:DOTNET_ROOT -ea ignore
     Remove-Item env:DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP -ea ignore
     if (-not $init) {
-        # Remove the deactivate function
+        # Remove the deactivate and dev-tye functions
         Remove-Item function:deactivate
+        Remove-Item function:tye
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/activate.sh b/activate.sh
index 4986e1b2..d4a3fbd5 100755
--- a/activate.sh
+++ b/activate.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ if [ $sourced -eq 0 ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+tye () {
+    dotnet run --project "$THIS_SCRIPT/src/tye" "$@"
+}
+
 deactivate () {
 
     # reset old environment variables
@@ -57,6 +61,7 @@ deactivate () {
     if [ ! "${1:-}" = "init" ] ; then
         # Remove the deactivate function
         unset -f deactivate
+        unset -f tye
     fi
 }