Cannot find module 'node:readline'

Given a simple program:

var something = "else"

when compiling, I get the following error:

Error: Cannot find module 'node:readline'
Require stack:
- /Users/zolo/project/ftl/node_modules/@danielx/civet/dist/civet
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:902:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:746:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:974:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:92:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/zolo/project/ftl/node_modules/@danielx/civet/dist/civet:13:12)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1085:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1114:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:790:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:76:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [ '/Users/zolo/project/ftl/node_modules/@danielx/civet/dist/civet' ]
}

Civet is installed locally (not globally) and is ran like so:

civet ./something.civet ./something.ts