diff --git a/scripts/build/build.mjs b/scripts/build/build.mjs
index 817c2cec..623f9f94 100755
--- a/scripts/build/build.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build/build.mjs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import esbuild from "esbuild";
 import { readdir } from "fs/promises";
 import { join } from "path";
 
-import { BUILD_TIMESTAMP, commonOpts, exists, globPlugins, IS_DEV, IS_REPORTER, IS_STANDALONE, IS_UPDATER_DISABLED, resolvePluginName, VERSION, watch } from "./common.mjs";
+import { BUILD_TIMESTAMP, commonOpts, exists, globPlugins, IS_DEV, IS_REPORTER, IS_STANDALONE, IS_UPDATER_DISABLED, resolvePluginName, VERSION, commonRendererPlugins, watch } from "./common.mjs";
 
 const defines = {
     IS_STANDALONE,
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ await Promise.all([
         sourcemap,
         plugins: [
             globPlugins("discordDesktop"),
-            ...commonOpts.plugins
+            ...commonRendererPlugins
         ],
         define: {
             ...defines,
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ await Promise.all([
         sourcemap,
         plugins: [
             globPlugins("vencordDesktop"),
-            ...commonOpts.plugins
+            ...commonRendererPlugins
         ],
         define: {
             ...defines,
diff --git a/scripts/build/buildWeb.mjs b/scripts/build/buildWeb.mjs
index bc15ccce..deab8661 100644
--- a/scripts/build/buildWeb.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build/buildWeb.mjs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { appendFile, mkdir, readdir, readFile, rm, writeFile } from "fs/promises
 import { join } from "path";
 import Zip from "zip-local";
 
-import { BUILD_TIMESTAMP, commonOpts, globPlugins, IS_DEV, IS_REPORTER, VERSION } from "./common.mjs";
+import { BUILD_TIMESTAMP, commonOpts, globPlugins, IS_DEV, IS_REPORTER, VERSION, commonRendererPlugins } from "./common.mjs";
 
 /**
  * @type {esbuild.BuildOptions}
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const commonOptions = {
     external: ["~plugins", "~git-hash", "/assets/*"],
     plugins: [
         globPlugins("web"),
-        ...commonOpts.plugins,
+        ...commonRendererPlugins
     ],
     target: ["esnext"],
     define: {
@@ -116,7 +116,12 @@ await Promise.all(
             }
         })
     ]
-);
+).catch(err => {
+    console.error("Build failed");
+    console.error(err.message);
+    if (!commonOpts.watch)
+        process.exit(1);
+});;
 
 /**
  * @type {(dir: string) => Promise<string[]>}
diff --git a/scripts/build/common.mjs b/scripts/build/common.mjs
index c46a559a..247557e3 100644
--- a/scripts/build/common.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build/common.mjs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { join, relative } from "path";
 import { promisify } from "util";
 
 import { getPluginTarget } from "../utils.mjs";
+import { builtinModules } from "module";
 
 /** @type {import("../../package.json")} */
 const PackageJSON = JSON.parse(readFileSync("package.json"));
@@ -292,6 +293,18 @@ export const stylePlugin = {
     }
 };
 
+/**
+ * @type {(filter: RegExp, message: string) => import("esbuild").Plugin}
+ */
+export const banImportPlugin = (filter, message) => ({
+    name: "ban-imports",
+    setup: build => {
+        build.onResolve({ filter }, () => {
+            return { errors: [{ text: message }] };
+        });
+    }
+});
+
 /**
  * @type {import("esbuild").BuildOptions}
  */
@@ -311,3 +324,15 @@ export const commonOpts = {
     // Work around https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/2460
     tsconfig: "./scripts/build/tsconfig.esbuild.json"
 };
+
+const escapedBuiltinModules = builtinModules
+    .map(m => m.replace(/[-/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, "\\$&"))
+    .join("|");
+const builtinModuleRegex = new RegExp(`^(node:)?(${escapedBuiltinModules})$`);
+
+export const commonRendererPlugins = [
+    banImportPlugin(builtinModuleRegex, "Cannot import node inbuilt modules in browser code. You need to use a native.ts file"),
+    banImportPlugin(/^react$/, "Cannot import from react. React and hooks should be imported from @webpack/common"),
+    banImportPlugin(/^electron(\/.*)?$/, "Cannot import electron in browser code. You need to use a native.ts file"),
+    ...commonOpts.plugins
+];