diff --git a/.changeset/silly-forks-kiss.md b/.changeset/silly-forks-kiss.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f7308bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silly-forks-kiss.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"trigger.dev": patch
+---
+
+v3: Copy over more of the project's package.json keys into the deployed package.json (support for custom config like zenstack)
diff --git a/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/deploy.ts b/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/deploy.ts
index add7f4e68..69e7d5e43 100644
--- a/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/deploy.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-v3/src/commands/deploy.ts
@@ -1317,9 +1317,7 @@ async function compileProject(
       logger.debug("gatherRequiredDependencies()", { dependencies });
 
       const packageJsonContents = {
-        name: "trigger-worker",
-        version: "0.0.0",
-        description: "",
+        ...javascriptProject.allowedPackageJson,
         dependencies,
         scripts: {
           ...javascriptProject.scripts,
diff --git a/packages/cli-v3/src/utilities/javascriptProject.ts b/packages/cli-v3/src/utilities/javascriptProject.ts
index 613f3bde7..d688662bb 100644
--- a/packages/cli-v3/src/utilities/javascriptProject.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-v3/src/utilities/javascriptProject.ts
@@ -26,10 +26,58 @@ export class JavascriptProject {
     return this._packageJson;
   }
 
+  public get allowedPackageJson(): Record<string, unknown> {
+    const disallowedKeys = [
+      "scripts",
+      "devDependencies",
+      "dependencies",
+      "peerDependencies",
+      "author",
+      "contributors",
+      "funding",
+      "bugs",
+      "files",
+      "keywords",
+      "main",
+      "module",
+      "type",
+      "bin",
+      "browser",
+      "man",
+      "directories",
+      "repository",
+      "peerDependenciesMeta",
+      "optionalDependencies",
+      "engines",
+      "os",
+      "cpu",
+      "private",
+      "publishConfig",
+      "workspaces",
+    ];
+
+    return Object.keys(this.packageJson).reduce(
+      (acc, key) => {
+        if (!disallowedKeys.includes(key)) {
+          acc[key] = this.packageJson[key];
+        }
+
+        return acc;
+      },
+      {} as Record<string, unknown>
+    );
+  }
+
   public get scripts(): Record<string, string> {
-    return {
-      postinstall: this.packageJson.scripts?.postinstall ?? "",
-    };
+    return this.#filterScripts();
+  }
+
+  #filterScripts(): Record<string, string> {
+    if (!this.packageJson.scripts || typeof this.packageJson.scripts !== "object") {
+      return {};
+    }
+
+    return this.packageJson.scripts as Record<string, string>;
   }
 
   async install(): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/references/v3-catalog/package.json b/references/v3-catalog/package.json
index 1b0b560ca..a5348863a 100644
--- a/references/v3-catalog/package.json
+++ b/references/v3-catalog/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
   "name": "@references/v3-catalog",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
+  "zenstack": {
+    "schema": "./prisma/schema.zmodel"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "dev:trigger": "triggerdev dev",
     "management": "ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register ./src/management.ts",