diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 3f6094cbb..6be9a138b 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 {
     "objectscript.conn": {
         "active": true,
-        "docker-compose": {
-            "service": "iris"
-        },
-        "username": "_system",
-        "password": "SYS",
+        "host": "localhost",
+        "server": "docker-iris",
         "ns": "USER"
     },
     // Non-default export settings needed so Testing Manager extension can find sources when doing coverage runs
@@ -28,5 +25,17 @@
     "editor.detectIndentation": false,
     "editor.insertSpaces": true,
     "editor.formatOnSave": true,
-    "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true
+    "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
+    "intersystems.servers": {
+        "docker-iris": {
+            "webServer": {
+                "scheme": "http",
+                "host": "localhost",
+                "port": 52774,
+                "pathPrefix": ""
+            },
+            "username": "_SYSTEM",
+            "password": "SYS"
+        }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 213665c64..5edddaf3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 - Performance: Studio project creation on package load in dev mode is now 80% faster.
 - #994: Prevent crash in `zn` command when target namespace lacks IPM mappings
+- #1215: installer is synchronous rather than jobbed for simplified logging/debugging
 
 ## [0.10.9] - 2026-08-05
 
diff --git a/preload/cls/IPM/Installer.cls b/preload/cls/IPM/Installer.cls
index 94b4d3ab0..836605167 100644
--- a/preload/cls/IPM/Installer.cls
+++ b/preload/cls/IPM/Installer.cls
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ XData PM [ XMLNamespace = INSTALLER ]
   </Configuration>
   <Invoke Class="IPM.Installer" Method="CleanupOldMappings"/>
   <Import File="${SRCDIR}" Recurse="1"/>
+  <Invoke Class="IPM.Installer" Method="ForceCompileEvenInSYS" />
   <Invoke Class="%IPM.Main" Method="UpdateLanguageExtensions" CheckStatus="true" />
   <Invoke Class="IPM.Installer" Method="ZPMInit" CheckStatus="true">
     <Arg Value="${REGISTRY}"/>
@@ -42,6 +43,13 @@ XData PM [ XMLNamespace = INSTALLER ]
 </Manifest>
 }
 
+ClassMethod ForceCompileEvenInSYS()
+{
+    $$$RemoveClsTempNodes
+    do $system.OBJ.CompilePackage("%IPM","ckf")
+    $$$AddClsTempNodes
+}
+
 XData MapOnly [ XMLNamespace = INSTALLER ]
 {
 <Manifest>
@@ -95,16 +103,6 @@ ClassMethod Map(
     quit ##class(%Installer.Manifest).%Generate(%compiledclass, %code, "MapOnly")
 }
 
-ClassMethod AsyncSetup(Args...)
-{
-    try {
-        set tSC = ..setup(Args...)
-    } catch ex {
-        set tSC = ex.AsStatus()
-    }
-    do $system.Event.Signal($zparent, tSC)
-}
-
 ClassMethod ZPMInit(
 	pRegistry As %String = "",
 	pAnalyticsTrackingID As %String = "")
@@ -214,31 +212,10 @@ ClassMethod EndCompile(qstruct) As %Status
     write !,"Installing ZPM"
 
     set ts = $zhorolog
-    set logFile=##class(%File).TempFilename()
-    job ..AsyncSetup(tModDir, 3):(:::logFile):0
-    if '$test {
-        quit $$$ERROR($$$GeneralError, "Job did not start")
-    }
-
-    #; Wait setup
-    set child=$zchild
-    set tSC = $$$OK
-    do {
-        hang 1
-        set $listbuild(res, tSC) = $system.Event.WaitMsg("", 10)
-        quit:res=1
-    } while $data(^$job(child))
-
-    set fs=##class(%Stream.FileCharacter).%New()
-    set fs.Filename=logFile
-    while 'fs.AtEnd {
-        write !,fs.ReadLine()
-    }
-    if ##class(%File).Delete(logFile)
-
+    set sc = ..setup(tModDir, 3)
     write !,"Time spent ",$zhorolog - ts
 
-    quit tSC
+    quit sc
 }
 
 /// Check currently installed version, if any