diff --git a/R/compile.R b/R/compile.R
index d3d11cd..225da15 100644
--- a/R/compile.R
+++ b/R/compile.R
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-#' Compile R functions to TypeScript schemas
+#' Compile R functions
+#'
+#' Generates TypeScript schema for the given R function or file path. If a path, the R app is also generated.
+#'
 #' @param f A function or file path
 #' @param name The name of the function
-#' @param ... Additional arguments
-#' @param file The file path to write the TypeScript schema (optional). If `""`, the output is printed to the standard output console (see `cat`).
+#' @param ... Additional arguments (passed to ts_deploy)
+#' @param filename The base file path to write the TypeScript schema and R app to (optional, uses `[path of f].rserve` by default). `.R` and `.ts` file extensions are appended automatically. If `""`, the output is printed to the standard output console (see `cat`).
 #' @return Character vector of TypeScript schema, or NULL if writing to file
 #' @md
 #' @export
-ts_compile <- function(f, ..., name, file) {
+ts_compile <- function(f, ..., name, filename) {
     o <- UseMethod("ts_compile")
 }
 
@@ -27,7 +30,8 @@ ts_compile.ts_function <- function(f, ..., name = deparse(substitute(f))) {
 #' @export
 ts_compile.character <- function(
     f,
-    file = sprintf("%s.rserve.ts", tools::file_path_sans_ext(f))) {
+    ...,
+    filename = sprintf("%s.rserve", tools::file_path_sans_ext(f))) {
     if (length(f) > 1) {
         return(sapply(f, ts_compile))
     }
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ ts_compile.character <- function(
     e <- new.env()
     source(f, local = e)
 
-    x <- sapply(ls(e), \(x) ts_compile(e[[x]], file = file, name = x))
+    x <- sapply(ls(e), \(x) ts_compile(e[[x]], filename = "", name = x))
 
     src <- c(
         "import { Robj } from 'rserve-ts';",
@@ -50,7 +54,10 @@ ts_compile.character <- function(
         sprintf("export default {\n  %s\n};", paste(ls(e), collapse = ",\n  "))
     )
 
-    cat(src, file = file, sep = "\n")
+    cat(src, file = sprintf("%s.ts", filename), sep = "\n")
+
+    # R file
+    ts_deploy(f, file = sprintf("%s.R", filename), silent = TRUE, ...)
 
     invisible()
 }
diff --git a/R/deploy.R b/R/deploy.R
index b270512..7571c19 100644
--- a/R/deploy.R
+++ b/R/deploy.R
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #' @param port The port to deploy the app on
 #' @param run Whether to run the deployment script,
 #'            takes values "no", "here", "background"
+#' @param silent Whether to print the deployment script
 #' @return NULL, called to open an Rserve instance
 #' @export
 #' @md
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ ts_deploy <- function(f,
                       file = sprintf("%s.rserve.R", tools::file_path_sans_ext(f)),
                       init = NULL,
                       port = 6311,
-                      run = c("no", "here", "background")) {
+                      run = c("no", "here", "background"),
+                      silent = FALSE) {
     if (length(f) != 1) stop("Expected a single path")
     if (!file.exists(f)) stop("File not found")
 
@@ -57,8 +59,10 @@ ts_deploy <- function(f,
     run <- match.arg(run)
     switch(run,
         "no" = {
-            cat("Run the following command to deploy the app:\n")
-            cat(sprintf("Rscript %s", file), "\n")
+            if (!silent) {
+                cat("Run the following command to deploy the app:\n")
+                cat(sprintf("Rscript %s", file), "\n")
+            }
         },
         "here" = source(file),
         "background" = system(sprintf("Rscript %s", file))
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-compile.R b/tests/testthat/test-compile.R
index 55ea5e3..5526d67 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-compile.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-compile.R
@@ -8,39 +8,10 @@ test_that("anonomous functions", {
     expect_equal(add_c, "const add = Robj.ocap([z.number(), z.number()], Robj.numeric(1));")
 })
 
-# test_that("Complex functions", {
-#     get_sample <- ts_function(
-#         function(n = ts_numeric(1)) {
-#             sample(values, n)
-#         },
-#         result = ts_numeric()
-#     )
-
-#     sampler <- ts_function(
-#         function(values = ts_numeric()) {
-#             list(
-#                 get = get_sample$copy(),
-#                 set = ts_function(
-#                     function(value = ts_numeric()) {
-#                         values <<- value
-#                     }
-#                 )
-#             )
-#         },
-#         result = ts_list(
-#             get = get_sample,
-#             set = ts_function(NULL, value = ts_numeric())
-#         )
-#     )
-
-#     sampler_c <- ts_compile(sampler)
-#     s <- sampler_c(1:10)
-#     expect_equal()
-# })
 
 test_that("Compile files", {
     f <- tempfile(fileext = ".rserve.ts")
     on.exit(unlink(f))
-    res <- ts_compile("sampler/app.R", file = f)
+    res <- ts_compile("sampler/app.R", filename = tools::file_path_sans_ext(f))
     expect_true(file.exists(f))
 })