diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index ebb2f31ee3a..9e68654eef9 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -166,5 +166,5 @@
     "**/l1-contracts/lib/**": true,
     "**/barretenberg/cpp/build*/**": true
   },
-  "cmake.sourceDirectory": "/mnt/user-data/adam/aztec-packages/barretenberg/acir_tests/headless-test/node_modules/bare-fs"
+  "cmake.sourceDirectory": "${workspaceFolder}/barretenberg/cpp"
 }
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/scripts/anvil_kill_wrapper.sh b/yarn-project/end-to-end/scripts/anvil_kill_wrapper.sh
index 8eec17e179f..f03ae0e1abb 100755
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/scripts/anvil_kill_wrapper.sh
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/scripts/anvil_kill_wrapper.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,39 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Find the parent of this script.
-PARENT_PID=$(awk '{print $4}' /proc/$$/stat)
+# Function to get the PPID in macOS
+get_ppid_macos() {
+  ps -j $$ | awk 'NR==2 {print $3}'
+}
+
+# Function to get the PPID in Linux
+get_ppid_linux() {
+  awk '{print $4}' /proc/$$/stat
+}
+
+# Function to check if a process is alive in macOS
+is_process_alive_macos() {
+  ps -p $1 > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+# Function to check if a process is alive in Linux
+is_process_alive_linux() {
+  [ -d /proc/$1 ]
+}
+
+
+# Determine the operating system and call the appropriate function
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+  PARENT_PID=$(get_ppid_macos)
+  check_process_alive() { is_process_alive_macos $1; }
+elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+  PARENT_PID=$(get_ppid_linux)
+  check_process_alive() { is_process_alive_linux $1; }
+else
+  echo "Unsupported OS"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# echo "Parent PID: $PARENT_PID"
 
 # Start anvil in the background.
 anvil $@ &
@@ -14,6 +46,6 @@ cleanup() {
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
 # Continuously check if the parent process is still alive.
-while [ -d /proc/$PARENT_PID ]; do
-    sleep 1
-done
\ No newline at end of file
+while check_process_alive $PARENT_PID; do
+  sleep 1
+done