diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 0cf2568bba..7742bd1c25 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ tasks:
             - cmd: "{{.RMRF}} dist/tsunamiscaffold"
               ignore_error: true
             - task: copyfiles:'tsunami/frontend/scaffold':'dist/tsunamiscaffold'
+            - cmd: '{{if eq OS "windows"}}powershell Copy-Item -Path tsunami/templates/empty-gomod.tmpl -Destination dist/tsunamiscaffold/go.mod{{else}}cp tsunami/templates/empty-gomod.tmpl dist/tsunamiscaffold/go.mod{{end}}'
         deps:
             - tsunami:scaffold
         sources:
diff --git a/tsunami/templates/empty-gomod.tmpl b/tsunami/templates/empty-gomod.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7647df07a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsunami/templates/empty-gomod.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module empty
+
+go 1.24.6
\ No newline at end of file