diff --git a/cypress.config.ts b/cypress.config.ts
index bebdaa5..01bd43f 100644
--- a/cypress.config.ts
+++ b/cypress.config.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,5 @@ export default defineConfig({
   },
 
   e2e: {
-    setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
-      // implement node event listeners here
-    },
   },
 });
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/seed.ts b/cypress/e2e/seed.ts
index c3cd389..a39f255 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/seed.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/seed.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-relative-import-paths/no-relative-import-paths
 import { PrismaClient } from '../../src/generated/prisma';
 
 const prisma = new PrismaClient();
diff --git a/cypress/support/commands.ts b/cypress/support/commands.ts
index 59717f5..aeb4071 100644
--- a/cypress/support/commands.ts
+++ b/cypress/support/commands.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-namespace */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 /// <reference types="cypress" />
 // ***********************************************
 // This example commands.ts shows you how to
diff --git a/cypress/support/component.ts b/cypress/support/component.ts
index 1ba57fd..bc93c00 100644
--- a/cypress/support/component.ts
+++ b/cypress/support/component.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-namespace */
 // ***********************************************************
 // This example support/component.ts is processed and
 // loaded automatically before your test files.
diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index 0736038..5e7d76f 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { FlatCompat } from '@eslint/eslintrc';
+import noRelativeImportPaths from 'eslint-plugin-no-relative-import-paths';
 import { dirname } from 'path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
@@ -14,6 +15,21 @@ const eslintConfig = [
   {
     ignores: ['src/generated/**', '.next/**', 'public/**'],
   },
+  {
+    plugins: {
+      'no-relative-import-paths': noRelativeImportPaths,
+    },
+    rules: {
+      'no-relative-import-paths/no-relative-import-paths': [
+        'error',
+        {
+          allowSameFolder: true,
+          rootDir: 'src',
+          prefix: "@",
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  },
 ];
 
 export default eslintConfig;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4db52a7..02848ca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     "eslint": "9.30.0",
     "eslint-config-next": "15.3.4",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "10.1.5",
+    "eslint-plugin-no-relative-import-paths": "^1.6.1",
     "orval": "7.10.0",
     "postcss": "8.5.6",
     "prettier": "3.6.2",
diff --git a/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/participant/[user]/route.ts b/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/participant/[user]/route.ts
index 940594b..fcaedf2 100644
--- a/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/participant/[user]/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/participant/[user]/route.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { prisma } from '@/prisma';
 import {
   ParticipantResponseSchema,
   updateParticipantSchema,
-} from '../validation';
+} from '@/app/api/event/[eventID]/participant/validation';
 
 export const GET = auth(async (req, { params }) => {
   const authCheck = userAuthenticated(req);
diff --git a/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/participant/[user]/swagger.ts b/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/participant/[user]/swagger.ts
index 10baa9a..df6f1e4 100644
--- a/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/participant/[user]/swagger.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/participant/[user]/swagger.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 import {
   ParticipantResponseSchema,
   updateParticipantSchema,
-} from '../validation';
+} from '@/app/api/event/[eventID]/participant/validation';
 
 export default function registerSwaggerPaths(registry: OpenAPIRegistry) {
   registry.registerPath({
diff --git a/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/route.ts b/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/route.ts
index 3f3eaa4..13a1168 100644
--- a/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/route.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,18 @@ import {
   userAuthenticated,
 } from '@/lib/apiHelpers';
 
-import { auth } from '@/auth';
-import { prisma } from '@/prisma';
-
+import {
+  EventResponseSchema,
+  updateEventSchema,
+} from '@/app/api/event/validation';
 import {
   ErrorResponseSchema,
   SuccessResponseSchema,
   ZodErrorResponseSchema,
-} from '../../validation';
-import { EventResponseSchema } from '../validation';
-import { updateEventSchema } from '../validation';
+} from '@/app/api/validation';
+
+import { auth } from '@/auth';
+import { prisma } from '@/prisma';
 
 export const GET = auth(async (req, { params }) => {
   const authCheck = userAuthenticated(req);
diff --git a/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/swagger.ts b/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/swagger.ts
index 263b5b8..b9c44be 100644
--- a/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/swagger.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/event/[eventID]/swagger.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   SuccessResponseSchema,
 } from '@/app/api/validation';
 
-import { EventResponseSchema, updateEventSchema } from '../validation';
+import { EventResponseSchema, updateEventSchema } from '@/app/api/event/validation';
 
 export default function registerSwaggerPaths(registry: OpenAPIRegistry) {
   registry.registerPath({
diff --git a/src/app/api/event/route.ts b/src/app/api/event/route.ts
index f0c1ed6..9afb35e 100644
--- a/src/app/api/event/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/event/route.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
 import { auth } from '@/auth';
 import { prisma } from '@/prisma';
 
-import { ErrorResponseSchema, ZodErrorResponseSchema } from '../validation';
+import { ErrorResponseSchema, ZodErrorResponseSchema } from '@/app/api/validation';
 import {
   EventResponseSchema,
   EventsResponseSchema,
diff --git a/src/app/api/event/validation.ts b/src/app/api/event/validation.ts
index 152666b..5ea6674 100644
--- a/src/app/api/event/validation.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/event/validation.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import zod from 'zod/v4';
 import {
   PublicUserSchema,
   existingUserIdServerSchema,
-} from '../user/validation';
+} from '@/app/api/user/validation';
 import { ParticipantSchema } from './[eventID]/participant/validation';
 
 extendZodWithOpenApi(zod);
diff --git a/src/app/api/search/user/validation.ts b/src/app/api/search/user/validation.ts
index 454cdc8..f262a7e 100644
--- a/src/app/api/search/user/validation.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/search/user/validation.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import zod from 'zod/v4';
 
-import { PublicUserSchema } from '../../user/validation';
+import { PublicUserSchema } from '@/app/api/user/validation';
 
 export const searchUserSchema = zod.object({
   query: zod.string().optional().default(''),
diff --git a/src/app/api/user/[user]/route.ts b/src/app/api/user/[user]/route.ts
index 28cbe10..f50727d 100644
--- a/src/app/api/user/[user]/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/user/[user]/route.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { ErrorResponseSchema } from '@/app/api/validation';
 import { auth } from '@/auth';
 import { prisma } from '@/prisma';
 
-import { PublicUserResponseSchema } from '../validation';
+import { PublicUserResponseSchema } from '@/app/api/user/validation';
 
 export const GET = auth(async function GET(req, { params }) {
   const authCheck = userAuthenticated(req);
diff --git a/src/app/api/user/[user]/swagger.ts b/src/app/api/user/[user]/swagger.ts
index 7ef76d5..1f39610 100644
--- a/src/app/api/user/[user]/swagger.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/user/[user]/swagger.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import {
   userNotFoundResponse,
 } from '@/lib/defaultApiResponses';
 
-import { UserIdParamSchema } from '../../validation';
-import { PublicUserResponseSchema } from '../validation';
+import { UserIdParamSchema } from '@/app/api/validation';
+import { PublicUserResponseSchema } from '@/app/api/user/validation';
 
 export default function registerSwaggerPaths(registry: OpenAPIRegistry) {
   registry.registerPath({
diff --git a/src/app/api/user/me/password/route.ts b/src/app/api/user/me/password/route.ts
index 02cb3ee..cd031b3 100644
--- a/src/app/api/user/me/password/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/user/me/password/route.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import {
 import { auth } from '@/auth';
 import { prisma } from '@/prisma';
 
-import { FullUserResponseSchema } from '../../validation';
-import { updateUserPasswordServerSchema } from '../validation';
+import { FullUserResponseSchema } from '@/app/api/user/validation';
+import { updateUserPasswordServerSchema } from '@/app/api/user/me/validation';
 
 export const PATCH = auth(async function PATCH(req) {
   const authCheck = userAuthenticated(req);
diff --git a/src/app/api/user/me/password/swagger.ts b/src/app/api/user/me/password/swagger.ts
index feaee00..099c9b2 100644
--- a/src/app/api/user/me/password/swagger.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/user/me/password/swagger.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import {
   userNotFoundResponse,
 } from '@/lib/defaultApiResponses';
 
-import { FullUserResponseSchema } from '../../validation';
-import { updateUserPasswordServerSchema } from '../validation';
+import { FullUserResponseSchema } from '@/app/api/user/validation';
+import { updateUserPasswordServerSchema } from '@/app/api/user/me/validation';
 
 export default function registerSwaggerPaths(registry: OpenAPIRegistry) {
   registry.registerPath({
diff --git a/src/app/api/user/me/route.ts b/src/app/api/user/me/route.ts
index 03846e1..967d07c 100644
--- a/src/app/api/user/me/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/user/me/route.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 import { auth } from '@/auth';
 import { prisma } from '@/prisma';
 
-import { FullUserResponseSchema } from '../validation';
+import { FullUserResponseSchema } from '@/app/api/user/validation';
 import { updateUserServerSchema } from './validation';
 
 export const GET = auth(async function GET(req) {
diff --git a/src/app/api/user/me/swagger.ts b/src/app/api/user/me/swagger.ts
index f8ab254..54faf1a 100644
--- a/src/app/api/user/me/swagger.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/user/me/swagger.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import {
   userNotFoundResponse,
 } from '@/lib/defaultApiResponses';
 
-import { SuccessResponseSchema } from '../../validation';
-import { FullUserResponseSchema } from '../validation';
+import { SuccessResponseSchema } from '@/app/api/validation';
+import { FullUserResponseSchema } from '@/app/api/user/validation';
 import { updateUserServerSchema } from './validation';
 
 export default function registerSwaggerPaths(registry: OpenAPIRegistry) {
diff --git a/src/components/custom-ui/event-list-entry.tsx b/src/components/custom-ui/event-list-entry.tsx
index 9452947..fbb94a9 100644
--- a/src/components/custom-ui/event-list-entry.tsx
+++ b/src/components/custom-ui/event-list-entry.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   SelectItem,
   SelectTrigger,
   SelectValue,
-} from '../ui/select';
+} from '@/components/ui/select';
 
 type EventListEntryProps = zod.output<typeof EventSchema>;
 
diff --git a/src/components/forms/event-form.tsx b/src/components/forms/event-form.tsx
index a73ee73..5915ae8 100644
--- a/src/components/forms/event-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/forms/event-form.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/generated/api/event/event';
 import { useGetApiUserMe } from '@/generated/api/user/user';
 
-import ParticipantListEntry from '../custom-ui/participant-list-entry';
+import ParticipantListEntry from '@/components/custom-ui/participant-list-entry';
 import {
   Dialog,
   DialogContent,
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {
   DialogHeader,
   DialogTitle,
   DialogTrigger,
-} from '../ui/dialog';
+} from '@/components/ui/dialog';
 
 type User = zod.output<typeof PublicUserSchema>;
 
diff --git a/src/components/wrappers/sidebar-provider.tsx b/src/components/wrappers/sidebar-provider.tsx
index ae0e25f..2568620 100644
--- a/src/components/wrappers/sidebar-provider.tsx
+++ b/src/components/wrappers/sidebar-provider.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 
-import { SidebarProvider } from '../custom-ui/sidebar';
+import { SidebarProvider } from '@/components/custom-ui/sidebar';
 
 export default function SidebarProviderWrapper({
   defaultOpen,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f56d39f..5e77c18 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5718,6 +5718,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"eslint-plugin-no-relative-import-paths@npm:^1.6.1":
+  version: 1.6.1
+  resolution: "eslint-plugin-no-relative-import-paths@npm:1.6.1"
+  checksum: 10c0/952d136ae959408d7f50fc6a630a010421ac39e7b8ccb0980817ae058941d19d6abe60233eabb5e9f32198de17d5d6ce9432f87ee8e2f2a243d71605b2e247ef
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "eslint-plugin-react-hooks@npm:^5.0.0":
   version: 5.2.0
   resolution: "eslint-plugin-react-hooks@npm:5.2.0"
@@ -7860,6 +7867,7 @@ __metadata:
     eslint: "npm:9.30.0"
     eslint-config-next: "npm:15.3.4"
     eslint-config-prettier: "npm:10.1.5"
+    eslint-plugin-no-relative-import-paths: "npm:^1.6.1"
     lucide-react: "npm:^0.525.0"
     next: "npm:15.3.4"
     next-auth: "npm:^5.0.0-beta.25"