`heroku local web` command fails to start local instance of app

[dlwagner]

heroku local web command fails to start local instance of app.

Browser reports

Unable to connect

console output:

$ heroku local web

[WARN] ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'Procfile'

[OKAY] package.json file found - trying 'npm start'

[OKAY] Loaded ENV .env File as KEY=VALUE Format

[WARN] ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'Procfile'

[OKAY] package.json file found - trying 'npm start'

11:06:08 PM web.1 | > issue-tracker@0.0.0 start /home/don/dev/sandbox/issue-tracker

11:06:08 PM web.1 | > node ./bin/www

[dlwagner]

at least part of the problem lies with the fact I'm running these commands in VSCode terminal on WSL. This is probably not an issue with Heroku, but more an issue with properly configuring WSL.