diff --git a/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
index 9fbccadd31..f89ad95c28 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
       "@budibase/types": ["../types/src"],
       "@budibase/backend-core": ["../backend-core/src"],
       "@budibase/backend-core/*": ["../backend-core/*"],
-      "@budibase/shared-core": ["../shared-core/src"]
+      "@budibase/shared-core": ["../shared-core/src"],
+      "@budibase/string-templates": ["../string-templates/src"]
     }
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*"],
diff --git a/packages/cli/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
index 6ca641e214..bf51d7ed76 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.build.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "composite": true,
-    "declaration": true,
-    "sourceMap": true,
-    "baseUrl": ".",
-    "resolveJsonModule": true
-  },
   "ts-node": {
     "require": ["tsconfig-paths/register"],
     "swc": true
   },
-  "include": ["src/**/*", "package.json"],
   "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/date.ts b/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/date.ts
index 5b85aeedd4..589cb3d978 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/date.ts
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/date.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function initialConfig(str: any, pattern: any, options?: any) {
   return { str, pattern, options }
 }
 
-function setLocale(str: any, pattern: any, options?: any) {
+function setLocale(this: any, str: any, pattern: any, options?: any) {
   // if options is null then it'll get updated here
   const config = initialConfig(str, pattern, options)
   const defaults = { lang: "en", date: new Date(config.str) }