diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/package.json b/packages/frontend-core/package.json
index 8377b13ea2..b1f311183a 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
   "author": "Budibase",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "svelte": "./src/index.ts",
+  "scripts": {
+    "check:types": "yarn svelte-check"
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "@budibase/bbui": "*",
     "@budibase/shared-core": "*",
@@ -13,5 +16,8 @@
     "lodash": "4.17.21",
     "shortid": "2.2.15",
     "socket.io-client": "^4.7.5"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "svelte-check": "^4.1.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/tsconfig.json b/packages/frontend-core/tsconfig.json
index 3900034413..8ffb3f19be 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 {
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.build.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "ESNext",
+    "module": "preserve",
     "moduleResolution": "bundler",
+    "outDir": "./dist",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "paths": {
-      "@budibase/types": ["../types/src"],
-      "@budibase/shared-core": ["../shared-core/src"],
-      "@budibase/bbui": ["../bbui/src"]
-    }
+    "allowJs": true
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*"],
   "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]