diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3ccba61a71..24c05fac17 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "husky": "^8.0.3",
     "kill-port": "^1.6.1",
     "lerna": "7.4.2",
+    "load-tsconfig": "^0.2.5",
     "madge": "^6.0.0",
     "nx-cloud": "16.0.5",
     "prettier": "2.8.8",
diff --git a/packages/server/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/server/tsconfig.build.json
index c4b9b8788e..77026b8258 100644
--- a/packages/server/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/server/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,28 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "es6",
-    "module": "commonjs",
-    "lib": ["es2020"],
-    "strict": true,
-    "noImplicitAny": true,
-    "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "resolveJsonModule": true,
-    "incremental": true,
-    "types": ["node", "jest"],
-    "outDir": "dist/src",
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "baseUrl": ".",
-    "paths": {
-      "@budibase/types": ["../types/src"],
-      "@budibase/backend-core": ["../backend-core/src"],
-      "@budibase/backend-core/*": ["../backend-core/*"],
-      "@budibase/shared-core": ["../shared-core/src"],
-      "@budibase/pro": ["../pro/src"],
-      "@budibase/string-templates": ["../string-templates/src"],
-      "@budibase/string-templates/*": ["../string-templates/*"]
-    },
-    "allowArbitraryExtensions": true
-  },
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.build.json",
   "include": ["src/**/*"],
   "exclude": [
     "node_modules",
diff --git a/packages/server/tsconfig.json b/packages/server/tsconfig.json
index 9d633c6455..c962785810 100644
--- a/packages/server/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/server/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.build.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "lib": ["es2020", "dom"],
-    "composite": true,
-    "baseUrl": "."
-  },
   "ts-node": {
     "require": ["tsconfig-paths/register"],
     "swc": true
diff --git a/scripts/build.js b/scripts/build.js
index 93a2a1e589..8ea6b49023 100755
--- a/scripts/build.js
+++ b/scripts/build.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const path = require("path")
 
 const { build } = require("esbuild")
 const { compile } = require("svelte/compiler")
+const { loadTsConfig } = require("load-tsconfig")
 
 const {
   default: TsconfigPathsPlugin,
@@ -47,8 +48,10 @@ var { argv } = require("yargs")
 async function runBuild(entry, outfile) {
   const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production"
   const tsconfig = argv["p"] || `tsconfig.build.json`
-  const tsconfigPathPluginContent = JSON.parse(
-    fs.readFileSync(tsconfig, "utf-8")
+
+  const { data: tsconfigPathPluginContent } = loadTsConfig(
+    process.cwd(),
+    tsconfig
   )
 
   const sharedConfig = {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index acfa2984ca..8a228db081 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2201,8 +2201,8 @@
   dependencies:
     "@budibase/nano" "10.1.5"
     "@budibase/pouchdb-replication-stream" "1.2.11"
-    "@budibase/shared-core" "0.0.0"
-    "@budibase/types" "0.0.0"
+    "@budibase/shared-core" "*"
+    "@budibase/types" "*"
     "@techpass/passport-openidconnect" "0.3.3"
     aws-cloudfront-sign "3.0.2"
     aws-sdk "2.1692.0"
@@ -2304,7 +2304,7 @@
 "@budibase/shared-core@3.2.16":
   version "0.0.0"
   dependencies:
-    "@budibase/types" "0.0.0"
+    "@budibase/types" "*"
     cron-validate "1.4.5"
 
 "@budibase/string-templates@3.2.16":
@@ -2319,7 +2319,6 @@
   version "0.0.0"
   dependencies:
     scim-patch "^0.8.1"
-    zod "^3.23.8"
 
 "@bull-board/api@5.10.2":
   version "5.10.2"
@@ -14625,6 +14624,11 @@ load-json-file@^4.0.0:
     pify "^3.0.0"
     strip-bom "^3.0.0"
 
+load-tsconfig@^0.2.5:
+  version "0.2.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/load-tsconfig/-/load-tsconfig-0.2.5.tgz#453b8cd8961bfb912dea77eb6c168fe8cca3d3a1"
+  integrity sha512-IXO6OCs9yg8tMKzfPZ1YmheJbZCiEsnBdcB03l0OcfK9prKnJb96siuHCr5Fl37/yo9DnKU+TLpxzTUspw9shg==
+
 local-pkg@^0.4.2:
   version "0.4.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/local-pkg/-/local-pkg-0.4.3.tgz#0ff361ab3ae7f1c19113d9bb97b98b905dbc4963"