diff --git a/desktop/pkg/tsconfig.json b/desktop/pkg/tsconfig.json
index ff7073f78..e69693331 100644
--- a/desktop/pkg/tsconfig.json
+++ b/desktop/pkg/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   "extends": "../tsconfig.base.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "lib",
-    "rootDir": "src"
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "esModuleInterop": true
   },
   "references": [
     {"path": "../pkg-lib"},