diff --git a/desktop/pkg/templates/plugin/tsconfig.json.template b/desktop/pkg/templates/plugin/tsconfig.json.template
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2017",
+    "module": "ES6",
+    "jsx": "react",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+  },
+  "files": ["src/index.tsx"]
+}