diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e37e6204c..e48bff6c2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "build-backend-docs": "rm -rf ./docs/backend_api && ./node_modules/.bin/jsdoc -c jsdoc-conf.json -d ./docs/backend_api src/becca/entities/*.js src/services/backend_script_api.js src/services/sql.js",
     "build-frontend-docs": "rm -rf ./docs/frontend_api && ./node_modules/.bin/jsdoc -c jsdoc-conf.json -d ./docs/frontend_api src/public/app/entities/*.js src/public/app/services/frontend_script_api.js src/public/app/widgets/basic_widget.js src/public/app/widgets/note_context_aware_widget.js src/public/app/widgets/right_panel_widget.js",
     "build-docs": "npm run build-backend-docs && npm run build-frontend-docs",
-    "webpack": "webpack -c webpack.config.js",
+    "webpack": "webpack -c webpack.config.ts",
     "test-jasmine": "TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=~/trilium/data-test jasmine",
     "test-es6": "node -r esm spec-es6/attribute_parser.spec.js ",
     "test": "npm run test-jasmine && npm run test-es6",
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.ts
similarity index 82%
rename from webpack.config.js
rename to webpack.config.ts
index 41077c00e..bd7135e24 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-const path = require('path');
-const assetPath = require('./src/services/asset_path');
+import path = require('path');
+import assetPath = require('./src/services/asset_path');
 
 module.exports = {
     mode: 'production',