diff --git a/app/config.js b/ts/node/config.ts
similarity index 77%
rename from app/config.js
rename to ts/node/config.ts
index 6c784183f..b1ed7004f 100644
--- a/app/config.js
+++ b/ts/node/config.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-const path = require('path');
+import path from 'path';
 
-const isDevelopment = require('electron-is-dev');
+import electronIsDev from 'electron-is-dev';
+// tslint:disable: no-console
 
 let environment;
 
 // In production mode, NODE_ENV cannot be customized by the user
-if (isDevelopment) {
+if (electronIsDev) {
   environment = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
 } else {
   environment = 'production';
@@ -18,25 +19,25 @@ process.env.NODE_CONFIG_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'config');
 if (environment === 'production') {
   // harden production config against the local env
   process.env.NODE_CONFIG = '';
-  process.env.NODE_CONFIG_STRICT_MODE = !isDevelopment;
+  process.env.NODE_CONFIG_STRICT_MODE = `${!electronIsDev}`;
   process.env.HOSTNAME = '';
   process.env.ALLOW_CONFIG_MUTATIONS = '';
   process.env.SUPPRESS_NO_CONFIG_WARNING = '';
 
   // We could be running againt production but still be in dev mode, we need to handle that
-  if (!isDevelopment) {
+  if (!electronIsDev) {
     process.env.NODE_APP_INSTANCE = '';
   }
 }
 
 // We load config after we've made our modifications to NODE_ENV
-const config = require('config');
+import c from 'config';
 
-config.environment = environment;
+(c as any).environment = environment;
 
 // Log resulting env vars in use by config
 ['NODE_ENV', 'NODE_APP_INSTANCE', 'NODE_CONFIG_DIR', 'NODE_CONFIG'].forEach(s => {
   console.log(`${s} ${config.util.getEnv(s)}`);
 });
 
-module.exports = config;
+export const config = c;