diff --git a/apps/package.json b/apps/package.json
index 70c68f9843..5d2c104610 100644
--- a/apps/package.json
+++ b/apps/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "tns-core-modules": "*"
+    "tns-core-modules": "*",
+    "tslib": "^1.9.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-traverse": "6.10.4",
diff --git a/apps/tsconfig.json b/apps/tsconfig.json
index 4f5d9b3d1f..ac7907a6fb 100644
--- a/apps/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
 {
-    "extends": "../tsconfig.shared",
-    "exclude": [
-        "node_modules",
-        "platforms"
-    ],
     "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "target": "es5",
+        "experimentalDecorators": true,
+        "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+        "noEmitHelpers": true,
+        "noEmitOnError": true,
+        "lib": [
+            "es6",
+            "dom"
+        ],
         "baseUrl": ".",
         "paths": {
+            "~/*": [
+                "app/*"
+            ],
             "*": [
                 "./node_modules/tns-core-modules/*",
                 "./node_modules/*"
-            ],
-            "~/*": [
-                "app/*"
             ]
-        },
-        "lib": [
-            "es6",
-            "dom"
-        ]
-    }
+        }
+    },
+    "exclude": [
+        "node_modules",
+        "platforms"
+    ]
 }
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