diff --git a/src/Router.tsx b/src/Router.tsx
index d013555b9..9c34ec7e5 100644
--- a/src/Router.tsx
+++ b/src/Router.tsx
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ const router = createBrowserRouter([
                 <Outlet />
                 <App />
                 <CommandBar />
-                {!isDesktop() && import.meta.env.PROD && <DownloadAppBanner />}
+                {
+                  // @ts-ignore
+                  !isDesktop() && import.meta.env.PROD && <DownloadAppBanner />
+                }
               </ModelingMachineProvider>
               <WasmErrBanner />
             </FileMachineProvider>
diff --git a/src/components/FileMachineProvider.tsx b/src/components/FileMachineProvider.tsx
index ef5cfb834..039c7ec31 100644
--- a/src/components/FileMachineProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FileMachineProvider.tsx
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ export const FileMachineProvider = ({
 
         await window.electron.rename(oldPath, newPath)
 
-        if (!file) { return Promise.reject(new Error('file is not defined')) }
+        if (!file) {
+          return Promise.reject(new Error('file is not defined'))
+        }
 
         const currentFilePath = window.electron.path.join(file.path, file.name)
         if (oldPath === currentFilePath && project?.path) {
diff --git a/src/components/HelpMenu.tsx b/src/components/HelpMenu.tsx
index 777f9a1ac..f0adc880d 100644
--- a/src/components/HelpMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/HelpMenu.tsx
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ function HelpMenuItem({
       {as === 'a' ? (
         <a
           {...(props as React.ComponentProps<'a'>)}
-          onClick={openExternalBrowserIfDesktop((props as React.ComponentProps<'a'>).href)}
+          onClick={openExternalBrowserIfDesktop(
+            (props as React.ComponentProps<'a'>).href
+          )}
           className={`no-underline text-inherit ${baseClassName} ${className}`}
         >
           {children}
diff --git a/src/components/LowerRightControls.tsx b/src/components/LowerRightControls.tsx
index 2c4958bcd..5d7bfd49f 100644
--- a/src/components/LowerRightControls.tsx
+++ b/src/components/LowerRightControls.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ export function LowerRightControls({
 
   const isPlayWright = window?.localStorage.getItem('playwright') === 'true'
 
-  async function reportbug(event: { preventDefault: () => void, stopPropagation: () => void }) {
+  async function reportbug(event: {
+    preventDefault: () => void
+    stopPropagation: () => void
+  }) {
     event?.preventDefault()
     event?.stopPropagation()
 
diff --git a/src/components/ProjectCard/ProjectCard.tsx b/src/components/ProjectCard/ProjectCard.tsx
index 20ebfee92..4d64877cf 100644
--- a/src/components/ProjectCard/ProjectCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ProjectCard/ProjectCard.tsx
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ function ProjectCard({
           <span className="px-2 text-chalkboard-60 text-xs">
             Edited{' '}
             {project.metadata && project.metadata.modified
-              ? getDisplayedTime(project.metadata.modified.toString())
+              ? getDisplayedTime(parseInt(project.metadata.modified))
               : 'never'}
           </span>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/components/Settings/AllSettingsFields.tsx b/src/components/Settings/AllSettingsFields.tsx
index a82214bf0..cbb9a954d 100644
--- a/src/components/Settings/AllSettingsFields.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Settings/AllSettingsFields.tsx
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ export const AllSettingsFields = forwardRef(
                       projectPath ? decodeURIComponent(projectPath) : undefined
                     )
                     const finalPath = paths[searchParamTab]
-                    if (!finalPath) { return new Error('finalPath undefined') }
+                    if (!finalPath) {
+                      return new Error('finalPath undefined')
+                    }
                     window.electron.showInFolder(finalPath)
                   }}
                   iconStart={{
diff --git a/src/env.ts b/src/env.ts
index f133e2a7b..212ba9683 100644
--- a/src/env.ts
+++ b/src/env.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,28 @@
 // env vars were centralised so they could be mocked in jest
 // but isn't needed anymore with vite, so is now just a convention
 
+// Even though we transpile to a module system that supports import, the
+// typescript checker doesn't know that, so it's causing problems
+// to properly type check anything with "import.meta". I've tried for a good
+// hour to fix this but nothing has worked. This is the pain the JS ecosystem
+// gets for like 6 different module systems.
+
+// @ts-ignore
 export const VITE_KC_API_WS_MODELING_URL = import.meta.env
   .VITE_KC_API_WS_MODELING_URL
+// @ts-ignore
 export const VITE_KC_API_BASE_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_KC_API_BASE_URL
+// @ts-ignore
 export const VITE_KC_SITE_BASE_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_KC_SITE_BASE_URL
+// @ts-ignore
 export const VITE_KC_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MS = import.meta.env
   .VITE_KC_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MS
+// @ts-ignore
 export const VITE_KC_DEV_TOKEN = import.meta.env.VITE_KC_DEV_TOKEN as
   | string
   | undefined
+// @ts-ignore
 export const TEST = import.meta.env.TEST
+// @ts-ignore
 export const DEV = import.meta.env.DEV
 export const CI = import.meta.env.CI
diff --git a/src/hooks/usePlatform.ts b/src/hooks/usePlatform.ts
index 516712b22..8ef85a892 100644
--- a/src/hooks/usePlatform.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/usePlatform.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import { isDesktop } from 'lib/isDesktop'
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 
-export type Platform = 'macos' | 'windows' | 'linux'
+export type Platform = 'macos' | 'windows' | 'linux' | ''
 
 export default function usePlatform() {
-  const [platformName, setPlatformName] = useState<Platform | ''>('')
+  const [platformName, setPlatformName] = useState<Platform>('')
 
   useEffect(() => {
     async function getPlatform() {
-      setPlatformName(window.electron.platform)
+      setPlatformName((window.electron.platform ?? '') as Platform)
     }
 
     if (isDesktop()) {
diff --git a/src/lang/codeManager.ts b/src/lang/codeManager.ts
index a33fe43ed..b55a472bc 100644
--- a/src/lang/codeManager.ts
+++ b/src/lang/codeManager.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export default class CodeManager {
         this._currentFilePath &&
           window.electron
             .writeFile(this._currentFilePath, this.code ?? '')
-            .catch((err) => {
+            .catch((err: Error) => {
               // TODO: add tracing per GH issue #254 (https://github.com/KittyCAD/modeling-app/issues/254)
               console.error('error saving file', err)
               toast.error('Error saving file, please check file permissions')
diff --git a/src/lang/wasm.ts b/src/lang/wasm.ts
index c8a7f54c8..fec58834f 100644
--- a/src/lang/wasm.ts
+++ b/src/lang/wasm.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ import {
   configurationToSettingsPayload,
   projectConfigurationToSettingsPayload,
 } from 'lib/settings/settingsUtils'
-import {
-  SaveSettingsPayload,
-} from 'lib/settings/settingsTypes'
+import { SaveSettingsPayload } from 'lib/settings/settingsTypes'
 import { KCLError } from './errors'
 import { KclError as RustKclError } from '../wasm-lib/kcl/bindings/KclError'
 import { EngineCommandManager } from './std/engineConnection'
@@ -589,7 +587,7 @@ export function parseProjectSettings(
 }
 
 export function parseProjectRoute(
-  configuration: Configuration,
+  configuration: Partial<SaveSettingsPayload>,
   route_str: string
 ): ProjectRoute | Error {
   return parse_project_route(JSON.stringify(configuration), route_str)
diff --git a/src/lib/desktop.ts b/src/lib/desktop.ts
index 997570830..6e90fa269 100644
--- a/src/lib/desktop.ts
+++ b/src/lib/desktop.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { ProjectState } from 'wasm-lib/kcl/bindings/ProjectState'
 import { ProjectRoute } from 'wasm-lib/kcl/bindings/ProjectRoute'
 import { components } from './machine-api'
 import { isDesktop } from './isDesktop'
+import { FileEntry } from 'wasm-lib/kcl/bindings/FileEntry'
 import { SaveSettingsPayload } from 'lib/settings/settingsUtils'
 
 import {
@@ -79,7 +80,9 @@ export async function ensureProjectDirectoryExists(
   config: Partial<SaveSettingsPayload>
 ): Promise<string | undefined> {
   const projectDir = config.app?.projectDirectory
-  if (!projectDir) { return Promise.reject(new Error('projectDir is falsey')) }
+  if (!projectDir) {
+    return Promise.reject(new Error('projectDir is falsey'))
+  }
   try {
     await window.electron.stat(projectDir)
   } catch (e) {
@@ -106,7 +109,9 @@ export async function createNewProjectDirectory(
     return Promise.reject('Project name cannot be empty.')
   }
 
-  if (!mainDir) { return Promise.reject(new Error('mainDir is falsey')) }
+  if (!mainDir) {
+    return Promise.reject(new Error('mainDir is falsey'))
+  }
   const projectDir = window.electron.path.join(mainDir, projectName)
 
   try {
@@ -129,7 +134,7 @@ export async function createNewProjectDirectory(
     name: projectName,
     // We don't need to recursively get all files in the project directory.
     // Because we just created it and it's empty.
-    children: undefined,
+    children: null,
     default_file: projectFile,
     metadata,
     kcl_file_count: 1,
@@ -194,7 +199,7 @@ const collectAllFilesRecursiveFrom = async (path: string) => {
   }
 
   const pathParts = path.split('/')
-  let entry = /* FileEntry */ {
+  let entry: FileEntry = {
     name: pathParts.slice(-1)[0],
     path,
     children: [],
@@ -256,7 +261,7 @@ const getDefaultKclFileForDir = async (projectDir: string, file: FileEntry) => {
         for (let entry of file.children) {
           if (entry.name.endsWith('.kcl')) {
             return window.electron.path.join(projectDir, entry.name)
-          } else if (entry.children.length > 0) {
+          } else if (entry.children?.length > 0) {
             // Recursively find a kcl file in the directory.
             return getDefaultKclFileForDir(entry.path, entry)
           }
@@ -275,7 +280,7 @@ const getDefaultKclFileForDir = async (projectDir: string, file: FileEntry) => {
   return defaultFilePath
 }
 
-const kclFileCount = (file /* fileEntry */) => {
+const kclFileCount = (file: FileEntry) => {
   let count = 0
   if (file.children) {
     for (let entry of file.children) {
@@ -291,7 +296,7 @@ const kclFileCount = (file /* fileEntry */) => {
 }
 
 /// Populate the number of directories in the project.
-const directoryCount = (file /* FileEntry */) => {
+const directoryCount = (file: FileEntry) => {
   let count = 0
   if (file.children) {
     for (let entry of file.children) {
@@ -330,7 +335,9 @@ export async function getProjectInfo(projectPath: string): Promise<Project> {
   let project = {
     ...walked,
     // We need to map from node fs.Stats to FileMetadata
-    metadata: metadata.map((data: { mtimeMs: number }) => ({ modified: data.mtimeMs })),
+    metadata: metadata.map((data: { mtimeMs: number }) => ({
+      modified: data.mtimeMs,
+    })),
     kcl_file_count: 0,
     directory_count: 0,
     default_file,
@@ -346,15 +353,12 @@ export async function getProjectInfo(projectPath: string): Promise<Project> {
 }
 
 // Write project settings file.
-export async function writeProjectSettingsFile({
-  projectPath,
-  configuration,
-}: {
-  projectPath: string
-  configuration: Partial<SaveSettingsPayload>
-}): Promise<void> {
+export async function writeProjectSettingsFile(
+  projectPath: string,
+  configuration: Partial<SaveSettingsPayload>,
+): Promise<void> {
   const projectSettingsFilePath = await getProjectSettingsFilePath(projectPath)
-  const tomlStr = tomlStringify(configuration)
+  const tomlStr = tomlStringify({ settings: configuration })
   if (err(tomlStr)) return Promise.reject(tomlStr)
   return window.electron.writeFile(projectSettingsFilePath, tomlStr)
 }
@@ -419,6 +423,7 @@ export const readAppSettingsFile = async () => {
   } catch (e) {
     if (e === 'ENOENT') {
       const config = defaultAppSettings()
+      if (!config.app) { return Promise.reject(new Error('config.app is falsey')) }
       config.app.projectDirectory = await getInitialDefaultDir()
       return config
     }
@@ -432,7 +437,7 @@ export const writeAppSettingsFile = async (
   config: Partial<SaveSettingsPayload>
 ) => {
   const appSettingsFilePath = await getAppSettingsFilePath()
-  const tomlStr = tomlStringify(config)
+  const tomlStr = tomlStringify({ settings: config })
   if (err(tomlStr)) return Promise.reject(tomlStr)
   return window.electron.writeFile(appSettingsFilePath, tomlStr)
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/paths.ts b/src/lib/paths.ts
index 7a47137d1..c89848e90 100644
--- a/src/lib/paths.ts
+++ b/src/lib/paths.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Configuration } from 'wasm-lib/kcl/bindings/Configuration'
 import { ProjectRoute } from 'wasm-lib/kcl/bindings/ProjectRoute'
 import { parseProjectRoute, readAppSettingsFile } from './desktop'
 import { readLocalStorageAppSettingsFile } from './settings/settingsUtils'
+import { SaveSettingsPayload } from './settings/settingsTypes'
 import { err } from 'lib/trap'
 
 const prependRoutes =
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ export const BROWSER_PATH = `%2F${BROWSER_PROJECT_NAME}%2F${BROWSER_FILE_NAME}${
 
 export async function getProjectMetaByRouteId(
   id?: string,
-  configuration?: Configuration | Error
+  configuration?: Partial<SaveSettingsPayload> | Error
 ): Promise<ProjectRoute | undefined> {
   if (!id) return undefined
 
diff --git a/src/lib/routeLoaders.ts b/src/lib/routeLoaders.ts
index c19725eed..be955b8d2 100644
--- a/src/lib/routeLoaders.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routeLoaders.ts
@@ -118,14 +118,14 @@ export const fileLoader: LoaderFunction = async (
     fileSystemManager.dir = project_path
 
     const defaultProjectData = {
-            name: project_name || 'unnamed',
-            path: project_path,
-            children: [],
-            kcl_file_count: 0,
-            directory_count: 0,
-            metadata: null,
-            default_file: project_path,
-          }
+      name: project_name || 'unnamed',
+      path: project_path,
+      children: [],
+      kcl_file_count: 0,
+      directory_count: 0,
+      metadata: null,
+      default_file: project_path,
+    }
 
     const projectData: IndexLoaderData = {
       code,
diff --git a/src/lib/settings/initialSettings.tsx b/src/lib/settings/initialSettings.tsx
index 6bf192166..aa08af8f0 100644
--- a/src/lib/settings/initialSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/settings/initialSettings.tsx
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ export class Setting<T = unknown> {
     return this._user
   }
   set user(v: T | undefined) {
-    this._user = v !== undefined
-      ? this.validate(v) ? v : this._user
-      : v
+    this._user = v !== undefined ? (this.validate(v) ? v : this._user) : v
     this.current = this.resolve()
   }
   /**
@@ -75,9 +73,7 @@ export class Setting<T = unknown> {
     return this._project
   }
   set project(v: T | undefined) {
-    this._project = v !== undefined
-      ? this.validate(v)  ? v : this._project
-      : v
+    this._project = v !== undefined ? (this.validate(v) ? v : this._project) : v
     this.current = this.resolve()
   }
   /**
diff --git a/src/lib/settings/settingsUtils.ts b/src/lib/settings/settingsUtils.ts
index d05c126fd..89b088b6d 100644
--- a/src/lib/settings/settingsUtils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/settings/settingsUtils.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function localStorageProjectSettingsPath() {
   return '/' + BROWSER_PROJECT_NAME + '/project.toml'
 }
 
-export function readLocalStorageAppSettingsFile(): Configuration | Error {
+export function readLocalStorageAppSettingsFile(): Partial<SaveSettingsPayload> | Error {
   // TODO: Remove backwards compatibility after a few releases.
   let stored =
     localStorage.getItem(localStorageAppSettingsPath()) ??
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ export function readLocalStorageAppSettingsFile(): Configuration | Error {
   }
 }
 
-function readLocalStorageProjectSettingsFile(): Partial<SaveSettingsPayload> | Error {
+function readLocalStorageProjectSettingsFile():
+  | Partial<SaveSettingsPayload>
+  | Error {
   // TODO: Remove backwards compatibility after a few releases.
   let stored = localStorage.getItem(localStorageProjectSettingsPath()) ?? ''
 
@@ -151,8 +153,8 @@ function readLocalStorageProjectSettingsFile(): Partial<SaveSettingsPayload> | E
 }
 
 export interface AppSettings {
-  settings: ReturnType<typeof createSettings>
-  configuration: Configuration
+  settings: ReturnType<typeof createSettings>,
+  configuration: Partial<SaveSettingsPayload>
 }
 
 export async function loadAndValidateSettings(
@@ -204,10 +206,10 @@ export async function saveSettings(
   if (err(tomlString)) return
 
   // Parse this as a Configuration.
-  const appSettings = { settings: parseAppSettings(tomlString) }
+  const appSettings = parseAppSettings(tomlString)
   if (err(appSettings)) return
 
-  const tomlString2 = tomlStringify(appSettings)
+  const tomlString2 = tomlStringify({ settings: appSettings })
   if (err(tomlString2)) return
 
   // Write the app settings.
@@ -237,10 +239,10 @@ export async function saveSettings(
 
   // Write the project settings.
   if (onDesktop) {
-    await writeProjectSettingsFile({
+    await writeProjectSettingsFile(
       projectPath,
-      configuration: { settings: projectSettings },
-    })
+      projectSettings,
+    )
   } else {
     localStorage.setItem(localStorageProjectSettingsPath(), tomlStr)
   }
diff --git a/src/machines/authMachine.ts b/src/machines/authMachine.ts
index 9f38df1f6..9ef7f9ef4 100644
--- a/src/machines/authMachine.ts
+++ b/src/machines/authMachine.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { VITE_KC_API_BASE_URL, VITE_KC_DEV_TOKEN } from 'env'
 import { getUser as getUserDesktop } from 'lib/desktop'
 
 const SKIP_AUTH =
+  // @ts-ignore
   import.meta.env.VITE_KC_SKIP_AUTH === 'true' && import.meta.env.DEV
 
 const LOCAL_USER: Models['User_type'] = {
diff --git a/src/routes/Settings.tsx b/src/routes/Settings.tsx
index 07a77a134..b113e3723 100644
--- a/src/routes/Settings.tsx
+++ b/src/routes/Settings.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import { KeybindingsSectionsList } from 'components/Settings/KeybindingsSections
 import { isDesktop } from 'lib/isDesktop'
 
 export const APP_VERSION = isDesktop()
-  ? import.meta.env.PACKAGE_VERSION || 'unknown'
+  ? // @ts-ignore
+    import.meta.env.PACKAGE_VERSION || 'unknown'
   : 'main'
 
 export const Settings = () => {
diff --git a/tsconfig.desktop.json b/tsconfig.desktop.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 61d9a1c8e..000000000
--- a/tsconfig.desktop.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "baseUrl": "src",
-    "paths": {
-      "@kittycad/codemirror-lsp-client": [
-        "../packages/codemirror-lsp-client/src/index.ts"
-      ],
-      "/*": ["src/*"]
-    },
-    "types": [
-      "vite/client",
-      "@types/wicg-file-system-access",
-      "node",
-      "@wdio/globals/types",
-      "mocha",
-      "@lezer/generator"
-    ],
-    "target": "esnext",
-    "lib": ["dom", "dom.iterable", "esnext"],
-    "allowJs": true,
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "sourceMap": true,
-    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
-    "strict": true,
-    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
-    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
-    "module": "commonjs",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "resolveJsonModule": true,
-    "composite": true,
-    "isolatedModules": true,
-    "noEmit": true,
-    "jsx": "react-jsx"
-  },
-  "include": ["src", "e2e", "packages", "./*.ts", "package.json"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules", "./*.grammar"],
-  "references": [{ "path": "./tsconfig.node.json" }]
-}