diff --git a/src/lib/supervisor-version.ts b/src/lib/supervisor-version.ts
index 8a3a522e..6d95b797 100644
--- a/src/lib/supervisor-version.ts
+++ b/src/lib/supervisor-version.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 
 import * as packageJson from '../../package.json';
-let version = (packageJson as any).version;
+let version = packageJson.version;
+
 const tagExtra = process.env.SUPERVISOR_TAG_EXTRA;
 if (!_.isEmpty(tagExtra)) {
 	version += '+' + tagExtra;
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index c7e0a7db..069a9f14 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 		"removeComments": true,
 		"sourceMap": true,
 		"strictNullChecks": true,
-		"outDir": "./build/src/",
+		"outDir": "./build/",
 		"lib": [
 			"es6"
-		]
+		],
+		"resolveJsonModule": true
 	},
 	"include": [
 		"src/**/*.ts",
diff --git a/typings/typings.d.ts b/typings/typings.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 82bb19a3..00000000
--- a/typings/typings.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// Allow importing of json files with typescript
-declare module '*.json' {
-	const value: { [key: string]: any };
-	export default value;
-}