diff --git a/src/lib/supervisor-version.coffee b/src/lib/supervisor-version.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index a4e596c6..00000000
--- a/src/lib/supervisor-version.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# Parses package.json and returns resin-supervisor's version
-_ = require 'lodash'
-version = require('../../package.json').version
-tagExtra = process.env.SUPERVISOR_TAG_EXTRA
-version += '+' + tagExtra if !_.isEmpty(tagExtra)
-module.exports = version
diff --git a/src/lib/supervisor-version.ts b/src/lib/supervisor-version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a3a522e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/supervisor-version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import * as _ from 'lodash';
+
+import * as packageJson from '../../package.json';
+let version = (packageJson as any).version;
+const tagExtra = process.env.SUPERVISOR_TAG_EXTRA;
+if (!_.isEmpty(tagExtra)) {
+	version += '+' + tagExtra;
+}
+export = version;
diff --git a/typings/typings.d.ts b/typings/typings.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc92a029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typings/typings.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Allow importing of json files with typescript
+declare module "*.json" {
+		const value: { [key: string]: any};
+    export default value;
+}