diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f124f4ef24..d075809af6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ datasources/00_National_Data_Sets.json
 /error.log
 /output.log
 privateserverconfig.json
+ts-out/
 wwwroot/privateconfig.json
 deploy/packages/
 deploy/work/
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 825a640036..c9b354b07f 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ datasources/00_National_Data_Sets.json
 /error.log
 /output.log
 privateserverconfig.json
+ts-out/
 wwwroot/privateconfig.json
 deploy/packages/
 deploy/work/
@@ -43,4 +44,4 @@ wwwroot/*.html
 
 
 ckanext-cesiumpreview
-deploy/helm/terria/charts/terriamap/templates/
\ No newline at end of file
+deploy/helm/terria/charts/terriamap/templates/
diff --git a/lib/ThirdParty/global.d.ts b/lib/ThirdParty/global.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3d77b63e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ThirdParty/global.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+declare module "*.html";
diff --git a/lib/ThirdParty/styled-components/index.d.ts b/lib/ThirdParty/styled-components/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8846f9326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ThirdParty/styled-components/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copy of lib/ThirdParty/styled-components from terriajs, but with updated
+// import path for terriaTheme.
+
+// Pull in the css prop type addition to react attributes
+/// <reference types="styled-components/cssprop" />
+
+// import your custom theme
+import { CSSProp } from "styled-components";
+import { terriaTheme } from "terriajs/lib/ReactViews/StandardUserInterface/StandardTheme";
+
+type Theme = typeof terriaTheme;
+
+declare module "styled-components" {
+  export interface DefaultTheme extends Theme {}
+}
+
+// See https://github.com/styled-components/styled-components/issues/2528
+// .css isn't included in @types/styled-components because it has to be enabled
+// through a babel plugin or macro
+declare module "react" {
+  interface Attributes {
+    css?: CSSProp;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 27a264f8d7..f90bd71492 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
 {
-  "extends": "terriajs/tsconfig.json"
+  "extends": "./node_modules/terriajs/tsconfig",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "ts-out",
+    "maxNodeModuleJsDepth": 5,
+    "typeRoots": [
+      "./node_modules/",
+      "./node_modules/@types/",
+      "./node_modules/terriajs/lib/ThirdParty",
+      "../node_modules/",
+      "../node_modules/@types/",
+      "../../node_modules/",
+      "../../node_modules/@types/",
+      "../../../node_modules/",
+      "../../../node_modules/@types/"
+    ],
+    "types": ["global", "terriajs-cesium", "terriajs-cesium-extra"]
+  },
+  "include": ["./lib/**/*", "./buildprocess/**/*"]
 }