diff --git a/packages/xarc-app-dev/src/lib/dev-tasks.ts b/packages/xarc-app-dev/src/lib/dev-tasks.ts
index 8cba945d0..755a25d02 100644
--- a/packages/xarc-app-dev/src/lib/dev-tasks.ts
+++ b/packages/xarc-app-dev/src/lib/dev-tasks.ts
@@ -401,10 +401,10 @@ export function loadXarcDevTasks(xrun, xarcOptions: XarcOptions = {}) {
       Fs.writeFileSync(
         newName,
         `"use strict";
-  module.exports = {
-    extends: "@xarc/app-dev/config/babel/${rcFile}"
-  };
-  `
+module.exports = {
+  extends: "@xarc/app-dev/config/babel/${rcFile}"
+};
+`
       );
     };
 
diff --git a/packages/xarc-create-app/template/_gitignore b/packages/xarc-create-app/template/_gitignore
index 395a153f6..9fed63d55 100644
--- a/packages/xarc-create-app/template/_gitignore
+++ b/packages/xarc-create-app/template/_gitignore
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ coverage
 .nyc_output
 config/assets.json
 .isomorphic*
+lib
diff --git a/packages/xarc-create-app/template/_package.js b/packages/xarc-create-app/template/_package.js
index d6d5ff34a..60a919b67 100644
--- a/packages/xarc-create-app/template/_package.js
+++ b/packages/xarc-create-app/template/_package.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ module.exports = (base, merge) => {
       "subapp-server": "^1.3.1"
     },
     devDependencies: {
+      "@types/node": "^14.14.6",
       "@xarc/app-dev": "^8.1.8",
       "ts-node": "^9.0.0",
       typescript: "^4.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/xarc-create-app/template/_tsconfig.json b/packages/xarc-create-app/template/_tsconfig.json
index 44e1b890c..b9c5c48b5 100644
--- a/packages/xarc-create-app/template/_tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/xarc-create-app/template/_tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "jsx": "react",
     "outDir": "lib",
     "lib": ["es2018"],
     "allowJs": true,
diff --git a/packages/xarc-create-app/template/src/server/index.ts b/packages/xarc-create-app/template/src/server/index.ts
index a597e6de8..ec5bb800d 100644
--- a/packages/xarc-create-app/template/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/xarc-create-app/template/src/server/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-"use strict";
-
+import { config } from "./config";
 const support = require("@xarc/app/support");
 const electrodeServer = require("@xarc/fastify-server");
-const { config } = require("./config");
 
 async function start() {
   await support.load();