diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7b5c7dfc4..49451383a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ coverage
 
 # build
 build
+dist
 
 # misc
 xrank_data
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index 5ec9cc2c5..feff0592c 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-web: node index.js
\ No newline at end of file
+release: npm run migrate:latest
+web: node dist/index.js
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/graphql-schemas/salmonRunRecord.ts b/graphql-schemas/salmonRunRecord.ts
index e5cdbefbd..b3622e654 100644
--- a/graphql-schemas/salmonRunRecord.ts
+++ b/graphql-schemas/salmonRunRecord.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const typeDef = gql`
 
 const resolvers = {
   Mutation: {
-    createSalmonRunRecord: async (root, args) => {
+    createSalmonRunRecord: async (root: any, args: any) => {
       console.log(args)
       return true
     },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 184a6ddb1..48d588c1c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
     "withdev": "cross-env LOGGED_IN=TRUE node index.js",
     "watchdev": "cross-env LOGGED_IN=TRUE nodemon index.js",
     "watchprod": "cross-env LOGGED_IN=TRUE USE_PRODUCTION_DB=TRUE nodemon index.js",
-    "build": "cd frontend-react && npm install && npm run build && mv build ../build",
+    "build": "npm run build:frontend && npm run build:backend",
+    "build:frontend": "rm -rf build && cd frontend-react && npm install && npm run build && mv build ../build",
+    "build:backend": "rm -rf dist && tsc",
     "testbuild": "rmdir /s /q build && cd frontend-react && npm run build && move build ../build",
     "migrate:make": "knex migrate:make",
     "migrate:rollback": "knex migrate:rollback",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b2d0faa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es5",
+    "lib": ["dom", "dom.iterable", "esnext"],
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "isolatedModules": false,
+    "downlevelIteration": true,
+    "outDir": "dist/"
+  },
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules",
+    "frontend-react",
+    "dist",
+    "migrations",
+    "scripts",
+    "build"
+  ]
+}