diff --git a/services/matrix-project-doc-bot/tsconfig.json b/services/matrix-project-doc-bot/tsconfig.json
index b439390d0..f02c2417e 100644
--- a/services/matrix-project-doc-bot/tsconfig.json
+++ b/services/matrix-project-doc-bot/tsconfig.json
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 		"strictBindCallApply": true,
 		"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
 		"noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
-		"esModuleInterop": true
-	}
+		"esModuleInterop": true,
+		"resolveJsonModule": true
+	},
+	"include": ["src/**/*"],
+	"exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
 }