diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3638b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "type": "pwa-node",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "name": "Launch Program",
+            "skipFiles": [
+                "<node_internals>/**"
+            ],
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/dist/app.js",
+            "port": "9229"
+        }
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 733742d..fe09bf8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
   "name": "responder",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "",
-  "main": "app.js",
+  "main": "dist/app.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "serverless offline --noPrependStageInUrl",
+    "cleanup": "rm -rf dist",
+    "build": "yarn cleanup && tsc -p .",
+    "build:watch": "yarn cleanup && tsc -w -p .",
+    "start": "yarn build && serverless offline --location dist --noPrependStageInUrl",
+    "start:debug": "yarn build && node --inspect ./node_modules/.bin/serverless offline --location dist --noPrependStageInUrl",
     "deploy": "serverless deploy"
   },
   "author": "",
@@ -16,6 +20,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "nodemon": "^2.0.15",
-    "serverless-offline": "^8.3.1"
+    "serverless-offline": "^8.3.1",
+    "typescript": "^4.5.4"
   }
 }
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diff --git a/serverless.yml b/serverless.yml
index 9c0c4fe..1c06286 100644
--- a/serverless.yml
+++ b/serverless.yml
@@ -17,4 +17,7 @@ functions:
           method: post
 plugins:
   - serverless-offline
+custom:
+  serverless-offline:
+    port: 4000
 useDotEnv: true
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c6a860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+      "target": "es6",
+      "module": "commonjs",
+      "moduleResolution": "node",
+      "esModuleInterop": true,
+      "resolveJsonModule": true,
+      "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+      "strict": true,
+      "allowJs": true,
+      "sourceMap": true,
+      "rootDir": "src",
+      "outDir": "dist"
+    },
+    "include": [
+      "src/**/*"
+    ]
+  }
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