diff --git a/examples/blog/src/env.d.ts b/examples/blog/src/env.d.ts
index e16c13c695..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/examples/blog/src/env.d.ts
+++ b/examples/blog/src/env.d.ts
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/// <reference path="../.astro/types.d.ts" />
diff --git a/examples/blog/tsconfig.json b/examples/blog/tsconfig.json
index e51e062706..89326d9da1 100644
--- a/examples/blog/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/blog/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "astro/tsconfigs/base",
+  "extends": ["astro/tsconfigs/base", "./.astro/tsconfig.json"],
   "compilerOptions": {
     "strictNullChecks": true
   }