diff --git a/apps/desktop/tsconfig.app.json b/apps/desktop/tsconfig.app.json
index ccfe441046..dc261ef604 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/tsconfig.app.json
+++ b/apps/desktop/tsconfig.app.json
@@ -17,5 +17,9 @@
     "eslint.config.cjs",
     "eslint.config.mjs"
   ],
-  "references": []
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../server/tsconfig.app.json"
+    }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/tsconfig.json b/apps/desktop/tsconfig.json
index 816e3f36f4..38116a0b8a 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/desktop/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
   "files": [],
   "include": [],
   "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../server"
+    },
     {
       "path": "./tsconfig.app.json"
     }