diff --git a/electron/electron-env.d.ts b/electron/electron-env.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0ec4b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/electron/electron-env.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/// <reference types="vite-plugin-electron/electron-env" />
+
+declare namespace NodeJS {
+  interface ProcessEnv {
+    /**
+     * The built directory structure
+     *
+     * ```tree
+     * ├─┬ dist
+     * │ ├─┬ electron
+     * │ │ ├─┬ main
+     * │ │ │ └── index.js
+     * │ │ └─┬ preload
+     * │ │   └── index.js
+     * │ ├── index.html
+     * │ ├── ...other-static-files-from-public
+     * │
+     * ```
+     */
+    DIST: string
+    /** /dist/ or /public/ */
+    PUBLIC: string
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.node.json b/tsconfig.node.json
index 767a0b1..9e6f062 100644
--- a/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@
     "moduleResolution": "Node",
     "jsx": "preserve",
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
-    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
-    "types": [
-      "vite-plugin-electron/electron-env"
-    ]
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true
   },
   "include": ["package.json", "electron"]
 }