diff --git a/types/chrome-apps/tsconfig.json b/types/chrome-apps/tsconfig.json
index f06899c6eb..50a50c3193 100644
--- a/types/chrome-apps/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/chrome-apps/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         "noImplicitThis": true,
         "strictNullChecks": true,
         "strictFunctionTypes": true,
-        "baseUrl": ".",
+        "baseUrl": "../",
         "typeRoots": [
             "../"
         ],