diff --git a/app/base_config.d.ts b/app/base_config.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 55c0a3614..000000000
--- a/app/base_config.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-export interface BaseConfig {
-  set(keyPath: string, value: any): void;
-  get(keyPath: string): any | undefined;
-  remove(): void;
-}
-
-interface Options {
-  allowMalformedOnStartup: boolean;
-}
-
-export function start(name: string, targetPath: string, options: Options): BaseConfig;
diff --git a/app/global_errors.js b/app/global_errors.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 62ca5c713..000000000
--- a/app/global_errors.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-const electron = require('electron');
-
-const { app, dialog, clipboard } = electron;
-const { redactAll } = require('../ts/util/privacy');
-
-// We use hard-coded strings until we're able to update these strings from the locale.
-let quitText = 'Quit';
-let copyErrorAndQuitText = 'Copy error and quit';
-
-function handleError(prefix, error) {
-  if (console._error) {
-    console._error(`${prefix}:`, error);
-  }
-  console.error(`${prefix}:`, error);
-
-  if (app.isReady()) {
-    // title field is not shown on macOS, so we don't use it
-    const buttonIndex = dialog.showMessageBox({
-      buttons: [quitText, copyErrorAndQuitText],
-      defaultId: 0,
-      detail: redactAll(error.stack),
-      message: prefix,
-      noLink: true,
-      type: 'error',
-    });
-
-    if (buttonIndex === 1) {
-      clipboard.writeText(`${prefix}\n\n${redactAll(error.stack)}`);
-    }
-  } else {
-    dialog.showErrorBox(prefix, error.stack);
-  }
-
-  app.exit(1);
-}
-
-exports.updateLocale = messages => {
-  quitText = messages.quit;
-  copyErrorAndQuitText = messages.copyErrorAndQuit;
-};
-
-exports.addHandler = () => {
-  process.on('uncaughtException', error => {
-    handleError('Unhandled Error', error);
-  });
-
-  process.on('unhandledRejection', error => {
-    handleError('Unhandled Promise Rejection', error);
-  });
-};
diff --git a/ts/node/global_errors.ts b/ts/node/global_errors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4be5d39ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/node/global_errors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { app, clipboard, dialog } from 'electron';
+import { redactAll } from '../util/privacy';
+import { LocaleMessagesType } from './locale';
+import { ConsoleCustom } from './logging';
+// tslint:disable: no-console
+
+// We use hard-coded strings until we're able to update these strings from the locale.
+let quitText = 'Quit';
+let copyErrorAndQuitText = 'Copy error and quit';
+
+async function handleError(prefix: string, error: any) {
+  if ((console as ConsoleCustom)._error) {
+    (console as ConsoleCustom)._error(`${prefix}:`, error);
+  }
+  console.error(`${prefix}:`, error);
+
+  if (app.isReady()) {
+    // title field is not shown on macOS, so we don't use it
+    const button = await dialog.showMessageBox({
+      buttons: [quitText, copyErrorAndQuitText],
+      defaultId: 0,
+      detail: redactAll(error.stack),
+      message: prefix,
+      noLink: true,
+      type: 'error',
+    });
+
+    if (button.response === 1) {
+      clipboard.writeText(`${prefix}\n\n${redactAll(error.stack)}`);
+    }
+  } else {
+    dialog.showErrorBox(prefix, error.stack);
+  }
+
+  app.exit(1);
+}
+
+export const updateLocale = (messages: LocaleMessagesType) => {
+  quitText = messages.quit;
+  copyErrorAndQuitText = messages.copyErrorAndQuit;
+};
+
+export const addHandler = () => {
+  process.on('uncaughtException', async error => {
+    await handleError('Unhandled Error', error);
+  });
+
+  process.on('unhandledRejection', async error => {
+    await handleError('Unhandled Promise Rejection', error);
+  });
+};
diff --git a/ts/node/logging.ts b/ts/node/logging.ts
index 21c23d628..6a1fea6cd 100644
--- a/ts/node/logging.ts
+++ b/ts/node/logging.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ let logger: Logger | undefined;
 // tslint:disable: non-literal-fs-path
 // tslint:disable: no-console
 
-type ConsoleCustom = typeof console & {
+export type ConsoleCustom = typeof console & {
   _log: (...args: any) => void;
   _warn: (...args: any) => void;
   _error: (...args: any) => void;