diff --git a/scripts/cli.js b/scripts/cli.js
index 32a5a4b3..06e4f3d2 100644
--- a/scripts/cli.js
+++ b/scripts/cli.js
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ function selectLesson() {
   const aliasBasePath = `${courseAppNames[selectedCourse]}`
   fs.readdirSync(lessonPath).forEach((file) => {
     const name = path.basename(file).replace(/\.(js|ts|tsx)$/, '')
-    alias[path.join(aliasBasePath, name)] = path.join(lessonPath, file)
+    alias[`${aliasBasePath}/${name}`] = path.join(lessonPath, file)
   })
 
   return {
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 73d6dc21..3b8d0049 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 {
-  // For lessons, TypeScript will use tsconfig.dev.json which is auto generated
-  // on each launch of a lesson to adjust includes to be specific for the
-  // lesson. Both extend tsconfig.base.json, but we need the file that VS Code
-  // uses for intellisense to use the tsconfig.json filename so that files in
-  // the courses don't show a bunch of errors.
+  "__comment__": "Used by VSCode intellisense and needed to prevent course file errors",
   "extends": "./tsconfig.base.json",
   "include": ["apps", "types", "__mocks__/@types", "courses"]
 }