diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 32832460a2..82784adff1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "start:prod": "yarn run build:prod && cross-env NODE_ENV=production yarn run serve:ssr",
     "start:mirador:prod": "yarn run build:mirador && yarn run start:prod",
     "preserve": "yarn base-href",
-    "serve": "ng serve --configuration development",
+    "serve": "ts-node --project ./tsconfig.ts-node.json scripts/serve.ts",
     "serve:ssr": "node dist/server/main",
     "analyze": "webpack-bundle-analyzer dist/browser/stats.json",
     "build": "ng build --configuration development",
diff --git a/scripts/serve.ts b/scripts/serve.ts
index 09e517c3d4..99bfc822d4 100644
--- a/scripts/serve.ts
+++ b/scripts/serve.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ const appConfig: AppConfig = buildAppConfig();
  * Any CLI arguments given to this script are patched through to `ng serve` as well.
  */
 child.spawn(
-  `ng serve --host ${appConfig.ui.host} --port ${appConfig.ui.port} --serve-path ${appConfig.ui.nameSpace} --ssl ${appConfig.ui.ssl} ${process.argv.slice(2).join(' ')}`,
+  `ng serve --host ${appConfig.ui.host} --port ${appConfig.ui.port} --serve-path ${appConfig.ui.nameSpace} --ssl ${appConfig.ui.ssl} ${process.argv.slice(2).join(' ')} --configuration development`,
   { stdio: 'inherit', shell: true }
 );