diff --git a/.bazelignore b/.bazelignore
index accce227b..3c3629e64 100644
--- a/.bazelignore
+++ b/.bazelignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ts/node_modules
+node_modules
diff --git a/.buildkite/linux/entrypoint b/.buildkite/linux/entrypoint
index b6b664731..af8a3b42b 100755
--- a/.buildkite/linux/entrypoint
+++ b/.buildkite/linux/entrypoint
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ BAZEL="bazel --output_user_root=/state/bazel --output_base=/state/bazel/anki"
 BUILDARGS="--config=ci --experimental_convenience_symlinks=ignore --disk_cache=/state/bazel/disk --repository_cache=/state/bazel/repo"
 
 # move existing node_modules into tree
-test -e /state/node_modules && mv /state/node_modules ts/
+test -e /state/node_modules && mv /state/node_modules .
 
 $BAZEL build $BUILDARGS ...
 
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ python scripts/copyright_headers.py
 
 echo "--- Cleanup"
 # if tests succeed, back up node_modules folder
-mv ts/node_modules /state/
+mv node_modules /state/
diff --git a/.buildkite/mac/entrypoint b/.buildkite/mac/entrypoint
index 547cb053e..23b21e6f7 100755
--- a/.buildkite/mac/entrypoint
+++ b/.buildkite/mac/entrypoint
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ BAZEL="bazel --output_user_root=~/bazel --output_base=~/bazel/anki"
 BUILDARGS="--config=ci --experimental_convenience_symlinks=ignore"
 
 # move existing node_modules into tree
-test -e ~/node_modules && mv ~/node_modules ts/
+test -e ~/node_modules && mv ~/node_modules .
 
 $BAZEL build $BUILDARGS ...
 
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ $BAZEL test $BUILDARGS ...
 
 echo "--- Cleanup"
 # if tests succeed, back up node_modules folder
-mv ts/node_modules ~/
+mv node_modules ~/
diff --git a/.buildkite/windows/entrypoint.bat b/.buildkite/windows/entrypoint.bat
index e9c9c47f5..637b0bdda 100755
--- a/.buildkite/windows/entrypoint.bat
+++ b/.buildkite/windows/entrypoint.bat
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set BAZEL=\bazel\bazel.exe --output_user_root=\bazel\ankici --output_base=\bazel
 set BUILDARGS=--config=ci
 
 if exist \bazel\node_modules (
-    move \bazel\node_modules ts\node_modules
+    move \bazel\node_modules .\node_modules
 )
 
 :: rollup may fail on the first build, so we build once without checking return code
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 exit /B 1
 @REM echo Import succesful.
 
 echo --- Cleanup
-move ts\node_modules \bazel\node_modules
+move node_modules \bazel\node_modules
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bf65a8816..e26510d69 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ target
 user.bazelrc
 .dmypy.json
 rust-project.json
+node_modules
diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index f7c42abad..2e1218f56 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -33,5 +33,7 @@ pkg_tar(
     tags = ["manual"],
 )
 
-# for version info
-exports_files(["defs.bzl"])
+exports_files([
+    "defs.bzl",
+    "package.json",
+])
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 26a551657..a6a9ab790 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 workspace(
     name = "ankidesktop",
     managed_directories = {"@npm": [
-        "ts/node_modules",
+        "node_modules",
     ]},
 )
 
diff --git a/defs.bzl b/defs.bzl
index d165051eb..4c75a192b 100644
--- a/defs.bzl
+++ b/defs.bzl
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ def setup_deps():
         python_runtime = "@python//:python",
     )
 
-    node_repositories(package_json = ["@ankidesktop//ts:package.json"])
+    node_repositories(package_json = ["@ankidesktop//:package.json"])
 
     yarn_install(
         name = "npm",
-        package_json = "@ankidesktop//ts:package.json",
-        yarn_lock = "@ankidesktop//ts:yarn.lock",
+        package_json = "@ankidesktop//:package.json",
+        yarn_lock = "@ankidesktop//:yarn.lock",
     )
 
     sass_repositories()
diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index cff63dbb2..23166bf06 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ of `use` statements.
 
 The Bazel build products will make RA start up slowly out of the box. For a much
 nicer experience, add each of the bazel-* folders to Rust Analyzer's excludeDirs
-settings, and ts/node_modules. Wildcards don't work unfortunately. Then adjust
+settings, and node_modules. Wildcards don't work unfortunately. Then adjust
 VS Code's "watcher exclude", and add `**/bazel-*`.
 
 After running 'code' from the project root, it may take a minute or two to be
@@ -203,12 +203,12 @@ Recording also requires `lame` to be in your system path.
 ## Build errors and cleaning
 
 If you get errors with @npm and node_modules in the message, try deleting the
-ts/node_modules folder.
+node_modules folder.
 
 Unlike the old Make system, a "clean build" should almost never be required
 unless you are debugging issues with the build system. But if you need to get
-things to a fresh state, you can run `bazel clean --expunge`. Afte doing so,
-make sure you remove the ts/node_modules folder, or subsequent build commands
+things to a fresh state, you can run `bazel clean --expunge`. After doing so,
+make sure you remove the node_modules folder, or subsequent build commands
 will fail with a "no such file or directory node_modules/anki" message.
 
 ## Tracing build problems
diff --git a/ts/package.json b/package.json
similarity index 97%
rename from ts/package.json
rename to package.json
index e024d1b28..e4a38a57a 100644
--- a/ts/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     },
     "scripts": {
         "fix": "prettier --write */*.ts */*.svelte",
-        "postinstall": "patch-package"
+        "postinstall": "patch-package --patch-dir ts/patches"
     },
     "dependencies": {
         "@fluent/bundle": "^0.17.0",
diff --git a/scripts/copyright_headers.py b/scripts/copyright_headers.py
index c24fc773b..3aed02dba 100644
--- a/scripts/copyright_headers.py
+++ b/scripts/copyright_headers.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ nonstandard_header = {
 ignored_folders = [
     "bazel-",
     "qt/forms",
-    "ts/node_modules",
+    "node_modules",
 ]
 
 if not os.path.exists("WORKSPACE"):
diff --git a/scripts/svelte-check b/scripts/svelte-check
index 68433a505..a84d820e6 100755
--- a/scripts/svelte-check
+++ b/scripts/svelte-check
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-SASS_PATH=$(pwd)/bazel-bin ts/node_modules/.bin/svelte-check --workspace ts
+SASS_PATH=ts/sass:$(pwd)/bazel-bin/ts/sass \
+    node_modules/.bin/svelte-check \
+    --workspace ts
diff --git a/ts/tsconfig.json b/ts/tsconfig.json
index 75d7ed5af..7c93dc9dd 100644
--- a/ts/tsconfig.json
+++ b/ts/tsconfig.json
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
         ],
         // uncomment for building with tsc directly
         // "outDir": "dist",
-        // "rootDir": "..",
-        "rootDir": ".",
+        "rootDir": "..",
         "rootDirs": [
             ".",
             // for VS code
diff --git a/ts/update-licenses.sh b/ts/update-licenses.sh
index 3f0dd1f5d..348d5056e 100755
--- a/ts/update-licenses.sh
+++ b/ts/update-licenses.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-./node_modules/.bin/license-checker-rseidelsohn --production --json \
+cd .. && ./node_modules/.bin/license-checker-rseidelsohn --production --json \
     --excludePackages anki --relativeLicensePath \
-    --relativeModulePath > licenses.json
+    --relativeModulePath > ts/licenses.json
diff --git a/ts/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
similarity index 100%
rename from ts/yarn.lock
rename to yarn.lock