diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fd69af96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+licenses.json
+vendor
diff --git a/ts/.prettierrc b/.prettierrc
similarity index 100%
rename from ts/.prettierrc
rename to .prettierrc
diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index 2e1218f56..79ba87f85 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ pkg_tar(
 exports_files([
     "defs.bzl",
     "package.json",
+    ".prettierrc",
 ])
diff --git a/ts/.prettierignore b/ts/.prettierignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 339fa65b6..000000000
--- a/ts/.prettierignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-licenses.json
-vendor
-lib/translate.ts
-lib/i18n/modules.ts
-backend_proto.d.ts
diff --git a/ts/BUILD.bazel b/ts/BUILD.bazel
index 283d64bbe..bc337e8bb 100644
--- a/ts/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/ts/BUILD.bazel
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ sql_format_setup()
 #################
 
 exports_files([
-    ".prettierrc",
     ".eslintrc.js",
     "licenses.json",
     "sql_format.ts",
diff --git a/ts/format.sh b/ts/format.sh
index 11131be39..1f66bd492 100755
--- a/ts/format.sh
+++ b/ts/format.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 # this is a hack to invoke prettier directly from Bazel
-ts=${BUILD_WORKSPACE_DIRECTORY}/ts
-(cd $ts && ./node_modules/.bin/prettier --config .prettierrc --write . $ts/../qt/aqt/data/web/js)
+(cd "${BUILD_WORKSPACE_DIRECTORY}" && node_modules/.bin/prettier --config .prettierrc --write ts qt/aqt/data/web/js)
diff --git a/ts/prettier.bzl b/ts/prettier.bzl
index caba22c31..f2512d634 100644
--- a/ts/prettier.bzl
+++ b/ts/prettier.bzl
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ def prettier_test(name = "format_check", srcs = None, exclude = [], **kwargs):
         name = name,
         args = [
             "--config",
-            "$(location //ts:.prettierrc)",
+            "$(location //:.prettierrc)",
             "--check",
         ] + [native.package_name() + "/" + f for f in srcs],
         data = [
-            "//ts:.prettierrc",
+            "//:.prettierrc",
             "@npm//prettier-plugin-svelte",
         ] + srcs,
         **kwargs