diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 4947d302a..7bfc0ac19 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -43,7 +43,12 @@
     {
       "files": ["**/*.ts"],
       "extends": ["@malept/eslint-config/src/typescript"],
+      "parserOptions": {
+        "project": ["./tsconfig.base.json"]
+      },
       "rules": {
+        "no-throw-literal": "off",
+        "@typescript-eslint/no-throw-literal": "error",
         "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": [
           "error",
           {
diff --git a/packages/api/cli/src/util/terminate.ts b/packages/api/cli/src/util/terminate.ts
index b7c97327f..142f6bc19 100644
--- a/packages/api/cli/src/util/terminate.ts
+++ b/packages/api/cli/src/util/terminate.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ function redConsoleError(msg: string) {
 process.on('unhandledRejection', (reason: string, promise: Promise<unknown>) => {
   redConsoleError('\nAn unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge:');
   redConsoleError(reason.toString().trim());
-  redConsoleError('\nElectron Forge was terminated. Location:');
   promise.catch((err: Error) => {
     if ('stack' in err) {
       const usefulStack = err.stack;
diff --git a/packages/api/core/src/api/make.ts b/packages/api/core/src/api/make.ts
index d967ca6a9..f8415f1ee 100644
--- a/packages/api/core/src/api/make.ts
+++ b/packages/api/core/src/api/make.ts
@@ -282,15 +282,10 @@ export const listrMake = (
                       arch: targetArch,
                     });
                   } catch (err) {
-                    if (err instanceof Error) {
-                      throw {
-                        message: `An error occured while making for target: ${maker.name}`,
-                        stack: `${err.message}\n${err.stack}`,
-                      };
-                    } else if (err) {
+                    if (err) {
                       throw err;
                     } else {
-                      throw new Error(`An unknown error occured while making for target: ${maker.name}`);
+                      throw new Error(`An unknown error occurred while making for target: ${maker.name}`);
                     }
                   }
                 },
diff --git a/packages/api/core/src/util/resolve-dir.ts b/packages/api/core/src/util/resolve-dir.ts
index c2192d2f9..f023a5ec0 100644
--- a/packages/api/core/src/util/resolve-dir.ts
+++ b/packages/api/core/src/util/resolve-dir.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export default async (dir: string): Promise<string | null> => {
     return bestGuessDir;
   }
   if (lastError) {
-    throw lastError;
+    throw new Error(lastError);
   }
   return null;
 };
diff --git a/tools/gen-tsconfigs.ts b/tools/gen-tsconfigs.ts
index ee24eeeef..2c9c67b44 100644
--- a/tools/gen-tsconfigs.ts
+++ b/tools/gen-tsconfigs.ts
@@ -3,25 +3,6 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 
 import { getPackageInfo } from './utils';
 
-const BASE_TS_CONFIG = {
-  '//': '⚠️ AUTOGENERATED ⚠️ This file was automatically generated by tools/gen-tsconfigs.ts, do not edit manually.',
-  compilerOptions: {
-    module: 'commonjs',
-    target: 'es2019',
-    outDir: 'dist',
-    lib: ['dom', 'es2019'],
-    sourceMap: true,
-    rootDir: 'src',
-    experimentalDecorators: true,
-    strict: true,
-    esModuleInterop: true,
-    declaration: true,
-    composite: true,
-    declarationMap: true,
-  },
-  exclude: ['node_modules', 'dist', 'test', 'index.ts', 'tmpl'],
-};
-
 /**
  * Filters out non-unique items in an array.
  */
@@ -30,6 +11,7 @@ function filterDupes<T>(arr: readonly T[]): T[] {
 }
 
 (async () => {
+  const BASE_TS_CONFIG = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(path.resolve(__dirname, '../tsconfig.base.json'), 'utf-8'));
   const packages = await getPackageInfo();
 
   // Do each package in parallel
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8257a5301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "target": "es2019",
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "lib": ["dom", "es2019"],
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "composite": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist", "test", "index.ts", "tmpl"]
+}