found a better config setup I like

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
     "search.exclude": {
         "**/node_modules": true,
         "**/bower_components": true,
-        "**/dist": true
+        "**/dist": true,
+        "**/coverge": true
     },
     "typescript.referencesCodeLens.enabled": true,
     "tslint.ignoreDefinitionFiles": false,

src/app.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import mongoose from "mongoose";
 import passport from "passport";
 import expressValidator from "express-validator";
 import bluebird from "bluebird";
+import { MONGODB_URI, SESSION_SECRET } from "./util/loadSecrets";
 
 const MongoStore = mongo(session);