diff --git a/packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/JwtTemplatesApi.ts b/packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/JwtTemplatesApi.ts
index 5a8df969d6c..30409026aba 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/JwtTemplatesApi.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/JwtTemplatesApi.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { ClerkPaginationRequest } from '@clerk/shared/types';
-import { joinPaths } from 'src/util/path';
+import { joinPaths } from '../../util/path';
 
 import type { DeletedObject, JwtTemplate } from '../resources';
 import type { PaginatedResourceResponse } from '../resources/Deserializer';
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/WaitlistEntryApi.ts b/packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/WaitlistEntryApi.ts
index f0bc38062f2..0be292d687e 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/WaitlistEntryApi.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/WaitlistEntryApi.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { ClerkPaginationRequest } from '@clerk/shared/types';
-import { joinPaths } from 'src/util/path';
+import { joinPaths } from '../../util/path';
 
 import type { DeletedObject } from '../resources/DeletedObject';
 import type { PaginatedResourceResponse } from '../resources/Deserializer';
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/jwt/cryptoKeys.ts b/packages/backend/src/jwt/cryptoKeys.ts
index f3c2d27dcd1..bdc1f42d6f3 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/jwt/cryptoKeys.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/jwt/cryptoKeys.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { isomorphicAtob } from '@clerk/shared/isomorphicAtob';
 import { runtime } from '../runtime';
 
 // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/importKey#pkcs_8_import
-function pemToBuffer(secret: string): ArrayBuffer {
+function pemToBuffer(secret: string): Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer> {
   const trimmed = secret
     .replace(/-----BEGIN.*?-----/g, '')
     .replace(/-----END.*?-----/g, '')
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/jwt/verifyJwt.ts b/packages/backend/src/jwt/verifyJwt.ts
index 3070ddd5d6c..7b5a4fce019 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/jwt/verifyJwt.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/jwt/verifyJwt.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ export async function hasValidSignature(jwt: Jwt, key: JsonWebKey | string): Pro
   try {
     const cryptoKey = await importKey(key, algorithm, 'verify');
 
-    const verified = await runtime.crypto.subtle.verify(algorithm.name, cryptoKey, signature, data);
+    const verified = await runtime.crypto.subtle.verify(
+      algorithm.name,
+      cryptoKey,
+      signature as Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>,
+      data,
+    );
     return { data: verified };
   } catch (error) {
     return {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/getAuth.test-d.ts b/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/getAuth.test-d.ts
index 3a22688e381..d1b17938069 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/getAuth.test-d.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/tokens/__tests__/getAuth.test-d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { expectTypeOf, test } from 'vitest';
+import { expectTypeOf, test, describe } from 'vitest';
 
 import type { RedirectFun } from '../../createRedirect';
 import type { AuthObject, InvalidTokenAuthObject } from '../authObjects';
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/webhooks.ts b/packages/backend/src/webhooks.ts
index 0cebb68e345..3af4b757bac 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/webhooks.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/webhooks.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { getEnvVariable } from '@clerk/shared/getEnvVariable';
-import { errorThrower } from 'src/util/shared';
 import { Webhook } from 'standardwebhooks';
+import { errorThrower } from './util/shared';
 
 import type { WebhookEvent } from './api/resources/Webhooks';
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/tsconfig.json b/packages/backend/tsconfig.json
index 38f85bab2bc..219a5eaf3e1 100644
--- a/packages/backend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/backend/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
-    "baseUrl": ".",
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
     "importHelpers": true,