diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ef96ca5..825b59b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -105,3 +105,6 @@ dist
 
 # Compiled TS
 bin/
+
+# vscode settings
+.vscode
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 2730653..fc390fc 100755
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ async function run() {
     const options = await cli(process.argv);
     await scrub(rootDir, options);
   } catch (err) {
-    console.log(chalk.red.bold(err.message));
+    console.log(chalk.red.bold((err as Error).message));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c339ce6..4695a59 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uwblueprint/create-bp-app",
-  "version": "1.0.17",
+  "version": "1.0.18",
   "description": "Starter code generation CLI tool.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "bin": "bin/index.js",
diff --git a/scrubber/scrubberConfig.json b/scrubber/scrubberConfig.json
index c78fb03..9bd7ea2 100644
--- a/scrubber/scrubberConfig.json
+++ b/scrubber/scrubberConfig.json
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
     "typescript": {
       "tagsToKeep": ["typescript"],
       "filesToDelete": [
-        "backend/python/",
+        "backend/python",
         ".github/workflows/heroku-deploy-dev-py.yml"
       ]
     },
     "python": {
       "tagsToKeep": ["python"],
       "filesToDelete": [
-        "backend/typescript/",
+        "backend/typescript",
         ".github/workflows/heroku-deploy-dev-ts.yml"
       ]
     },