diff --git a/docker_healthcheck.js b/docker_healthcheck.js
index 88a8f3509..15145a44c 100755
--- a/docker_healthcheck.js
+++ b/docker_healthcheck.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if (config.Network.https) {
 }
 
 const port = require('./src/services/port.ts');
-const host = require('./src/services/host.js');
+const host = require('./src/services/host');
 
 const options = { timeout: 2000 };
 
diff --git a/src/services/host.js b/src/services/host.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 389203e99..000000000
--- a/src/services/host.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-const config = require('./config');
-
-module.exports = process.env.TRILIUM_HOST || config['Network']['host'] || '0.0.0.0';
diff --git a/src/services/host.ts b/src/services/host.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3daef1504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/host.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import config = require('./config');
+
+export = process.env.TRILIUM_HOST || config['Network']['host'] || '0.0.0.0';