diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5ec5d3f89..73d79aa01 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -53,7 +53,4 @@ yarn-error.log
 
 # Certs
 .srl
-script/rootCA.*
-script/server.crt
-script/server.csr
-script/server.key
+certificate/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3823ae2f9..3b577b7c0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "packages/zapp/**"
     ],
     "scripts": {
+        "clean": "yarn workspace @flyteconsole/client-app clean",
         "start": "yarn workspace @flyteconsole/client-app start",
         "start:prod": "yarn workspace @flyteconsole/client-app start:prod",
         "build:prod": "yarn workspace @flyteconsole/client-app build:prod",
diff --git a/packages/zapp/console/env.js b/packages/zapp/console/env.js
index 4cc3d8b22..a8a9224db 100644
--- a/packages/zapp/console/env.js
+++ b/packages/zapp/console/env.js
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ const BASE_URL = process.env.BASE_URL || '';
  */
 const ASSETS_PATH = `${BASE_URL}/assets/`;
 
+/**
+ * Certificate path required for local development, should not include trailing '/'.
+ * Located at top level of the repository in script folder
+ */
+const CERTIFICATE_PATH = '../../../script/certificate';
+
 // Defines a file to be required which will provide implementations for
 // any user-definable code.
 const PLUGINS_MODULE = process.env.PLUGINS_MODULE;
@@ -43,6 +49,7 @@ module.exports = {
   ENABLE_GA,
   GA_TRACKING_ID,
   ASSETS_PATH,
+  CERTIFICATE_PATH,
   LOCAL_DEV_HOST,
   processEnv: {
     ADMIN_API_URL,
diff --git a/packages/zapp/console/index.js b/packages/zapp/console/index.js
index b38b1cb08..e25b3fc02 100644
--- a/packages/zapp/console/index.js
+++ b/packages/zapp/console/index.js
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
 if (env.ADMIN_API_USE_SSL === 'https') {
   const fs = require('fs');
   const https = require('https');
-  var privateKey = fs.readFileSync('../../../script/server.key');
-  var certificate = fs.readFileSync('../../../script/server.crt');
+  var privateKey = fs.readFileSync(`${env.CERTIFICATE_PATH}/server.key`);
+  var certificate = fs.readFileSync(`${env.CERTIFICATE_PATH}/server.crt`);
 
   server = https
     .createServer(
diff --git a/packages/zapp/console/package.json b/packages/zapp/console/package.json
index 5757cfa3a..fa1706344 100644
--- a/packages/zapp/console/package.json
+++ b/packages/zapp/console/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     "main": "index.js",
     "scripts": {
         "clean": "rm -rf dist",
-        "prebuild": "yarn run clean",
         "build": "TS_NODE_COMPILER_OPTIONS='{\"module\": \"commonjs\"}' webpack --config webpack.dev.config.ts --mode=development",
         "build:prod": "TS_NODE_COMPILER_OPTIONS='{\"module\": \"commonjs\"}' NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.prod.config.ts --mode=production --progress",
         "start": "webpack serve --open --config webpack.dev.config.ts --hot",
diff --git a/packages/zapp/console/src/common/utils.ts b/packages/zapp/console/src/common/utils.ts
index 4bfbb2c23..0f5973571 100644
--- a/packages/zapp/console/src/common/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/zapp/console/src/common/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { env } from 'common/env';
 import { Protobuf } from 'flyteidl';
 import * as Long from 'long';
 
diff --git a/packages/zapp/console/src/components/Executions/ExecutionDetails/types.ts b/packages/zapp/console/src/components/Executions/ExecutionDetails/types.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/packages/zapp/console/src/components/Launch/LaunchForm/BlobInput.tsx b/packages/zapp/console/src/components/Launch/LaunchForm/BlobInput.tsx
index 4f18dcb26..900167338 100644
--- a/packages/zapp/console/src/components/Launch/LaunchForm/BlobInput.tsx
+++ b/packages/zapp/console/src/components/Launch/LaunchForm/BlobInput.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { makeStyles, Theme } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
 import { BlobDimensionality } from 'models/Common/types';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { blobFormatHelperText, blobUriHelperText, defaultBlobValue } from './constants';
+import { blobFormatHelperText, blobUriHelperText } from './constants';
 import { InputProps } from './types';
 import { getLaunchInputId, isBlobValue } from './utils';
 
diff --git a/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/DelayedMount.tsx b/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/DelayedMount.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/FilterableNamedEntityList.tsx b/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/FilterableNamedEntityList.tsx
index 3c3be4fed..74afadbb9 100644
--- a/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/FilterableNamedEntityList.tsx
+++ b/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/FilterableNamedEntityList.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Checkbox, debounce, FormControlLabel, FormGroup, Typography } from '@material-ui/core';
+import { Checkbox, debounce, FormControlLabel, FormGroup } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { makeStyles, Theme } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
 import { NamedEntity } from 'models/Common/types';
 import * as React from 'react';
diff --git a/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/SearchableList.tsx b/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/SearchableList.tsx
index acf02cdf1..6a6798df9 100644
--- a/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/SearchableList.tsx
+++ b/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/SearchableList.tsx
@@ -130,4 +130,4 @@ export const SearchableList = <T extends {}>(props: SearchableListProps<T>) => {
   );
 };
 
-export { SearchResult, PropertyGetter };
+export type { SearchResult, PropertyGetter };
diff --git a/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/SearchableNamedEntityList.tsx b/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/SearchableNamedEntityList.tsx
index 6a855080a..68b0d7dd9 100644
--- a/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/SearchableNamedEntityList.tsx
+++ b/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/SearchableNamedEntityList.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { Typography } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { makeStyles, Theme } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
 import { listhoverColor, separatorColor } from 'components/Theme/constants';
 import { NamedEntity } from 'models/Common/types';
diff --git a/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/scopedContext.ts b/packages/zapp/console/src/components/common/scopedContext.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/packages/zapp/console/tsconfig.json b/packages/zapp/console/tsconfig.json
index 597473928..0e27291d2 100644
--- a/packages/zapp/console/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/zapp/console/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,54 +1,16 @@
 {
+    "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
     "compilerOptions": {
-        "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
-        "allowJs": true,
-        "baseUrl": "src",
-        "checkJs": false,
-        "downlevelIteration": true,
-        "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
-        "experimentalDecorators": true,
-        "importHelpers": true,
-        "jsx": "react",
-        "lib": ["es6", "es2021", "dom", "dom.iterable"],
-        "module": "commonjs",
-        "moduleResolution": "node",
-        "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
-        "noImplicitReturns": true,
-        "noImplicitAny": false,
-        "noUnusedLocals": false,
-        "noUnusedParameters": false,
+        "baseUrl": "./src",
         "outDir": "./dist",
-        "removeComments": false,
-        "resolveJsonModule": true,
-        "skipLibCheck": true,
-        "sourceMap": true,
-        "strict": true,
-        "target": "es6",
-        "types": ["node", "webpack-env", "jest", "@testing-library/jest-dom"],
 
-        "composite": true,
-        "paths": {
-            "@flyteconsole/*": ["../../plugins/*/src"]
-        }
+        // TODO: this items should be removed when violations are fixed:
+        "noUnusedLocals": false,
+        "noUnusedParameters": false,
+        "noImplicitAny": false,
+        "exactOptionalPropertyTypes": false,
+        "noImplicitOverride": false
     },
     "references": [{ "path": "../../plugins/components" }],
-    // "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
-    // "compilerOptions": {
-    //     "rootDir": "./src",
-    //     "outDir": "./dist"
-    // },
-    // "references": [{ "path": "../../plugins/components" }],
-    "include": ["src/**/*"],
-    "exclude": [
-        "**/__mocks__",
-        "**/test",
-        "**/mocks",
-        // baseline
-        "**/node_modules",
-        "**/dist",
-        "**/lib",
-        "**/src/**/*.spec.*",
-        "**/src/**/*.test.*",
-        "**/src/**/*.stories.*"
-    ]
+    "include": ["src/**/*"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/zapp/console/webpack.dev.config.ts b/packages/zapp/console/webpack.dev.config.ts
index 0b8a9eee3..b9d6ae2ef 100644
--- a/packages/zapp/console/webpack.dev.config.ts
+++ b/packages/zapp/console/webpack.dev.config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import * as webpack from 'webpack';
 import * as HTMLWebpackPlugin from 'html-webpack-plugin';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { processEnv as env, LOCAL_DEV_HOST } from './env';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
+import { LOCAL_DEV_HOST, CERTIFICATE_PATH } from './env';
 
 const { merge } = require('webpack-merge');
 const fs = require('fs');
@@ -9,6 +10,22 @@ const common = require('./webpack.common.config');
 
 const devtool = 'eval-cheap-module-source-map';
 
+// Check if certificate provided and if not - exit early
+if (
+  !fs.existsSync(`${CERTIFICATE_PATH}/server.key`) ||
+  !fs.existsSync(`${CERTIFICATE_PATH}/server.crt`)
+) {
+  console.log(
+    chalk.red(`ERROR: Can not locate server.key and server.crt in ${CERTIFICATE_PATH} location`),
+  );
+  console.log(
+    chalk.red('Please re-genereate your site certificates by running'),
+    'make generate_ssl',
+    chalk.red('than re-run the command'),
+  );
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
 /**
  * Client configuration
  *
@@ -27,8 +44,8 @@ export const clientConfig: webpack.Configuration = merge(common.default.clientCo
     server: {
       type: 'https',
       options: {
-        key: fs.readFileSync('../../../script/server.key'),
-        cert: fs.readFileSync('../../../script/server.crt'),
+        key: fs.readFileSync(`${CERTIFICATE_PATH}/server.key`),
+        cert: fs.readFileSync(`${CERTIFICATE_PATH}/server.crt`),
       },
     },
     client: {
diff --git a/script/generate_ssl.sh b/script/generate_ssl.sh
index e216d32c5..3673c3362 100755
--- a/script/generate_ssl.sh
+++ b/script/generate_ssl.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 
 script="$0"
 basename="$(dirname $script)"
- 
-echo "Script name $script resides in $basename directory."
+output="$basename/certificate"
 
-openssl genrsa -des3 -out "$basename/rootCA.key" 2048
-openssl req -x509 -new -nodes -key "$basename/rootCA.key" -sha256 -days 1024 -out "$basename/rootCA.pem"
-openssl req -new -sha256 -nodes -out "$basename/server.csr" -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout "$basename/server.key" -config <( cat "$basename/server.csr.cnf" )
-openssl x509 -req -in "$basename/server.csr" -CA "$basename/rootCA.pem" -CAkey "$basename/rootCA.key" -CAcreateserial -out "$basename/server.crt" -days 500 -sha256 -extfile "$basename/v3.ext"
+echo "Script name $script resides in $basename directory. Output would be written to: $output"
+
+mkdir -p $output
+
+openssl genrsa -des3 -out "$output/rootCA.key" 2048
+openssl req -x509 -new -nodes -key "$output/rootCA.key" -sha256 -days 1024 -out "$output/rootCA.pem"
+openssl req -new -sha256 -nodes -out "$output/server.csr" -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout "$output/server.key" -config <( cat "$basename/server.csr.cnf" )
+openssl x509 -req -in "$output/server.csr" -CA "$output/rootCA.pem" -CAkey "$output/rootCA.key" -CAcreateserial -out "$output/server.crt" -days 500 -sha256 -extfile "$basename/v3.ext"
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index 1eff79958..48e257019 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -1,64 +1,47 @@
 {
     "compilerOptions": {
-        "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
-        "allowJs": true,
+        "strict": true,
         "checkJs": false,
-        "downlevelIteration": true,
+        "allowJs": true,
+        "skipLibCheck": true,
+        "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
         "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
         "experimentalDecorators": true,
+        "resolveJsonModule": true,
+        "removeComments": false,
         "importHelpers": true,
+
         "jsx": "react",
         "lib": ["es6", "es2021", "dom", "dom.iterable"],
+        // TODO: switch target to "esnext" when babel would be removed.
+        "target": "es6",
         "module": "commonjs",
         "moduleResolution": "node",
-        "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
-        "noImplicitReturns": true,
-        "noImplicitAny": false,
-        "noUnusedLocals": false,
-        "noUnusedParameters": false,
-        "outDir": "./dist",
-        "removeComments": false,
-        "resolveJsonModule": true,
-        "skipLibCheck": true,
-        "strict": true,
-        "target": "es6",
-        "types": ["node", "webpack-env", "jest"],
-
-        // "lib": ["dom", "dom.iterable", "es2018"],
-        // "jsx": "react",
-        // "target": "esnext",
-        // "module": "commonjs",
-        // "moduleResolution": "node",
+        "types": ["node", "webpack-env", "jest", "@testing-library/jest-dom"],
 
-        // "allowJs": false,
-        // "allowUnreachableCode": false,
-        // "esModuleInterop": true,
-        // "strict": true,
-        // "isolatedModules": true,
-        // "declaration": true,
-        // "noUnusedLocals": true,
-        // "noUnusedParameters": true,
-        // "noImplicitReturns": true,
-        // "noImplicitThis": true,
-        // "noImplicitAny": true,
-        // "importHelpers": true,
-        // "declarationMap": true,
-        // "useDefineForClassFields": true,
-        // "useUnknownInCatchVariables": false,
-        // "resolveJsonModule": true,
-        // "experimentalDecorators": true,
-        // "skipLibCheck": true,
+        "isolatedModules": true,
+        "declaration": true,
+        "declarationMap": true,
+        "downlevelIteration": true,
+        "noImplicitReturns": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noUnusedLocals": true,
+        "noUnusedParameters": true,
+        "useDefineForClassFields": true,
+        "useUnknownInCatchVariables": false,
 
-        // // More strict
-        // "exactOptionalPropertyTypes": false, // true,
-        // "noUncheckedIndexedAccess": false,
-        // "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
-        // "noPropertyAccessFromIndexSignature": false,
-        // "noImplicitOverride": true,
+        // More strict rules
+        "exactOptionalPropertyTypes": true,
+        "noUncheckedIndexedAccess": false,
+        "noPropertyAccessFromIndexSignature": false,
+        "noImplicitOverride": true,
+        "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
 
         "sourceMap": true,
         "composite": true,
         "baseUrl": ".",
+        "outDir": "./dist",
         "paths": {
             "@flyteconsole/*": ["./packages/plugins/*/src", "./packages/zapp/*/src"]
         }
@@ -69,6 +52,10 @@
         "**/lib",
         "**/src/**/*.spec.*",
         "**/src/**/*.test.*",
-        "**/src/**/*.stories.*"
+        "**/src/**/*.stories.*",
+        // old code patterns
+        "**/__mocks__",
+        "**/test",
+        "**/mocks"
     ]
 }