diff --git a/app/templates/.eslintrc.js b/app/templates/.eslintrc.js
index c309395..c709596 100644
--- a/app/templates/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/app/templates/.eslintrc.js
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 module.exports = {
-  parser: "@typescript-eslint/parser", // Specifies the ESLint parser
+  parser: '@typescript-eslint/parser', // Specifies the ESLint parser
   parserOptions: {
     ecmaVersion: 2020, // Allows for the parsing of modern ECMAScript features
-    sourceType: "module" // Allows for the use of imports
+    sourceType: 'module', // Allows for the use of imports
   },
   extends: [
-    "plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended", // Uses the recommended rules from the @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
-    "prettier/@typescript-eslint", // Uses eslint-config-prettier to disable ESLint rules from @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin that would conflict with prettier
-    "plugin:prettier/recommended" // Enables eslint-plugin-prettier and eslint-config-prettier. This will display prettier errors as ESLint errors. Make sure this is always the last configuration in the extends array.
+    'plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended', // Uses the recommended rules from the @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
+    'prettier/@typescript-eslint', // Uses eslint-config-prettier to disable ESLint rules from @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin that would conflict with prettier
+    'plugin:prettier/recommended', // Enables eslint-plugin-prettier and eslint-config-prettier. This will display prettier errors as ESLint errors. Make sure this is always the last configuration in the extends array.
   ],
   rules: {
+    // 'no-unused-vars': 'off',
+    '@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars': ['error', { argsIgnorePattern: '^_' }],
+
     // Place to specify ESLint rules. Can be used to overwrite rules specified from the extended configs
     // e.g. "@typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type": "off",
   },
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/app/templates/Dockerfile b/app/templates/Dockerfile
index 9ba98ef..35a05e2 100644
--- a/app/templates/Dockerfile
+++ b/app/templates/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-FROM node:12-alpine
+FROM node:14-alpine
 LABEL Author Carmine DiMascio <cdimascio@gmail.com>
 
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 
 COPY . /usr/src/app
-RUN npm install
+RUN npm install && npm run compile
 
 EXPOSE 3000
 
diff --git a/app/templates/package.json b/app/templates/package.json
index 8357d70..b4bd121 100644
--- a/app/templates/package.json
+++ b/app/templates/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "<%= name %>",
   "version": "<%= version %>",
   "description": "<%= description %>",
-  "main": "index.js",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node dist/index.js",
     "compile": "ts-node build.ts && tsc",
@@ -18,23 +18,26 @@
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.5",
     "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
-    "pino": "^6.8.0",
+    "pino": "^6.11.0",
     <% if (specification === 'openapi_3') { %>
-    "express-openapi-validator": "^4.10.6"
+    "express-openapi-validator": "^4.10.9"
     <% } else { %>
     "swagger-express-middleware": "^4.0.2"
     <% } %>
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/chai": "^4.2.14",
+    "@types/cookie-parser": "^1.4.2",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.11",
     "@types/mocha": "^8.2.0",
+    "@types/node": "^14.14.22",
     "@types/pino": "^6.3.5",
-    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.13.0",
-    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.13.0",
+    "@types/shelljs": "^0.8.8",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.14.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.14.0",
     "chai": "^4.2.0",
-    "eslint": "^7.17.0",
-    "eslint-config-prettier": "^7.1.0",
+    "eslint": "^7.18.0",
+    "eslint-config-prettier": "^7.2.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^3.3.1",
     "mocha": "^8.2.1",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.7",
diff --git a/app/templates/server/api/controllers/examples/controller.ts b/app/templates/server/api/controllers/examples/controller.ts
index 66fd287..b37e77d 100644
--- a/app/templates/server/api/controllers/examples/controller.ts
+++ b/app/templates/server/api/controllers/examples/controller.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import ExamplesService from '../../services/examples.service';
 import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 
 export class Controller {
-  all(req: Request, res: Response): void {
+  all(_: Request, res: Response): void {
     ExamplesService.all().then(r => res.json(r));
   }
 
diff --git a/app/templates/server/api/middlewares/error.handler.ts b/app/templates/server/api/middlewares/error.handler.ts
index 9f1610f..eca87f0 100644
--- a/app/templates/server/api/middlewares/error.handler.ts
+++ b/app/templates/server/api/middlewares/error.handler.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express';
 
 <% if (specification === 'openapi_3') { %>
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars, no-shadow
 export default function errorHandler(
-  err,
-  req: Request,
+  err: any,
+  _req: Request,
   res: Response,
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
-  next: NextFunction
+  _next: NextFunction
 ): void {
   const errors = err.errors || [{ message: err.message }];
   res.status(err.status || 500).json({ errors });
diff --git a/app/templates/server/index.ts b/app/templates/server/index.ts
index 71659b3..7b3f93b 100644
--- a/app/templates/server/index.ts
+++ b/app/templates/server/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import './common/env';
 import Server from './common/server';
 import routes from './routes';
 
-const port = parseInt(process.env.PORT);
+const port = parseInt(process.env.PORT ?? '3000');
 export default new Server()
   .router(routes)
   .listen(port);
diff --git a/app/templates/tsconfig.json b/app/templates/tsconfig.json
index b59f8eb..8b8145d 100644
--- a/app/templates/tsconfig.json
+++ b/app/templates/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,15 +1,27 @@
 {
   "compileOnSave": false,
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "es6",
+    "target":"ES2018",
     "module": "commonjs",
+    "lib": ["es2020"],
+    "declaration": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "sourceMap": true,
     "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "strictNullChecks": true,
+    "noImplicitThis": true,
+    "alwaysStrict": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": false,
+    "noUnusedParameters": true,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": false,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "strictPropertyInitialization":false,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "outDir": "dist",
-    "typeRoots": ["node_modules/@types"],
-    "resolveJsonModule": true
+    "typeRoots": ["./node_modules/@types"]
   },
-  "include": ["typings.d.ts", "server/**/*.ts"],
+  "include": ["server/**/*.ts"],
   "exclude": ["node_modules"]
 }