diff --git a/appservice/.vscode/settings.json b/appservice/.vscode/settings.json
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+{
+    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+    "editor.insertSpaces": true,
+    "editor.tabSize": 4,
+    "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
+    "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
+    "search.exclude": {
+        "lib": true,
+        "**/node_modules": true
+    },
+    "tslint.autoFixOnSave": true,
+    "tslint.ignoreDefinitionFiles": true
+}