diff --git a/templates/app-ts/src/app.ts b/templates/app-ts/src/app.ts
index c66bd714..58aabb66 100644
--- a/templates/app-ts/src/app.ts
+++ b/templates/app-ts/src/app.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 import { join } from 'path';
 import AutoLoad, {AutoloadPluginOptions} from '@fastify/autoload';
-import { FastifyPluginAsync } from 'fastify';
-
-export type AppOptions = {
-  // Place your custom options for app below here.
-} & Partial<AutoloadPluginOptions>;
+import { FastifyPluginAsync, FastifyServerOptions } from 'fastify';
 
+export interface AppOptions extends FastifyServerOptions, Partial<AutoloadPluginOptions> {
 
+}
 // Pass --options via CLI arguments in command to enable these options.
 const options: AppOptions = {
 }