diff --git a/frontend/.mocharc.json b/frontend/.mocharc.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0773558c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/.mocharc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "diff": true,
+    "extension": [
+      "ts"
+    ],
+    "reporter": "spec",
+    "slow": 75,
+    "timeout": 200000,
+    "ui": "bdd",
+    "require": [
+      "mocha.env",
+      "ts-node/register",
+      "jsdom-global/register"
+    ],
+    "spec": "tests/**/*.spec.ts"
+}
diff --git a/frontend/mocha.env b/frontend/mocha.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40b8c1a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/mocha.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+process.env.TS_NODE_PROJECT = 'tsconfig.json'
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 689600a91..73f42fed4 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -147,20 +147,5 @@
       "src/index.ts"
     ]
   },
-  "mocha": {
-    "diff": true,
-    "extension": [
-      "ts"
-    ],
-    "reporter": "spec",
-    "slow": 75,
-    "timeout": 200000,
-    "ui": "bdd",
-    "require": [
-      "ts-node/register",
-      "jsdom-global/register"
-    ],
-    "spec": "tests/**/*.spec.ts"
-  },
   "packageManager": "yarn@4.4.0"
 }