diff --git a/web/tsconfig.base.json b/web/tsconfig.base.json
index fa60ca26e6..ccb568c867 100644
--- a/web/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/web/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 {
   "extends": "../tsconfig.base.json",
 
+  // TODO: eliminate settings duplicated in ../tsconfig.base.json
   "compilerOptions": {
     // Primary settings - the version of ES6 we can target in TS, our downcompile target,
     // and our module-related settings.
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+
     "lib": ["es6"],
     "module": "es6",
     "target": "es5",
 
+    // TODO: These override ../tsconfig.base.json settings, and so should be removed if possible,
+    //       but existing code in web/ breaks some of these settinsg
+    "noImplicitThis": false,
+    "noImplicitReturns": false,
+    "noImplicitAny": false,
+    "strictFunctionTypes": false,
+    "noUnusedLocals": false,
+
     // Other settings - declaration files, sourcemapping, and other miscellaneous bits.
     "allowJs": false,
     "declaration": true,