diff --git a/frontend/jsconfig.json b/frontend/jsconfig.json
index abe04df57..0486e3bb3 100644
--- a/frontend/jsconfig.json
+++ b/frontend/jsconfig.json
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
     "paths": {
       "@/*": ["./src/*"]
     }
-  }
+  },
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/index.js b/frontend/src/api/index.js
index 31a9bac8e..fc224be9b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/api/index.js
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ import signUps from "./signUps";
 import groups from "./groups";
 import siteSettings from "./siteSettings";
 
+/**
+ * The main object namespace for interacting with the backend database
+ */
 export const api = {
   recipes: recipe,
   siteSettings: siteSettings,
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/recipe.js b/frontend/src/api/recipe.js
index ea81e8910..cdaed9f23 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/recipe.js
+++ b/frontend/src/api/recipe.js
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ const recipeURLs = {
 export default {
   /**
    * Create a Recipe by URL
-   * @param {String} recipeURL
-   * @returns {String} Recipe Slug
+   * @param {string} recipeURL
+   * @returns {string} Recipe Slug
    */
   async createByURL(recipeURL) {
     let response = await apiReq.post(recipeURLs.createByURL, {