diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 38a12f24c0..c0adc37228 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ google-services.json
 
 # i18n
 src/locale/locales/_build/
-src/locale/locales/**/*.js
+src/locale/locales/**/messages.js
+src/locale/locales/**/messages.mjs
+src/locale/locales/**/messages.ts
 
 # local builds
 *.apk
diff --git a/lingui.config.js b/lingui.config.ts
similarity index 84%
rename from lingui.config.js
rename to lingui.config.ts
index 46950e8723..8659bdb5ef 100644
--- a/lingui.config.js
+++ b/lingui.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-/** @type {import('@lingui/conf').LinguiConfig} */
-module.exports = {
+import {defineConfig} from '@lingui/cli'
+
+export default defineConfig({
   locales: [
     'en',
     'an',
@@ -49,5 +50,5 @@ module.exports = {
       include: ['src'],
     },
   ],
-  format: 'po',
-}
+  compileNamespace: 'ts',
+})