diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index ad92582b..3a19d2f7 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "editor.formatOnSave": true
+  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
+  "typescript.tsdk": "node_modules/typescript/lib"
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 53081a78..3f4fa305 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     "ts-node": "^4.1.0",
     "tslint": "^5.7.0",
     "tslint-react": "^3.4.0",
-    "typescript": "^2.6.2",
+    "typescript": "^2.8.0-dev.20180316",
     "webpack": "^3.10.0",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^2.9.5",
     "webpack-node-externals": "^1.6.0",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 020cc612..e5377f17 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "target": "es5",
     "noImplicitAny": false,
-    "noUnusedLocals": true,
     "noUnusedParameters": true,
     "strictNullChecks": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 92b10c79..eec9edbf 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7949,10 +7949,14 @@ typescript-eslint-parser@^11.0.0:
     lodash.unescape "4.0.1"
     semver "5.4.1"
 
-typescript@^2.5.1, typescript@^2.6.2:
+typescript@^2.5.1:
   version "2.7.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-2.7.2.tgz#2d615a1ef4aee4f574425cdff7026edf81919836"
 
+typescript@^2.8.0-dev.20180316:
+  version "2.8.0-dev.20180316"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-2.8.0-dev.20180316.tgz#b33818a7e842d127a9af3f5d51d30b81df4177d0"
+
 ua-parser-js@^0.7.9:
   version "0.7.17"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ua-parser-js/-/ua-parser-js-0.7.17.tgz#e9ec5f9498b9ec910e7ae3ac626a805c4d09ecac"