diff --git a/examples/auth/cms/.env.example b/examples/auth/cms/.env.example
index 71d3707dd2..fa72399827 100644
--- a/examples/auth/cms/.env.example
+++ b/examples/auth/cms/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SITE_URL=http://localhost:3001
 PAYLOAD_PUBLIC_SERVER_URL=http://localhost:3000
-MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost/payload-example-auth
+MONGODB_URI=mongodb://127.0.0.1/payload-example-auth
 PAYLOAD_SECRET=PAYLOAD_AUTH_EXAMPLE_SECRET_KEY
 COOKIE_DOMAIN=localhost
 PAYLOAD_SEED=true
diff --git a/examples/auth/cms/src/collections/hooks/protectRoles.ts b/examples/auth/cms/src/collections/hooks/protectRoles.ts
index 33b15b80a3..ebb5a48678 100644
--- a/examples/auth/cms/src/collections/hooks/protectRoles.ts
+++ b/examples/auth/cms/src/collections/hooks/protectRoles.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import type { FieldHook } from 'payload/types'
 
 // ensure there is always a `user` role
 // do not let non-admins change roles
-// eslint-disable-next-line consistent-return
 export const protectRoles: FieldHook<User & { id: string }> = async ({ req, data }) => {
   const isAdmin = req.user?.roles.includes('admin') || data.email === 'demo@payloadcms.com' // for the seed script
 
@@ -11,5 +10,8 @@ export const protectRoles: FieldHook<User & { id: string }> = async ({ req, data
     return ['user']
   }
 
-  return [...(data?.roles || []), 'user']
+  const userRoles = new Set(data?.roles || [])
+  userRoles.add('user')
+
+  return [...userRoles]
 }
diff --git a/examples/auth/cms/tsconfig.json b/examples/auth/cms/tsconfig.json
index 2ac7c29fee..92509a4924 100644
--- a/examples/auth/cms/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/auth/cms/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "es5",
+    "target": "es2019",
     "lib": [
       "dom",
       "dom.iterable",
@@ -14,10 +14,15 @@
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "jsx": "react",
     "sourceMap": true,
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "paths": {
-      "payload/generated-types": ["./src/payload-types.ts"],
-      "node_modules/*": ["./node_modules/*"]
+      "payload/generated-types": [
+        "./src/payload-types.ts"
+      ],
+      "node_modules/*": [
+        "./node_modules/*"
+      ]
     },
   },
   "include": [
@@ -31,4 +36,4 @@
   "ts-node": {
     "transpileOnly": true
   }
-}
+}
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