diff --git a/packages/create-payload-app/jest.config.js b/packages/create-payload-app/jest.config.js
index 89ad7de61..a8b434a87 100644
--- a/packages/create-payload-app/jest.config.js
+++ b/packages/create-payload-app/jest.config.js
@@ -1,11 +1,32 @@
-import baseConfig from '../../jest.config.js'
+// import baseConfig from '../../jest.config.js'
 
-/** @type {import('@jest/types').Config} */
+// /** @type {import('@jest/types').Config} */
+// const customJestConfig = {
+//   ...baseConfig,
+//   setupFilesAfterEnv: null,
+//   testMatch: ['**/src/**/?(*.)+(spec|test|it-test).[tj]s?(x)'],
+//   testTimeout: 20000,
+// }
+
+// export default customJestConfig
+
+/** @type {import('jest').Config} */
 const customJestConfig = {
-  ...baseConfig,
-  setupFilesAfterEnv: null,
-  testMatch: ['**/src/**/?(*.)+(spec|test|it-test).[tj]s?(x)'],
-  testTimeout: 20000,
+  extensionsToTreatAsEsm: ['.ts', '.tsx'],
+  // setupFilesAfterEnv: ['<rootDir>/jest.setup.ts'],
+  moduleNameMapper: {
+    '\\.(css|scss)$': '<rootDir>/helpers/mocks/emptyModule.js',
+    '\\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|eot|otf|webp|svg|ttf|woff|woff2|mp4|webm|wav|mp3|m4a|aac|oga)$':
+      '<rootDir>/test/helpers/mocks/fileMock.js',
+    '^(\\.{1,2}/.*)\\.js$': '$1',
+  },
+  testEnvironment: 'node',
+  testMatch: ['<rootDir>/**/*spec.ts'],
+  testTimeout: 90000,
+  transform: {
+    '^.+\\.(t|j)sx?$': ['@swc/jest'],
+  },
+  verbose: true,
 }
 
 export default customJestConfig