diff --git a/modules/plugins/languages/ts.nix b/modules/plugins/languages/ts.nix
index 4c38cba1..8d170236 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/languages/ts.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/languages/ts.nix
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ in {
       vim.lsp = {
         presets = genAttrs cfg.lsp.servers (_: {enable = true;});
         servers = genAttrs cfg.lsp.servers (_: {
-          root_markers = ["tsconfig.json"];
           filetypes = [
             "typescript"
             # TODO: move to a React module
diff --git a/modules/plugins/lsp/presets/typescript-go.nix b/modules/plugins/lsp/presets/typescript-go.nix
index 121fad29..97fb4246 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/lsp/presets/typescript-go.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/lsp/presets/typescript-go.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ in {
     vim.lsp.servers.typescript-go = {
       enable = true;
       cmd = [(getExe pkgs.typescript-go) "--lsp" "--stdio"];
-      root_markers = [".git" "package.json"];
+      root_markers = [".git" "tsconfig.json" "package.json"];
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/plugins/lsp/presets/typescript-language-server.nix b/modules/plugins/lsp/presets/typescript-language-server.nix
index efd95cc0..57d18c9e 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/lsp/presets/typescript-language-server.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/lsp/presets/typescript-language-server.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ in {
     vim.lsp.servers.typescript-language-server = {
       enable = true;
       cmd = [(getExe pkgs.typescript-language-server) "--stdio"];
-      root_markers = [".git" "package.json"];
+      root_markers = [".git" "tsconfig.json" "package.json"];
       init_options = {hostInfo = "neovim";};
       handlers = {
         # handle rename request for certain code actions like extracting functions / types