diff --git a/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/js2cpg/preprocessing/TypescriptTranspiler.scala b/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/js2cpg/preprocessing/TypescriptTranspiler.scala
index eedf428a..f2dd8605 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/js2cpg/preprocessing/TypescriptTranspiler.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/js2cpg/preprocessing/TypescriptTranspiler.scala
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ class TypescriptTranspiler(override val config: Config, override val projectPath
         options.asInstanceOf[ObjectNode].putArray("types")
         options.asInstanceOf[ObjectNode].putArray("typeRoots")
       }
+      // also remove the extends settings; if transpiling subprojects they may not be present
+      json.asInstanceOf[ObjectNode].remove("extends")
       // --include is not available as tsc CLI argument; we set it manually:
       json.asInstanceOf[ObjectNode].putArray("include").add("**/*")
       val customTsConfigFile = File.newTemporaryFile("js2cpgTsConfig", ".json", parent = Some(projectPath))
diff --git a/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/js2cpg/preprocessing/VueTranspiler.scala b/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/js2cpg/preprocessing/VueTranspiler.scala
index fcebbdfd..dad39939 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/js2cpg/preprocessing/VueTranspiler.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/io/shiftleft/js2cpg/preprocessing/VueTranspiler.scala
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ object VueTranspiler {
 
   def isVueProject(config: Config, projectPath: Path): Boolean = {
     val hasVueDep =
-      PackageJsonParser.dependencies((File(config.srcDir) / FileDefaults.PACKAGE_JSON_FILENAME).path).contains("vue")
+      PackageJsonParser
+        .dependencies((File(config.srcDir) / FileDefaults.PACKAGE_JSON_FILENAME).path)
+        .exists(_._1.startsWith("vue"))
     hasVueDep && hasVueFiles(config, projectPath)
   }