diff --git a/docs/framework/react/start/build-from-scratch.md b/docs/framework/react/start/build-from-scratch.md
index 931fd5e457..bc17da4a3e 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/start/build-from-scratch.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/start/build-from-scratch.md
@@ -86,8 +86,17 @@ To tell Vinxi that it should start TanStack Start's minimal behavior, we need to
 ```typescript
 // app.config.ts
 import { defineConfig } from '@tanstack/start/config'
-
-export default defineConfig({})
+import tsConfigPaths from "vite-tsconfig-paths";
+
+export default defineConfig({
+    vite: {
+        plugins: [
+            tsConfigPaths({
+                projects: ["./tsconfig.json"],
+            }),
+        ],
+    },
+});
 ```
 
 ## Add the Basic Templating