diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 4429cd3..72e70c8 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module.exports = {
   ],
   "rules": {
     "@typescript-eslint/adjacent-overload-signatures": "error",
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises": "error",
     "@typescript-eslint/naming-convention": [
       "error",
       {
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a684b8..1c4f7b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### 0.2.8 (December 22nd, 2021)
+
+- updated ts config and added no floating promise rule
+
 ### 0.2.7 (December 22nd, 2021)
 
 - updated RC dependencies
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 47af9a3..d884b90 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@restorecommerce/notification-srv",
-  "version": "0.2.7",
+  "version": "0.2.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@restorecommerce/notification-srv",
-      "version": "0.2.7",
+      "version": "0.2.8",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@restorecommerce/chassis-srv": "^0.3.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eb38524..7e547fa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@restorecommerce/notification-srv",
-  "version": "0.2.7",
+  "version": "0.2.8",
   "description": "Restorecommerce notification microservice",
   "main": "lib/start.js",
   "author": "n-fuse GmbH",
diff --git a/src/send.ts b/src/send.ts
index 7b8c4d0..1d90e2c 100644
--- a/src/send.ts
+++ b/src/send.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as Mailer from '@restorecommerce/mailer';
+import Mailer from '@restorecommerce/mailer';
 import { Notification } from './notification';
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/notification.spec.ts b/test/notification.spec.ts
index da6a440..4f5234c 100644
--- a/test/notification.spec.ts
+++ b/test/notification.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs';
-import * as assert from 'assert';
+import assert from 'assert';
 import { createServiceConfig } from '@restorecommerce/service-config';
 import { Events } from '@restorecommerce/kafka-client';
 import { GrpcClient } from '@restorecommerce/grpc-client';
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index a2cdbe4..1d91240 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "ES6",
+    "target": "ES2021",
     "module": "commonjs",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "declaration": true,
+    // "strict": true,
     "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "noUnusedLocals": false,
+    "importHelpers": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
     "outDir": "lib",
     "typeRoots": [
       "node_modules/@types"
@@ -22,8 +27,8 @@
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "**/*.test.ts",
-    "doc",
+    "node_modules",
     "lib",
-    "node_modules"
+    "doc"
   ]
-}
+}
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