diff --git a/src/utils/decap.utils.ts b/src/utils/decap.utils.ts
index fee83ac..57c7c11 100644
--- a/src/utils/decap.utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/decap.utils.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ export async function parseConfig(ymlData: string): Promise<CmsConfig | undefine
   }
 
   // load the original tooling...
-  const { default: decapConfig } = await import('decap-cms-core/dist/esm/actions/config.js');
+  let decapConfig = await import('decap-cms-core/dist/esm/actions/config.js');
+  if ('default' in decapConfig) decapConfig = decapConfig.default as any;
 
   try {
     return decapConfig.normalizeConfig(decapConfig.parseConfig(ymlData) ?? {});
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 6845fbb..41e8c28 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "allowJs": true,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "isolatedModules": false,
     "module": "ESNext",