diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 2e7e8c0b5..658fdd2af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm run build
       #create npm package
       - run: npm pack
-      - run: npm run test-related-projects
 
       #create GitHub release
       - name: Create GitHub Release
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bd6cbd93a..dbc0bd441 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -78,6 +78,43 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.66.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/compare/v0.65.1...v0.66.0-alpha.0) - 2023-06-09
 ### Changed
  - all the type tracking stuff!
+## [0.65.8](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/compare/v0.65.7...v0.65.8) - 2023-10-06
+### Added
+ - interface parameter support ([#924](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/924))
+### Changed
+ - Bump postcss from 8.2.15 to 8.4.31 ([#928](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/928))
+### Fixed
+ - chore: fix typescript typing for `Deferred` ([#923](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/923))
+
+
+
+## [0.65.7](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/compare/v0.65.6...v0.65.7) - 2023-09-28
+### Fixed
+ - fix bug in --noproject flag logic ([#922](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/922))
+
+
+
+## [0.65.6](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/compare/v0.65.5...v0.65.6) - 2023-09-28
+### Added
+ - `noProject` flag to bsc so `bsconfig.json` loading can be skipped entirely even if present ([#868](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/868))
+### Changed
+ - docs: add some more details to the plugins ([#913](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/913))
+ - docs: add missing emitDefinitions ([#893](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/893))
+### Fixed
+ - incorrect quasi location in template string ([#921](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/921))
+ - `UnaryExpression` transpile for namespace and const ([#914](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/914))
+
+
+
+## [0.65.5](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/compare/v0.65.4...v0.65.5) - 2023-09-06
+### Added
+ - support overriding bs_const values in bsconfig ([#887](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/887))
+ - allow optionally specifying bslib destination directory ([#871](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/871))
+ - Print diagnostic related information ([#867](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/867))
+### Fixed
+ - ensure consistent insertion of bslib.brs ([#870](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/870))
+ - Fix crashes in util for null ranges ([#869](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/869))
+ - Fix tab issue when printing diagnostics ([#865](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/pull/865))
 
 
 
@@ -1719,13 +1756,3 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [0.1.0](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brighterscript/compare/v0.1.0...v0.1.0) - 2019-08-10
 ### Changed
  - Cloned from [brightscript-language](https://github.com/rokucommunity/brightscript-language)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 971ed7e35..27895285c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -469,6 +469,12 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Emit full paths to files when printing diagnostics to the console. Defaults to `false`.
 
+#### `emitDefinitions`
+
+Type: `boolean`
+
+Emit type definition files (`d.bs`) during transpile. Defaults to `false`.
+
 #### `diagnosticFilters`
 
 Type: `Array<string | number | {src: string; codes: number[]}`
@@ -542,6 +548,16 @@ Type: `boolean`
 
 Allow BrighterScript features (classes, interfaces, etc...) to be included in BrightScript (`.brs`) files, and force those files to be transpiled.
 
+#### `bslibDestinationDir`
+
+Type: `string`
+
+Override the destination directory for the bslib.brs file.  Use this if you want
+to customize where the bslib.brs file is located in the staging directory.  Note
+that using a location outside of `source` will break scripts inside `source`
+that depend on bslib.brs.  Defaults to `source`.
+
+
 ## Ignore errors and warnings on a per-line basis
 In addition to disabling an entire class of errors in `bsconfig.json` by using `ignoreErrorCodes`, you may also disable errors for a subset of the complier rules within a file with the following comment flags:
  - `bs:disable-next-line`
diff --git a/bsconfig.schema.json b/bsconfig.schema.json
index 5e8f6436a..e7b071a8b 100644
--- a/bsconfig.schema.json
+++ b/bsconfig.schema.json
@@ -21,6 +21,21 @@
             "description": "The root directory of your Roku project. Defaults to the current working directory (or cwd property)",
             "type": "string"
         },
+        "manifest": {
+            "description": "A entry to modify manifest values",
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "bs_const": {
+                    "description": "A dictionary of bs_consts to change or add to the manifest. Each entry ",
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "patternProperties": {
+                        "^.+$": {
+                            "type": ["boolean", "null"]
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
         "files": {
             "description": "The list of files that should be used in this project. Supports globs. Optionally, you can specify an object with `src` and `dest` properties to move files from one location into a different destination location",
             "default": [
diff --git a/docs/interfaces.md b/docs/interfaces.md
index c3883c563..996bda9ce 100644
--- a/docs/interfaces.md
+++ b/docs/interfaces.md
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ end interface
 ```
 </details>
 
+</details>
+
 ## Methods
 Interfaces can describe complex methods as well
 ```brighterscript
@@ -105,6 +107,5 @@ end interface
   <summary>View the transpiled BrightScript code</summary>
 
 ```BrightScript
-
 ```
-</details>
\ No newline at end of file
+</details>
diff --git a/docs/plugins.md b/docs/plugins.md
index 327379700..d5964ace2 100644
--- a/docs/plugins.md
+++ b/docs/plugins.md
@@ -418,6 +418,29 @@ export default function plugin() {
 }
 ```
 
+## Modifying `bsconfig.json` via a plugin
+
+In some cases you may want to modify the project's configuration via a plugin, such as to change settings based on environment variables or to dynamically modify the project's `files` array. Plugins may do so in the `beforeProgramCreate` step. For example, here's a plugin which adds an additional file to the build:
+```typescript
+import { CompilerPlugin, ProgramBuilder } from 'brighterscript';
+
+export default function plugin() {
+    return {
+        name: 'addFilesDynamically',
+        beforeProgramCreate: (builder: ProgramBuilder) => {
+            if (!builder.options.files) {
+                builder.options.files = [];
+            }
+
+            builder.options.files.push({
+                src: "path/to/plugin/file.bs",
+                dest: "some/destination/path/goes/here"
+            })
+        }
+    } as CompilerPlugin;
+}
+```
+
 ## File API
 By default, BrighterScript only parses files that it knows how to handle. Generally this includes `.xml` files in the compontents folder, `.brs`, `.bs` and `.d.bs` files. Other files may be handled in the future, such as `manifest`, `.ts` and possibly more. All other files are loaded into the program as `AssetFile` types and have no special handling or processing.
 
@@ -557,4 +580,4 @@ Here's an example file showing all three paths:
     //location on device
     pkgPath: "source/main.brs"
 }
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 039300eef..550077db5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6118,6 +6118,12 @@
         "node": ">= 8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/picocolors": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/picocolors/-/picocolors-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1fygroTLlHu66zi26VoTDv8yRgm0Fccecssto+MhsZ0D/DGW2sm8E8AjW7NU5VVTRt5GxbeZ5qBuJr+HyLYkjQ==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node_modules/picomatch": {
       "version": "2.3.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/picomatch/-/picomatch-2.3.1.tgz",
@@ -6157,21 +6163,31 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/postcss": {
-      "version": "8.2.15",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postcss/-/postcss-8.2.15.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2zO3b26eJD/8rb106Qu2o7Qgg52ND5HPjcyQiK2B98O388h43A448LCslC0dI2P97wCAQRJsFvwTRcXxTKds+Q==",
+      "version": "8.4.31",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postcss/-/postcss-8.4.31.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-PS08Iboia9mts/2ygV3eLpY5ghnUcfLV/EXTOW1E2qYxJKGGBUtNjN76FYHnMs36RmARn41bC0AZmn+rR0OVpQ==",
       "dev": true,
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "opencollective",
+          "url": "https://opencollective.com/postcss/"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "tidelift",
+          "url": "https://tidelift.com/funding/github/npm/postcss"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ai"
+        }
+      ],
       "dependencies": {
-        "colorette": "^1.2.2",
-        "nanoid": "^3.1.23",
-        "source-map": "^0.6.1"
+        "nanoid": "^3.3.6",
+        "picocolors": "^1.0.0",
+        "source-map-js": "^1.0.2"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": "^10 || ^12 || >=14"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "type": "opencollective",
-        "url": "https://opencollective.com/postcss/"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/postcss-values-parser": {
@@ -6188,13 +6204,22 @@
         "node": ">=6.14.4"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/postcss/node_modules/source-map": {
-      "version": "0.6.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map/-/source-map-0.6.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-UjgapumWlbMhkBgzT7Ykc5YXUT46F0iKu8SGXq0bcwP5dz/h0Plj6enJqjz1Zbq2l5WaqYnrVbwWOWMyF3F47g==",
+    "node_modules/postcss/node_modules/nanoid": {
+      "version": "3.3.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.3.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-BGcqMMJuToF7i1rt+2PWSNVnWIkGCU78jBG3RxO/bZlnZPK2Cmi2QaffxGO/2RvWi9sL+FAiRiXMgsyxQ1DIDA==",
       "dev": true,
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ai"
+        }
+      ],
+      "bin": {
+        "nanoid": "bin/nanoid.cjs"
+      },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+        "node": "^10 || ^12 || ^13.7 || ^14 || >=15.0.1"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/postman-request": {
@@ -6951,6 +6976,15 @@
         "node": ">= 8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/source-map-js": {
+      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map-js/-/source-map-js-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-R0XvVJ9WusLiqTCEiGCmICCMplcCkIwwR11mOSD9CR5u+IXYdiseeEuXCVAjS54zqwkLcPNnmU4OeJ6tUrWhDw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/source-map-support": {
       "version": "0.5.19",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map-support/-/source-map-support-0.5.19.tgz",
@@ -12516,6 +12550,12 @@
         "centra": "^2.4.2"
       }
     },
+    "picocolors": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/picocolors/-/picocolors-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1fygroTLlHu66zi26VoTDv8yRgm0Fccecssto+MhsZ0D/DGW2sm8E8AjW7NU5VVTRt5GxbeZ5qBuJr+HyLYkjQ==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "picomatch": {
       "version": "2.3.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/picomatch/-/picomatch-2.3.1.tgz",
@@ -12543,20 +12583,20 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "postcss": {
-      "version": "8.2.15",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postcss/-/postcss-8.2.15.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2zO3b26eJD/8rb106Qu2o7Qgg52ND5HPjcyQiK2B98O388h43A448LCslC0dI2P97wCAQRJsFvwTRcXxTKds+Q==",
+      "version": "8.4.31",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/postcss/-/postcss-8.4.31.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-PS08Iboia9mts/2ygV3eLpY5ghnUcfLV/EXTOW1E2qYxJKGGBUtNjN76FYHnMs36RmARn41bC0AZmn+rR0OVpQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "colorette": "^1.2.2",
-        "nanoid": "^3.1.23",
-        "source-map": "^0.6.1"
+        "nanoid": "^3.3.6",
+        "picocolors": "^1.0.0",
+        "source-map-js": "^1.0.2"
       },
       "dependencies": {
-        "source-map": {
-          "version": "0.6.1",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map/-/source-map-0.6.1.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-UjgapumWlbMhkBgzT7Ykc5YXUT46F0iKu8SGXq0bcwP5dz/h0Plj6enJqjz1Zbq2l5WaqYnrVbwWOWMyF3F47g==",
+        "nanoid": {
+          "version": "3.3.6",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nanoid/-/nanoid-3.3.6.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-BGcqMMJuToF7i1rt+2PWSNVnWIkGCU78jBG3RxO/bZlnZPK2Cmi2QaffxGO/2RvWi9sL+FAiRiXMgsyxQ1DIDA==",
           "dev": true
         }
       }
@@ -13163,6 +13203,12 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map/-/source-map-0.7.4.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-l3BikUxvPOcn5E74dZiq5BGsTb5yEwhaTSzccU6t4sDOH8NWJCstKO5QT2CvtFoK6F0saL7p9xHAqHOlCPJygA=="
     },
+    "source-map-js": {
+      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map-js/-/source-map-js-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-R0XvVJ9WusLiqTCEiGCmICCMplcCkIwwR11mOSD9CR5u+IXYdiseeEuXCVAjS54zqwkLcPNnmU4OeJ6tUrWhDw==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "source-map-support": {
       "version": "0.5.19",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map-support/-/source-map-support-0.5.19.tgz",
diff --git a/src/BsConfig.ts b/src/BsConfig.ts
index 9fe4389bf..ca0c9d5c6 100644
--- a/src/BsConfig.ts
+++ b/src/BsConfig.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ export interface BsConfig {
      */
     project?: string;
 
+    manifest?: {
+        bs_const?: Record<string, boolean | null>;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * when set, bsconfig.json loading is disabled
+     */
+    noProject?: boolean;
+
+
     /**
      * Relative or absolute path to another bsconfig.json file that this file should import and then override.
      * Prefix with a question mark (?) to prevent throwing an exception if the file does not exist.
@@ -105,7 +115,7 @@ export interface BsConfig {
 
     /**
      * Emit type definition files (`d.bs`)
-     * @default true
+     * @default false
      */
     emitDefinitions?: boolean;
 
@@ -169,4 +179,12 @@ export interface BsConfig {
      * @default false
      */
     allowBrighterScriptInBrightScript?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Override the destination directory for the bslib.brs file.  Use this if
+     * you want to customize where the bslib.brs file is located in the staging
+     * directory.  Note that using a location outside of `source` will break
+     * scripts inside `source` that depend on bslib.brs.  Defaults to `source`.
+     */
+    bslibDestinationDir?: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/Program.spec.ts b/src/Program.spec.ts
index 5327ff22e..6ade1688c 100644
--- a/src/Program.spec.ts
+++ b/src/Program.spec.ts
@@ -1191,6 +1191,18 @@ describe('Program', () => {
         expect(fsExtra.pathExistsSync(s`${stagingDir}/source/bslib.brs`)).is.true;
     });
 
+    it('copies the bslib.brs file to optionally specified directory', async () => {
+        fsExtra.ensureDirSync(program.options.stagingDir);
+        program.options.bslibDestinationDir = 'source/opt';
+        program.validate();
+
+        await program.build({
+            stagingDir: program.options.stagingDir
+        });
+
+        expect(fsExtra.pathExistsSync(s`${stagingDir}/source/opt/bslib.brs`)).is.true;
+    });
+
     describe('getTranspiledFileContents', () => {
         it('fires plugin events', async () => {
             const file = program.setFile('source/main.brs', trim`
@@ -1466,6 +1478,26 @@ describe('Program', () => {
             `);
         });
 
+        it('uses custom bslib path when specified in .xml file', async () => {
+            program.options.bslibDestinationDir = 'source/opt';
+            program.setFile('components/Component1.xml', trim`
+                <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+                <component name="Component1" extends="Scene">
+                </component>
+            `);
+            await program.build({
+                stagingDir: program.options.stagingDir
+            });
+            expect(trimMap(
+                fsExtra.readFileSync(s`${stagingDir}/components/Component1.xml`).toString()
+            )).to.eql(trim`
+                <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+                <component name="Component1" extends="Scene">
+                    <script type="text/brightscript" uri="pkg:/source/opt/bslib.brs" />
+                </component>
+            `);
+        });
+
         it('uses sourceRoot when provided for brs files', async () => {
             let sourceRoot = s`${tempDir}/sourceRootFolder`;
             program = new Program({
@@ -2604,4 +2636,92 @@ describe('Program', () => {
 
         });
     });
+
+    describe('getManifest', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+            fsExtra.emptyDirSync(tempDir);
+            fsExtra.writeFileSync(`${tempDir}/manifest`, trim`
+                # Channel Details
+                title=sample manifest
+                major_version=2
+                minor_version=0
+                build_version=0
+                supports_input_launch=1
+                bs_const=DEBUG=false
+            `);
+            program.options = {
+                rootDir: tempDir
+            };
+        });
+
+        afterEach(() => {
+            fsExtra.emptyDirSync(tempDir);
+            program.dispose();
+        });
+
+        it('loads the manifest', () => {
+            let manifest = program.getManifest();
+            testCommonManifestValues(manifest);
+            expect(manifest.get('bs_const')).to.equal('DEBUG=false');
+        });
+
+        it('adds a const to the manifest', () => {
+            program.options.manifest = {
+                // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
+                bs_const: {
+                    NEW_VALUE: false
+                }
+            };
+            let manifest = program.getManifest();
+            testCommonManifestValues(manifest);
+            expect(manifest.get('bs_const')).to.equal('DEBUG=false;NEW_VALUE=false');
+        });
+
+        it('changes a const in the manifest', () => {
+            program.options.manifest = {
+                // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
+                bs_const: {
+                    DEBUG: true
+                }
+            };
+            let manifest = program.getManifest();
+            testCommonManifestValues(manifest);
+            expect(manifest.get('bs_const')).to.equal('DEBUG=true');
+        });
+
+        it('removes a const in the manifest', () => {
+            program.options.manifest = {
+                // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
+                bs_const: {
+                    DEBUG: null
+                }
+            };
+            let manifest = program.getManifest();
+            testCommonManifestValues(manifest);
+            expect(manifest.get('bs_const')).to.equal('');
+        });
+
+        it('handles no consts in the manifest', () => {
+            fsExtra.emptyDirSync(tempDir);
+            fsExtra.writeFileSync(`${tempDir}/manifest`, trim`
+                # Channel Details
+                title=sample manifest
+                major_version=2
+                minor_version=0
+                build_version=0
+                supports_input_launch=1
+            `);
+            let manifest = program.getManifest();
+            testCommonManifestValues(manifest);
+            expect(manifest.get('bs_const')).to.equal('');
+        });
+
+        function testCommonManifestValues(manifest: Map<string, string>) {
+            expect(manifest.get('title')).to.equal('sample manifest');
+            expect(manifest.get('major_version')).to.equal('2');
+            expect(manifest.get('minor_version')).to.equal('0');
+            expect(manifest.get('build_version')).to.equal('0');
+            expect(manifest.get('supports_input_launch')).to.equal('1');
+        }
+    });
 });
diff --git a/src/Program.ts b/src/Program.ts
index a5292f14a..815a7ee88 100644
--- a/src/Program.ts
+++ b/src/Program.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { DependencyGraph } from './DependencyGraph';
 import { Logger, LogLevel } from './Logger';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { globalCallables, globalFile } from './globalCallables';
-import { parseManifest } from './preprocessor/Manifest';
+import { parseManifest, getBsConst } from './preprocessor/Manifest';
 import { URI } from 'vscode-uri';
 import PluginInterface from './PluginInterface';
 import { isBrsFile, isXmlFile, isXmlScope, isNamespaceStatement } from './astUtils/reflection';
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export class Program {
 
             //default to the embedded version
         } else {
-            return `source${path.sep}bslib.brs`;
+            return `${this.options.bslibDestinationDir}${path.sep}bslib.brs`;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1515,7 +1515,31 @@ export class Program {
             try {
                 //we only load this manifest once, so do it sync to improve speed downstream
                 contents = fsExtra.readFileSync(manifestPath, 'utf-8');
-                this._manifest = parseManifest(contents);
+                let parsedManifest = parseManifest(contents);
+
+                // Lift the bs_consts defined in the manifest
+                let bsConsts = getBsConst(parsedManifest, false);
+
+                // Override or delete any bs_consts defined in the bs config
+                for (const key in this.options?.manifest?.bs_const) {
+                    const value = this.options.manifest.bs_const[key];
+                    if (value === null) {
+                        bsConsts.delete(key);
+                    } else {
+                        bsConsts.set(key, value);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // convert the new list of bs consts back into a string for the rest of the down stream systems to use
+                let constString = '';
+                for (const [key, value] of bsConsts) {
+                    constString += `${constString !== '' ? ';' : ''}${key}=${value.toString()}`;
+                }
+
+                // Set the updated bs_const value
+                parsedManifest.set('bs_const', constString);
+
+                this._manifest = parsedManifest;
             } catch (err) {
                 this._manifest = new Map();
             }
diff --git a/src/ProgramBuilder.ts b/src/ProgramBuilder.ts
index 4606e8084..e6849b1e9 100644
--- a/src/ProgramBuilder.ts
+++ b/src/ProgramBuilder.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ export class ProgramBuilder {
     public async load(options: BsConfig) {
         try {
             this.options = util.normalizeAndResolveConfig(options);
-            if (this.options.project) {
+            if (this.options.noProject) {
+                this.logger.log(`'no-project' flag is set so bsconfig.json loading is disabled'`);
+            } else if (this.options.project) {
                 this.logger.log(`Using config file: "${this.options.project}"`);
             } else {
                 this.logger.log(`No bsconfig.json file found, using default options`);
diff --git a/src/bscPlugin/serialize/BslibManager.ts b/src/bscPlugin/serialize/BslibManager.ts
index ab52cbbdc..3d1eff21a 100644
--- a/src/bscPlugin/serialize/BslibManager.ts
+++ b/src/bscPlugin/serialize/BslibManager.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ export class BslibManager {
             const file = this.cache.getOrAdd('bslib', () => {
                 const file = new BrsFile({
                     srcPath: bslibSrcPath,
-                    destPath: s`source/bslib.brs`,
-                    pkgPath: s`source/bslib.brs`,
+                    destPath: event.program.bslibPkgPath,
+                    pkgPath: event.program.bslibPkgPath,
                     program: event.program
                 });
                 file.parse(bslibSource);
diff --git a/src/bscPlugin/transpile/BrsFileTranspileProcessor.ts b/src/bscPlugin/transpile/BrsFileTranspileProcessor.ts
index bb5d205a1..17a733e69 100644
--- a/src/bscPlugin/transpile/BrsFileTranspileProcessor.ts
+++ b/src/bscPlugin/transpile/BrsFileTranspileProcessor.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { createToken } from '../../astUtils/creators';
 import type { Editor } from '../../astUtils/Editor';
-import { isDottedGetExpression, isLiteralExpression, isVariableExpression } from '../../astUtils/reflection';
+import { isDottedGetExpression, isLiteralExpression, isVariableExpression, isUnaryExpression } from '../../astUtils/reflection';
 import { createVisitor, WalkMode } from '../../astUtils/visitors';
 import type { BrsFile } from '../../files/BrsFile';
 import type { OnPrepareFileEvent } from '../../interfaces';
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ export class BrsFilePreTranspileProcessor {
         const scope = this.event.program.getFirstScopeForFile(this.event.file);
         for (let expression of this.event.file.parser.references.expressions) {
             if (expression) {
-                this.processExpression(expression, scope);
+                if (isUnaryExpression(expression)) {
+                    this.processExpression(expression.right, scope);
+                } else {
+                    this.processExpression(expression, scope);
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 6a23b2d19..378d9983c 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ let options = yargs
     .option('files', { type: 'array', description: 'The list of files (or globs) to include in your project. Be sure to wrap these in double quotes when using globs.' })
     .option('host', { type: 'string', description: 'The host used when deploying to a Roku.' })
     .option('ignore-error-codes', { type: 'array', description: 'A list of error codes that the compiler should NOT emit, even if encountered.' })
+    .option('no-project', { type: 'boolean', defaultDescription: 'false', description: 'When set, bsconfig.json loading is disabled', alias: ['noproject', 'noProject'] })
     .option('log-level', { type: 'string', defaultDescription: '"log"', description: 'The log level. Value can be "error", "warn", "log", "info", "debug".' })
     .option('out-file', { type: 'string', description: 'Path to the zip folder containing the bundled project. Defaults to `./out/[YOUR_ROOT_FOLDER_NAME].zip' })
     .option('password', { type: 'string', description: 'The password for deploying to a Roku.' })
diff --git a/src/deferred.ts b/src/deferred.ts
index 2c9cb7ec1..1adefe88c 100644
--- a/src/deferred.ts
+++ b/src/deferred.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export class Deferred<T = void> {
+export class Deferred<T = void, TReject = any> {
     constructor() {
         this._promise = new Promise<T>((resolve, reject) => {
             this._resolve = resolve;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class Deferred<T = void> {
     /**
      * Reject the promise
      */
-    public reject(value: T) {
+    public reject(value: TReject) {
         if (this._isCompleted) {
             throw new Error('Already completed.');
         }
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@ export class Deferred<T = void> {
         this._isRejected = true;
         this._reject(value);
     }
-    private _reject: (value: T) => void;
+    private _reject: (value: TReject) => void;
 }
diff --git a/src/lexer/Lexer.ts b/src/lexer/Lexer.ts
index fbf34be2b..db6406572 100644
--- a/src/lexer/Lexer.ts
+++ b/src/lexer/Lexer.ts
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ export class Lexer {
                     this.scanToken();
                 }
                 if (this.check('}')) {
-                    this.current++;
+                    this.advance();
                     this.addToken(TokenKind.TemplateStringExpressionEnd);
                 } else {
 
diff --git a/src/parser/tests/expression/TemplateStringExpression.spec.ts b/src/parser/tests/expression/TemplateStringExpression.spec.ts
index 10856b347..2a583c6c6 100644
--- a/src/parser/tests/expression/TemplateStringExpression.spec.ts
+++ b/src/parser/tests/expression/TemplateStringExpression.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Parser, ParseMode } from '../../Parser';
 import { AssignmentStatement } from '../../Statement';
 import { Program } from '../../../Program';
 import { expectZeroDiagnostics, getTestTranspile } from '../../../testHelpers.spec';
+import { util } from '../../../util';
 
 describe('TemplateStringExpression', () => {
     describe('parser template String', () => {
@@ -16,6 +17,41 @@ describe('TemplateStringExpression', () => {
         });
 
         describe('in assignment', () => {
+            it('generates correct locations for quasis', () => {
+                let { tokens } = Lexer.scan('print `0xAAAAAA${"0xBBBBBB"}0xCCCCCC`');
+                expect(
+                    tokens.filter(x => /"?0x/.test(x.text)).map(x => x.range)
+                ).to.eql([
+                    util.createRange(0, 7, 0, 15), // 0xAAAAAA
+                    util.createRange(0, 17, 0, 27), // "0xBBBBBB"
+                    util.createRange(0, 28, 0, 36) // 0xCCCCCC
+                ]);
+            });
+
+            it('generates correct locations for items', () => {
+                let { tokens } = Lexer.scan('print `${111}${222}${333}`');
+                //throw out the `print` token
+                tokens.shift();
+                expect(
+                    //compute the length of the token char spread
+                    tokens.filter(x => x.text !== '').map(x => [x.range.end.character - x.range.start.character, x.text])
+                ).to.eql([
+                    '`',
+                    '${',
+                    '111',
+                    '}',
+                    '${',
+                    '222',
+                    '}',
+                    '${',
+                    '333',
+                    '}',
+                    '`'
+                ].map(x => [x.length, x])
+                );
+            });
+
+
             it(`simple case`, () => {
                 let { tokens } = Lexer.scan(`a = \`hello      world\``);
                 let { statements, diagnostics } = Parser.parse(tokens, { mode: ParseMode.BrighterScript });
diff --git a/src/preprocessor/Manifest.ts b/src/preprocessor/Manifest.ts
index 418ece8a1..03cb0d2a2 100644
--- a/src/preprocessor/Manifest.ts
+++ b/src/preprocessor/Manifest.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function parseManifest(contents: string) {
  * @returns a map of key to boolean value representing the `bs_const` attribute, or an empty map if
  *          no `bs_const` attribute is found.
  */
-export function getBsConst(manifest: Manifest): Map<string, boolean> {
+export function getBsConst(manifest: Manifest, toLowerKeys = true): Map<string, boolean> {
     if (!manifest.has('bs_const')) {
         return new Map();
     }
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function getBsConst(manifest: Manifest): Map<string, boolean> {
             return [keyValuePair.slice(0, equals), keyValuePair.slice(equals + 1)];
         })
         // remove leading/trailing whitespace from keys and values, and force everything to lower case
-        .map(([key, value]) => [key.trim().toLowerCase(), value.trim().toLowerCase()])
+        .map(([key, value]) => [toLowerKeys ? key.trim().toLowerCase() : key.trim(), value.trim().toLowerCase()])
         // convert value to boolean or throw
         .map(([key, value]): [string, boolean] => {
             if (value.toLowerCase() === 'true') {
diff --git a/src/util.spec.ts b/src/util.spec.ts
index d260307fa..68af16d76 100644
--- a/src/util.spec.ts
+++ b/src/util.spec.ts
@@ -264,6 +264,31 @@ describe('util', () => {
     });
 
     describe('normalizeAndResolveConfig', () => {
+        it('loads project by default', () => {
+            fsExtra.outputJsonSync(`${rootDir}/bsconfig.json`, {
+                rootDir: s`${cwd}/TEST`
+            });
+            expect(
+                util.normalizeAndResolveConfig({
+                    cwd: rootDir
+                }).rootDir
+            ).to.eql(
+                s`${cwd}/TEST`
+            );
+        });
+
+        it('noproject skips loading the local bsconfig.json', () => {
+            fsExtra.outputJsonSync(`${rootDir}/bsconfig.json`, {
+                rootDir: s`${cwd}/TEST`
+            });
+            expect(
+                util.normalizeAndResolveConfig({
+                    cwd: rootDir,
+                    noProject: true
+                }).rootDir
+            ).to.be.undefined;
+        });
+
         it('throws for missing project file', () => {
             expect(() => {
                 util.normalizeAndResolveConfig({ project: 'path/does/not/exist/bsconfig.json' });
@@ -381,6 +406,16 @@ describe('util', () => {
             let config = util.normalizeAndResolveConfig({ watch: true });
             expect(config.watch).to.be.true;
         });
+
+        it('sets default value for bslibDestinationDir', () => {
+            expect(util.normalizeConfig(<any>{ }).bslibDestinationDir).to.equal('source');
+        });
+
+        it('strips leading and/or trailing slashes from bslibDestinationDir', () => {
+            ['source/opt', '/source/opt', 'source/opt/', '/source/opt/'].forEach(input => {
+                expect(util.normalizeConfig(<any>{ bslibDestinationDir: input }).bslibDestinationDir).to.equal('source/opt');
+            });
+        });
     });
 
     describe('areArraysEqual', () => {
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 245b7e563..ae6c19e2f 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -302,6 +302,10 @@ export class Util {
     public normalizeAndResolveConfig(config: BsConfig) {
         let result = this.normalizeConfig({});
 
+        if (config?.noProject) {
+            return result;
+        }
+
         //if no options were provided, try to find a bsconfig.json file
         if (!config || !config.project) {
             result.project = this.getConfigFilePath(config?.cwd);
@@ -313,10 +317,8 @@ export class Util {
             let configFile = this.loadConfigFile(result.project, null, config?.cwd);
             result = Object.assign(result, configFile);
         }
-
         //override the defaults with the specified options
         result = Object.assign(result, config);
-
         return result;
     }
 
@@ -353,6 +355,11 @@ export class Util {
             config.logLevel = LogLevel[(config.logLevel as string).toLowerCase()];
         }
         config.logLevel = config.logLevel ?? LogLevel.log;
+        config.bslibDestinationDir = config.bslibDestinationDir ?? 'source';
+        if (config.bslibDestinationDir !== 'source') {
+            // strip leading and trailing slashes
+            config.bslibDestinationDir = config.bslibDestinationDir.replace(/^(\/*)(.*?)(\/*)$/, '$2');
+        }
         return config;
     }