'settings' only refers to a type, but is being used as a value

[kerschfilip]

Hi, I am trying to transfer a gitlab repository that contains only issues used to track project workflow and when running npm run start I get dozens of errors saying that 'settings' only refers to a type, but is being used as a value here.

For example:

26 if (settings.s3) {
       ~~~~~~~~
src/index.ts:28:18 - error TS2693: 'settings' only refers to a type, but is being used as a value here.

28     accessKeyId: settings.s3.accessKeyId,
                    ~~~~~~~~
src/index.ts:29:22 - error TS2693: 'settings' only refers to a type, but is being used as a value here.

I also had problem when I ran the script for the first time - I was getting the error "Cannot find module '../settings' or its corresponding type declarations." I kind of overcame that by changing one line in index.ts from
import settings from '../settings'; to import settings from './settings';

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thank you very much!