diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 09c4c0b9..f2c88923 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ The full folder structure of this app is explained below:
 | .env.example             | API keys, tokens, passwords, database URI. Clone this, but don't check it in to public repos. |
 | .travis.yml              | Used to configure Travis CI build                                                             |
 | .copyStaticAssets.js     | Build script that copies images, fonts, and JS libs to the dist folder                        |
+| jest.config.js           | Used to configure Jest                                                                        |
 | package.json             | File that contains npm dependencies as well as [build scripts](#what-if-a-library-isnt-on-definitelytyped)                          |
 | tsconfig.json            | Config settings for compiling server code written in TypeScript                               |
 | tsconfig.tests.json      | Config settings for compiling tests written in TypeScript                                     |
@@ -317,24 +318,26 @@ npm install -D jest ts-jest
 `jest` is the testing framework itself, and `ts-jest` is just a simple function to make running TypeScript tests a little easier.
 
 ### Configure Jest
-Jest's configuration lives in `package.json`, so let's open it up and add the following code:
-```json
-"jest": {
-    "globals": {
-      "__TS_CONFIG__": "tsconfig.json"
-    },
-    "moduleFileExtensions": [
-      "ts",
-      "js"
-    ],
-    "transform": {
-      "^.+\\.(ts)$": "./node_modules/ts-jest/preprocessor.js"
-    },
-    "testMatch": [
-      "**/test/**/*.test.(ts|js)"
-    ],
-    "testEnvironment": "node"
-  },
+Jest's configuration lives in `jest.config.js`, so let's open it up and add the following code:
+```js
+module.exports = {
+	globals: {
+		'ts-jest': {
+			tsConfigFile: 'tsconfig.json'
+		}
+	},
+	moduleFileExtensions: [
+		'ts',
+		'js'
+	],
+	transform: {
+		'^.+\\.(ts|tsx)$': './node_modules/ts-jest/preprocessor.js'
+	},
+	testMatch: [
+		'**/test/**/*.test.(ts|js)'
+	],
+	testEnvironment: 'node'
+};
 ```
 Basically we are telling Jest that we want it to consume all files that match the pattern `"**/test/**/*.test.(ts|js)"` (all `.test.ts`/`.test.js` files in the `test` folder), but we want to preprocess the `.ts` files first. 
 This preprocess step is very flexible, but in our case, we just want to compile our TypeScript to JavaScript using our `tsconfig.json`.
diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ea5c4a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+module.exports = {
+	globals: {
+		'ts-jest': {
+			tsConfigFile: 'tsconfig.json'
+		}
+	},
+	moduleFileExtensions: [
+		'ts',
+		'js'
+	],
+	transform: {
+		'^.+\\.(ts|tsx)$': './node_modules/ts-jest/preprocessor.js'
+	},
+	testMatch: [
+		'**/test/**/*.test.(ts|js)'
+	],
+	testEnvironment: 'node'
+};
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2fb4c758..b5d57f52 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,24 +24,6 @@
     "serve-debug": "nodemon --inspect dist/server.js",
     "watch-debug": "concurrently -k -p \"[{name}]\" -n \"Sass,TypeScript,Node\" -c \"yellow.bold,cyan.bold,green.bold\" \"npm run watch-sass\" \"npm run watch-ts\" \"npm run serve-debug\""
   },
-  "jest": {
-    "globals": {
-      "ts-jest": {
-        "tsConfigFile": "tsconfig.json"
-      }
-    },
-    "moduleFileExtensions": [
-      "ts",
-      "js"
-    ],
-    "transform": {
-      "^.+\\.(ts|tsx)$": "./node_modules/ts-jest/preprocessor.js"
-    },
-    "testMatch": [
-      "**/test/**/*.test.(ts|js)"
-    ],
-    "testEnvironment": "node"
-  },
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "^2.5.0",
     "bcrypt-nodejs": "^0.0.3",