diff --git a/scripts/build-schemas.js b/scripts/build-schemas.js
index 0cbb58c..8c42121 100644
--- a/scripts/build-schemas.js
+++ b/scripts/build-schemas.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * server component for the TimeLimit App
- * Copyright (C) 2019 - 2023 Jonas Lochmann
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 - 2024 Jonas Lochmann
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ const allTypes = [
 
 const settings = {
   required: true,
-  noExtraProps: true
+  noExtraProps: true,
+  // otherwise it finds errors in dependencies that we don't care about
+  ignoreErrors: true
 };
 
 const compilerOptions = {