diff --git a/site/content/blog/2017-08-07-the-easiest-way-to-get-started.md b/site/content/blog/2017-08-07-the-easiest-way-to-get-started.md
index 5fed4b347c..3a25f15b12 100644
--- a/site/content/blog/2017-08-07-the-easiest-way-to-get-started.md
+++ b/site/content/blog/2017-08-07-the-easiest-way-to-get-started.md
@@ -43,12 +43,17 @@ In the terminal, you can instantly create a new project like so:
 ```bash
 npx degit sveltejs/template my-svelte-project
 cd my-svelte-project
+# to use TypeScript run:
+# node scripts/setupTypeScript.js
+
 npm install
 npm run dev
 ```
 
 This will create a new project in the `my-svelte-project` directory, install its dependencies, and start a server on http://localhost:5000.
 
+You can find more information about using TypeScript [here](blog/svelte-and-typescript).
+
 Once you've tinkered a bit and understood how everything fits together, you can fork [sveltejs/template](https://github.com/sveltejs/template) and start doing this instead:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/site/src/routes/index.svelte b/site/src/routes/index.svelte
index af8afefbb7..3c84d6ea15 100644
--- a/site/src/routes/index.svelte
+++ b/site/src/routes/index.svelte
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
 npx degit <a href="https://github.com/sveltejs/template" style="user-select: initial;">sveltejs/template</a> my-svelte-project
 <span class="token comment"># or download and extract <a href="https://github.com/sveltejs/template/archive/master.zip">this .zip file</a></span>
 cd my-svelte-project
+<span class="token comment"># to use <a href="blog/svelte-and-typescript">TypeScript</a> run:</span>
+<span class="token comment"># node scripts/setupTypeScript.js</span>
 
 npm install
 npm run dev