diff --git a/examples/react/start-bare/package.json b/examples/react/start-bare/package.json
index 8bd182fbb9..f761f2b501 100644
--- a/examples/react/start-bare/package.json
+++ b/examples/react/start-bare/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
     "build": "vite build && tsc --noEmit",
     "start": "vite start"
   },
+  "imports": {
+    "#*": "./src/*"
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "@tanstack/react-router": "^1.131.5",
     "@tanstack/react-router-devtools": "^1.131.5",
diff --git a/examples/react/start-bare/src/routes/__root.tsx b/examples/react/start-bare/src/routes/__root.tsx
index 4b83d392e9..bfa750c841 100644
--- a/examples/react/start-bare/src/routes/__root.tsx
+++ b/examples/react/start-bare/src/routes/__root.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   Scripts,
   createRootRoute,
 } from '@tanstack/react-router'
-import appCss from '~/styles/app.css?url'
+import appCss from '#styles/app.css?url'
 
 export const Route = createRootRoute({
   head: () => ({
diff --git a/examples/react/start-bare/src/routes/about.tsx b/examples/react/start-bare/src/routes/about.tsx
index 95a5fe4b86..3564aeaf3b 100644
--- a/examples/react/start-bare/src/routes/about.tsx
+++ b/examples/react/start-bare/src/routes/about.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import Counter from '#components/Counter.js'
 import { createFileRoute } from '@tanstack/react-router'
-import Counter from '~/components/Counter'
 
 export const Route = createFileRoute('/about')({
   component: RouteComponent,
diff --git a/examples/react/start-bare/tsconfig.json b/examples/react/start-bare/tsconfig.json
index b3a2d67dfa..79687320db 100644
--- a/examples/react/start-bare/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/react/start-bare/tsconfig.json
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
     "allowJs": true,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
     "baseUrl": ".",
-    "paths": {
-      "~/*": ["./src/*"]
-    },
     "noEmit": true
   }
 }