diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index c2d8faf..20c8c18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ jobs:
     uses: StanfordBDHG/.github/.github/workflows/swiftlint.yml@v2
     permissions:
       contents: read
+  eslint:
+    name: eslint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: ./functions
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup NodeJS
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      - name: eslint
+        run: |
+          npm run lint
   markdownlinkcheck:
     name: Markdown Link Check
     uses: StanfordBDHG/.github/.github/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml@v2
diff --git a/functions/index.js b/functions/index.js
index 050cc69..ac7fb84 100644
--- a/functions/index.js
+++ b/functions/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 const {onCall} = require("firebase-functions/v2/https");
 const {logger, https} = require("firebase-functions/v2");
-const { FieldValue } = require('firebase-admin/firestore');
+const {FieldValue} = require("firebase-admin/firestore");
 const admin = require("firebase-admin");
 
 admin.initializeApp();
diff --git a/functions/package.json b/functions/package.json
index c87f248..de40a13 100644
--- a/functions/package.json
+++ b/functions/package.json
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
     "shell": "firebase functions:shell",
     "start": "npm run shell",
     "deploy": "firebase deploy --only functions",
-    "logs": "firebase functions:log",
-    "compile": "tsc --project tsconfig-compile.json"
+    "logs": "firebase functions:log"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "20"
diff --git a/functions/tsconfig.template.json b/functions/tsconfig.template.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 17ed72e..0000000
--- a/functions/tsconfig.template.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    /* Basic Options */
-    "target": "es2022",                          /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017', 'ES2018', 'ES2019', 'ES2020', or 'ESNEXT'. */
-    "module": "commonjs",                     /* Specify module code generation: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es2015', 'es2020', or 'ESNext'. */
-    "lib": ["es2022", "dom", "webworker"],              /* Specify library files to be included in the compilation. */
-    "allowJs": true,                          /* Allow javascript files to be compiled. */
-    "checkJs": true,                          /* Report errors in .js files. */
-    "outDir": "./dist",                       /* Redirect output structure to the directory. */
-    "noEmit": true,                           /* Do not emit outputs. */
-    "resolveJsonModule": true,
-    "typeRoots": [
-      "./node_modules/@types"
-    ],
-    /* Strict Type-Checking Options */
-    "strict": true,                           /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */
-    "noImplicitAny": false,                   /* Raise error on expressions and declarations with an implied 'any' type. */
-    "strictNullChecks": false,                /* Enable strict null checks. */
-    // "strictFunctionTypes": true,           /* Enable strict checking of function types. */
-    // "strictBindCallApply": true,           /* Enable strict 'bind', 'call', and 'apply' methods on functions. */
-    // "strictPropertyInitialization": true,  /* Enable strict checking of property initialization in classes. */
-    // "noImplicitThis": true,                /* Raise error on 'this' expressions with an implied 'any' type. */
-    // "alwaysStrict": true,                  /* Parse in strict mode and emit "use strict" for each source file. */
-
-    // See: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/20595
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
-
-    /* Additional Checks */
-    "noUnusedLocals": false,                /* Report errors on unused locals. */
-    // "noUnusedParameters": true,            /* Report errors on unused parameters. */
-    // "noImplicitReturns": true,             /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */
-    // "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,    /* Report errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement. */
-
-    "esModuleInterop": true,                  /* Enables emit interoperability between CommonJS and ES Modules via creation of namespace objects for all imports. Implies 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports'. */
-    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true  /* Disallow inconsistently-cased references to the same file. */
-  }
-}
diff --git a/functions/tsconfig.template.json.license b/functions/tsconfig.template.json.license
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c3d843..0000000
--- a/functions/tsconfig.template.json.license
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-This source file is part of the StudyApplication based on the Stanford Spezi Template Application project
-
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Stanford University and the project authors (see CONTRIBUTORS.md)
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT