diff --git a/apps/backend/src/story/story.controller.ts b/apps/backend/src/story/story.controller.ts
index ced819a14..4fd0d208d 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/story/story.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/story/story.controller.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ export class StoryController {
     @Param('anthologyId', ParseIntPipe) anthologyId: number,
     @Param('storyId', ParseIntPipe) storyId: number,
   ): Promise<Story> {
-    return this.storyService.findOne(storyId);
+    const story = await this.storyService.findOne(storyId);
+
+    if (!story) {
+      throw new NotFoundException(`Story with ID ${storyId} not found`);
+    }
+
+    return story;
   }
 
   @Delete('/:storyId')
@@ -54,6 +60,23 @@ export class StoryController {
     return this.storyService.remove(storyId);
   }
 
+  @Delete('/library/anthology/story/:storyId')
+  @ApiOperation({ summary: 'Delete a story from a specific anthology' })
+  @ApiResponse({
+    status: 200,
+    description: 'Story deleted successfully',
+  })
+  @ApiResponse({
+    status: 404,
+    description: 'Story not found',
+  })
+  async removeStoryFromAnthology(
+    @Param('storyId', ParseIntPipe) storyId: number,
+  ): Promise<{ message: string }> {
+    await this.storyService.remove(storyId);
+    return { message: 'Story deleted successfully' };
+  }
+
   @Post('/library/anthology/:anthologyId/story')
   @HttpCode(HttpStatus.CREATED)
   @ApiOperation({ summary: 'Create a new story in a specific anthology' })
diff --git a/apps/backend/tsconfig.app.json b/apps/backend/tsconfig.app.json
index f10e646f3..3fb0608c2 100644
--- a/apps/backend/tsconfig.app.json
+++ b/apps/backend/tsconfig.app.json
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "../../dist/out-tsc",
-    "module": "esnext",
     "types": ["node"],
     "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
-    "target": "es2021"
+    "target": "es2021",
+    "strictPropertyInitialization": false
   },
   "exclude": ["jest.config.ts", "src/**/*.spec.ts", "src/**/*.test.ts"],
   "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
diff --git a/apps/backend/tsconfig.json b/apps/backend/tsconfig.json
index c1e2dd4e8..983545883 100644
--- a/apps/backend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/backend/tsconfig.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "esModuleInterop": true
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "baseUrl": "."
   }
 }