diff --git a/cspell.json b/cspell.json
index 24ff11ab942..9b714e08196 100644
--- a/cspell.json
+++ b/cspell.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "dictionaryDefinitions": [
     {
       "name": "custom-words",
-      "path": "./custom-words.txt",
+      "path": "./resources/custom-words.txt",
       "addWords": true
     }
   ],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c05c0a29cc..ddf616af046 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
   "lint-staged": {
     "*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}": [
       "eslint --cache --fix",
-      "prettier --write --ignore-path .eslintignore --ignore-path resources/.prettierignore",
+      "prettier --write --ignore-path .eslintignore --ignore-path resources/prettierignore",
       "jest --passWithNoTests",
       "yarn lint-cspell"
     ],
     "*.{md,html,json,css}": [
-      "prettier --write --ignore-path .eslintignore --ignore-path resources/.prettierignore",
+      "prettier --write --ignore-path .eslintignore --ignore-path resources/prettierignore",
       "yarn lint-cspell"
     ]
   },
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "./scripts/prepublish.sh",
     "postbuild": "wsrun --exclude-missing postbuild",
     "pretty": "yarn pretty-check --write",
-    "pretty-check": "prettier --cache --check --ignore-path .gitignore --ignore-path resources/.prettierignore --ignore-path .eslintignore .",
+    "pretty-check": "prettier --cache --check --ignore-path .gitignore --ignore-path resources/prettierignore --ignore-path .eslintignore .",
     "ci:version": "yarn changeset version && yarn build && yarn format",
     "release": "yarn build && yarn build-bundles && (wsrun release --exclude-missing --serial --recursive --changedSince main -- || true) && yarn changeset publish",
     "release:canary": "(node scripts/canary-release.js && yarn build-bundles && yarn changeset publish --tag canary) || echo Skipping Canary...",
diff --git a/resources/.prettierignore b/resources/.prettierignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 94e472faa70..00000000000
--- a/resources/.prettierignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# this file contains delicate whitespace character assertions that i could not get prettier to ignore
-packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/__tests__/parseDocument.test.ts
diff --git a/custom-words.txt b/resources/custom-words.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from custom-words.txt
rename to resources/custom-words.txt
diff --git a/resources/prettierignore b/resources/prettierignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd6c60530a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/prettierignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# this file contains delicate whitespace character assertions that i could not get prettier to ignore
+# if removed it will cause the tests to fail
+../packages/graphql-language-service-server/src/__tests__/parseDocument.test.ts