Express up is not able to run/be build from non root folders

[Akxe]

Current Behavior

nx server express-app will not work if run from any folder outside of root!

Expected Behavior

I expect same behaviour as from other apps. To be able to run it from any project folder.

Steps to Reproduce

Create any project with two apps of which one is Express.

From angular.json

"server": {
  "root": "apps/server",
  "sourceRoot": "apps/server/src",
  "projectType": "application",
  "prefix": "server",
  "schematics": {},
  "architect": {
    "build": {
      "builder": "@nrwl/node:build",
      "options": {
        "outputPath": "dist/apps/server",
        "main": "apps/server/src/main.ts",
        "tsConfig": "apps/server/tsconfig.app.json",
        "assets": ["apps/server/src/assets"]
      },
      "configurations": {
        "production": {
          "optimization": true,
          "extractLicenses": true,
          "inspect": false,
          "fileReplacements": [
            {
              "replace": "apps/server/src/environments/environment.ts",
              "with": "apps/server/src/environments/environment.prod.ts"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    "serve": {
      "builder": "@nrwl/node:execute",
      "options": {
        "buildTarget": "server:build"
      }
    },
    "lint": {
      "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:tslint",
      "options": {
        "tsConfig": ["apps/server/tsconfig.app.json"],
        "exclude": ["**/node_modules/**", "!apps/server/**/*"]
      }
    }
  }
},

Failure Logs

TS18003: No inputs were found in config file 'tsconfig.json'. Specified 'include' paths were '["**/*"]' and 'exclude' paths were '[]'.

ERROR in C:\Users\akxe\Documents\Programming\rita\tmp\apps\server\tsconfig.generated.json
[tsl] ERROR
      TS5083: Cannot read file 'C:/Users/akxe/Documents/Programming/rita/libs/client/apps/server/tsconfig.app.json'.

ERROR in C:/Users/akxe/Documents/Programming/rita/apps/server/src/main.ts
Module build failed (from C:/Users/akxe/Documents/Programming/rita/node_modules/ts-loader/index.js):
Error: error while parsing tsconfig.json
    at Object.loader (C:\Users\akxe\Documents\Programming\rita\node_modules\ts-loader\dist\index.js:19:18)
There was an error with the build. See above.

Environment

  @nrwl/angular : 9.5.1
  @nrwl/cli : 9.5.1
  @nrwl/cypress : 9.5.1
  @nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx : Not Found
  @nrwl/express : 9.5.1
  @nrwl/jest : 9.5.1
  @nrwl/linter : 9.5.1
  @nrwl/nest : Not Found
  @nrwl/next : Not Found
  @nrwl/node : 9.5.1
  @nrwl/react : Not Found
  @nrwl/schematics : Not Found
  @nrwl/tao : 9.5.1
  @nrwl/web : Not Found
  @nrwl/workspace : 9.5.1
  typescript : 3.9.6

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