diff --git a/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts b/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts
index 4756464..3578213 100644
--- a/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts
+++ b/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts
@@ -301,10 +301,10 @@ function getRequiedBlogPostNodes() : any[] {
 	
 }
 
-function forceBlogPostsJsonSlugIntegrity(json : any) {
+function forceBlogPostsJsonSlugIntegrity(json : any[]) {
 	//-----this is used to force the blog post slug to match that of its parent file name.
 	
-	let returnJson = [];
+	let returnJson : any[] = [];
 	
 	for (let i = 0; i < json.length; i++) {
 		let blogPost = json[i];
@@ -318,10 +318,10 @@ function forceBlogPostsJsonSlugIntegrity(json : any) {
 
 }
 
-function sortBlogPostsJsonByDate(json : any) {
+function sortBlogPostsJsonByDate(json : any[]) {
 
 	
-	let sortedJson = json.slice().sort((a : any, b: any) => datocmsDateToIng(b.date) - datocmsDateToIng(a.date));
+	let sortedJson : any[] = json.slice().sort((a : any, b: any) => datocmsDateToIng(b.date) - datocmsDateToIng(a.date));
 	
 	return sortedJson;
 }
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ async function getAllBlogPostsJson() {
 	let blogPosts = await getJsonItemsFromDirectory(jsonDirectory, pluckBlogPostData, validationNodes);
 	let pagination = getFakePaginationData(blogPosts);
 	let processedBlogPosts = forceBlogPostsJsonSlugIntegrity(blogPosts);
-	let sortedBlogPosts = sortBlogPostsJsonByDate(processedBlogPosts);
+	let sortedBlogPosts : any[] = sortBlogPostsJsonByDate(processedBlogPosts);
 	let allBlogPostsJson = {pagination: pagination, data: sortedBlogPosts};
 	
 	return allBlogPostsJson;