diff --git a/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts b/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts
index aefb741..4768cbf 100644
--- a/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts
+++ b/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function datocmsDateToIng(date : string) : number {
 
 
 //-----graphql query interception
-export async function datocmsQueryIntercept(query : any) {
+export async function datocmsQueryIntercept(query : any) : object {
 	let parent = pluckFirstParentFromQuery(query);
 	let pageQueryWhitelist = getPageQueryBypassWhitelist();
 	let listingDirectory = getListingDirectoryByQueryParent(parent);
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export async function datocmsQueryIntercept(query : any) {
 	return interceptData;
 }
 
-function getPageQueryBypassWhitelist() {
+function getPageQueryBypassWhitelist() : string[] {
 	//-----stuff that has been (to the best of my knowledge) completley pulled over into JSON
 	//-----does not include iterative stuff like blog posts or events etc...
 	//-----this may only end up being scaffolding.
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ function getPageQueryBypassWhitelist() {
 	return whitelist;
 }
 
-function getListingQueryDirectories() {
+function getListingQueryDirectories() : string[] {
 	//-----whitelist the listying types of content...
 	
 	let directories : string[] = [];
 	
 	directories.push('allEvents');
-	directories.push('allPositions)';
+	directories.push('allPositions');
 	directories.push('allPressReleases');
 	directories.push('allTeams');
 	directories.push('allTestimonials');
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ function getListingQueryDirectories() {
 	
 }
 
-function getListingDirectoryByQueryParent(parent : string) {
+function getListingDirectoryByQueryParent(parent : string) : string {
 	//-----this acts as a whitelist and a mapping to the folder name...
 	
 	let directories : string[] = getListingQueryDirectories() ;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function getListingDirectoryByQueryParent(parent : string) {
 	return directory;
 }
 
-function pluckFirstParentFromQuery(query : any) {
+function pluckFirstParentFromQuery(query : any) : string {
 	
 	//-----only plucks the FIRST parent, if there are multiple parents in the query they will be ignored.
 	let parent : string = ((query.replace(/[\W_]+/g," ")).trim()).split(" ")[0];
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function pluckFirstParentFromQuery(query : any) {
 	
 }
 
-async function datocmsPageQueryIntercept(query : any) {
+async function datocmsPageQueryIntercept(query : any) : object {
 	
 	let parent : string = pluckFirstParentFromQuery(query);
     let jsonDirectory : string = path.join(process.cwd(), 'json/site_content');
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ async function datocmsPageQueryIntercept(query : any) {
 	
 }
 
-async function datocmsListingQueryIntercept(query : any) {
+async function datocmsListingQueryIntercept(query : any) : object {
 
 	let parent : string = pluckFirstParentFromQuery(query);
 	let jsonData : object = {};