diff --git a/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts b/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts
index f07b549..65e92ea 100644
--- a/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts
+++ b/src/lib/datocms-bypass.ts
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ function getListingQueryDirectories() {
 	//directories['allCategories'] = 'category';
 
 	
-	directories['allEvents'] = 'event';
-	directories['allPositions'] = 'position';
-	directories['allPressReleases'] = 'pressRelease';
-	directories['allTeams'] = 'team';
-	directories['allTestimonials'] = 'testimonial';
+	directories['allEvents'] : string = 'event';
+	directories['allPositions'] : string = 'position';
+	directories['allPressReleases'] : string = 'pressRelease';
+	directories['allTeams'] : string = 'team';
+	directories['allTestimonials'] : string = 'testimonial';
 	
 	return directories;
 	
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function getListingDirectoryByQueryParent(parent : string) {
 	//-----this acts as a whitelist and a mapping to the folder name...
 	
 	let directories : any[] = getListingQueryDirectories() ;
-	let directory = '';
+	let directory  : string = '';
 
 	if (typeof directories[parent]  === 'undefined') {
 		directory = '';
@@ -105,19 +105,19 @@ function getListingDirectoryByQueryParent(parent : string) {
 function pluckFirstParentFromQuery(query : any) {
 	
 	//-----only plucks the FIRST parent, if there are multiple parents in the query they will be ignored.
-	let parent = ((query.replace(/[\W_]+/g," ")).trim()).split(" ")[0];
+	let parent : string = ((query.replace(/[\W_]+/g," ")).trim()).split(" ")[0];
 	return parent;
 	
 }
 
 async function datocmsPageQueryIntercept(query : any) {
 	
-	let parent = pluckFirstParentFromQuery(query);
-    let jsonDirectory = path.join(process.cwd(), 'json/site_content');
-    let jsonPath = jsonDirectory + '/' + parent + '.json';
-	let fileRawContents = '';
-	let fileJson = {}
-	let jsonData = {}
+	let parent : string = pluckFirstParentFromQuery(query);
+    let jsonDirectory : string = path.join(process.cwd(), 'json/site_content');
+    let jsonPath : string = jsonDirectory + '/' + parent + '.json';
+	let fileRawContents : string = '';
+	let fileJson : object = {}
+	let jsonData : object = {}
 	
 	try {
 		fileRawContents = await fs.readFile(jsonPath, 'utf8');
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ async function datocmsPageQueryIntercept(query : any) {
 
 async function datocmsListingQueryIntercept(query : any) {
 
-	let parent = pluckFirstParentFromQuery(query);
-	let jsonData = {};
+	let parent : string = pluckFirstParentFromQuery(query);
+	let jsonData : object = {};
 	
 	switch(parent) {
 		case 'allBlogPosts':