diff --git a/packages/codegen/README.md b/packages/codegen/README.md
index 17647a35..aeb3a61f 100644
--- a/packages/codegen/README.md
+++ b/packages/codegen/README.md
@@ -43,11 +43,19 @@
 
 ## Demo
 
-* Install required packages:
+* In root of the repository:
 
-  ```bash
-  yarn
-  ```
+  * Install required packages:
+
+      ```bash
+      yarn
+      ```
+
+  * Build files:
+
+      ```bash
+      yarn build
+      ```
 
 * Generate a watcher from a contract file:
 
diff --git a/packages/codegen/package.json b/packages/codegen/package.json
index 383b0a4b..6c925ec8 100644
--- a/packages/codegen/package.json
+++ b/packages/codegen/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
     "graphql": "^15.5.0",
     "graphql-compose": "^9.0.3",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.7",
+    "js-yaml": "^4.0.0",
+    "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "node-fetch": "^2",
     "solc": "^0.8.7-fixed",
     "ts-node": "^10.2.1",
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@openzeppelin/contracts": "^4.3.2",
+    "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.3",
     "@types/node": "^16.9.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.25.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.25.0",
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/data/entities/BlockProgress.yaml b/packages/codegen/src/data/entities/BlockProgress.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba0307d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/data/entities/BlockProgress.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+className: BlockProgress
+implements: BlockProgressInterface
+indexOn:
+  - columns:
+      - blockHash
+    unique: true
+  - columns:
+      - blockNumber
+  - columns:
+      - parentHash
+columns:
+  - name: blockHash
+    pgType: varchar
+    tsType: string
+    columnType: Column
+    columnOptions:
+      - option: length
+        value: 66
+  - name: parentHash
+    pgType: varchar
+    tsType: string
+    columnType: Column
+    columnOptions:
+      - option: length
+        value: 66
+  - name: blockNumber
+    pgType: integer
+    tsType: number
+    columnType: Column
+  - name: blockTimestamp
+    pgType: integer
+    tsType: number
+    columnType: Column
+  - name: numEvents
+    pgType: integer
+    tsType: number
+    columnType: Column
+  - name: numProcessedEvents
+    pgType: integer
+    tsType: number
+    columnType: Column
+  - name: lastProcessedEventIndex
+    pgType: integer
+    tsType: number
+    columnType: Column
+  - name: isComplete
+    pgType: boolean
+    tsType: boolean
+    columnType: Column
+  - name: isPruned
+    pgType: boolean
+    tsType: boolean
+    columnType: Column
+    columnOptions:
+      - option: default
+        value: false
+imports:
+  - toImport:
+      - Entity
+      - PrimaryGeneratedColumn
+      - Column
+      - Index
+    from: typeorm
+  - toImport:
+      - BlockProgressInterface
+    from: '@vulcanize/util'
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/data/entities/Contract.yaml b/packages/codegen/src/data/entities/Contract.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7019fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/data/entities/Contract.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+className: Contract
+indexOn:
+  - columns:
+      - address
+    unique: true
+columns:
+  - name: address
+    pgType: varchar
+    tsType: string
+    columnType: Column
+    columnOptions:
+      - option: length
+        value: 42
+  - name: kind
+    pgType: varchar
+    tsType: string
+    columnType: Column
+    columnOptions:
+      - option: length
+        value: 8
+  - name: startingBlock
+    pgType: integer
+    tsType: number
+    columnType: Column
+imports:
+  - toImport:
+      - Entity
+      - PrimaryGeneratedColumn
+      - Column
+      - Index
+    from: typeorm
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/data/entities/Event.yaml b/packages/codegen/src/data/entities/Event.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bee57e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/data/entities/Event.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+className: Event
+indexOn:
+  - columns:
+      - block
+      - contract
+  - columns:
+      - block
+      - contract
+      - eventName
+columns:
+  - name: block
+    tsType: BlockProgress
+    columnType: ManyToOne
+    lhs: ()
+    rhs: BlockProgress
+  - name: txHash
+    pgType: varchar
+    tsType: string
+    columnType: Column
+    columnOptions:
+      - option: length
+        value: 66
+  - name: index
+    pgType: integer
+    tsType: number
+    columnType: Column
+  - name: contract
+    pgType: varchar
+    tsType: string
+    columnType: Column
+    columnOptions:
+      - option: length
+        value: 42
+  - name: eventName
+    pgType: varchar
+    tsType: string
+    columnType: Column
+    columnOptions:
+      - option: length
+        value: 256
+  - name: eventInfo
+    pgType: text
+    tsType: string
+    columnType: Column
+  - name: extraInfo
+    pgType: text
+    tsType: string
+    columnType: Column
+  - name: proof
+    pgType: text
+    tsType: string
+    columnType: Column
+imports:
+  - toImport:
+      - Entity
+      - PrimaryGeneratedColumn
+      - Column
+      - Index
+      - ManyToOne
+    from: typeorm
+  - toImport:
+      - BlockProgress
+    from: ./BlockProgress
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/data/entities/SyncStatus.yaml b/packages/codegen/src/data/entities/SyncStatus.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd415c3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/data/entities/SyncStatus.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+className: SyncStatus
+implements: SyncStatusInterface
+indexOn: []
+columns:
+  - name: chainHeadBlockHash
+    pgType: varchar
+    tsType: string
+    columnType: Column
+    columnOptions:
+      - option: length
+        value: 66
+  - name: chainHeadBlockNumber
+    pgType: integer
+    tsType: number
+    columnType: Column
+  - name: latestIndexedBlockHash
+    pgType: varchar
+    tsType: string
+    columnType: Column
+    columnOptions:
+      - option: length
+        value: 66
+  - name: latestIndexedBlockNumber
+    pgType: integer
+    tsType: number
+    columnType: Column
+  - name: latestCanonicalBlockHash
+    pgType: varchar
+    tsType: string
+    columnType: Column
+    columnOptions:
+      - option: length
+        value: 66
+  - name: latestCanonicalBlockNumber
+    pgType: integer
+    tsType: number
+    columnType: Column
+imports:
+  - toImport:
+      - Entity
+      - PrimaryGeneratedColumn
+      - Column
+    from: typeorm
+  - toImport:
+      - SyncStatusInterface
+    from: '@vulcanize/util'
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/entity.ts b/packages/codegen/src/entity.ts
index 1f7a0c5e..5b7f3b4b 100644
--- a/packages/codegen/src/entity.ts
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/entity.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import assert from 'assert';
+import yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import Handlebars from 'handlebars';
 import { Writable } from 'stream';
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import { getTsForSol, getPgForTs } from './utils/type-mappings';
 import { Param } from './utils/types';
 
 const TEMPLATE_FILE = './templates/entity-template.handlebars';
+const TABLES_DIR = './data/entities';
 
 export class Entity {
   _entities: Array<any>;
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ export class Entity {
 
     entityObject.imports.push(
       {
-        toImport: ['Entity', 'PrimaryGeneratedColumn', 'Column', 'Index'],
+        toImport: new Set(['Entity', 'PrimaryGeneratedColumn', 'Column', 'Index']),
         from: 'typeorm'
       }
     );
@@ -106,16 +108,6 @@ export class Entity {
           );
         }
 
-        // Use bigintTransformer for bigint types.
-        if (tsType === 'bigint') {
-          columnOptions.push(
-            {
-              option: 'transformer',
-              value: 'bigintTransformer'
-            }
-          );
-        }
-
         return {
           name,
           pgType,
@@ -136,7 +128,8 @@ export class Entity {
       name: 'value',
       pgType: pgReturnType,
       tsType: tsReturnType,
-      columnType: 'Column'
+      columnType: 'Column',
+      columnOptions: []
     });
 
     entityObject.columns.push({
@@ -152,6 +145,31 @@ export class Entity {
       ]
     });
 
+    entityObject.columns.forEach((column: any) => {
+      if (column.tsType === 'bigint') {
+        column.columnOptions.push(
+          {
+            option: 'transformer',
+            value: 'bigintTransformer'
+          }
+        );
+        const importObject = entityObject.imports.find((element: any) => {
+          return element.from === '@vulcanize/util';
+        });
+
+        if (importObject) {
+          importObject.toImport.add('bigintTransformer');
+        } else {
+          entityObject.imports.push(
+            {
+              toImport: new Set(['bigintTransformer']),
+              from: '@vulcanize/util'
+            }
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
     this._entities.push(entityObject);
   }
 
@@ -176,362 +194,22 @@ export class Entity {
   }
 
   _addEventEntity (): void {
-    const entity: any = {
-      className: 'Event',
-      indexOn: [],
-      columns: [],
-      imports: []
-    };
-
-    entity.imports.push(
-      {
-        toImport: ['Entity', 'PrimaryGeneratedColumn', 'Column', 'Index', 'ManyToOne'],
-        from: 'typeorm'
-      },
-      {
-        toImport: ['BlockProgress'],
-        from: './BlockProgress'
-      }
-    );
-
-    entity.indexOn.push(
-      {
-        columns: ['block', 'contract']
-      },
-      {
-        columns: ['block', 'contract', 'eventName']
-      }
-    );
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'block',
-      tsType: 'BlockProgress',
-      columnType: 'ManyToOne',
-      lhs: '()',
-      rhs: 'BlockProgress'
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'txHash',
-      pgType: 'varchar',
-      tsType: 'string',
-      columnType: 'Column',
-      columnOptions: [
-        {
-          option: 'length',
-          value: 66
-        }
-      ]
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'index',
-      pgType: 'integer',
-      tsType: 'number',
-      columnType: 'Column'
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'contract',
-      pgType: 'varchar',
-      tsType: 'string',
-      columnType: 'Column',
-      columnOptions: [
-        {
-          option: 'length',
-          value: 42
-        }
-      ]
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'eventName',
-      pgType: 'varchar',
-      tsType: 'string',
-      columnType: 'Column',
-      columnOptions: [
-        {
-          option: 'length',
-          value: 256
-        }
-      ]
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'eventInfo',
-      pgType: 'text',
-      tsType: 'string',
-      columnType: 'Column'
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'extraInfo',
-      pgType: 'text',
-      tsType: 'string',
-      columnType: 'Column'
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'proof',
-      pgType: 'text',
-      tsType: 'string',
-      columnType: 'Column'
-    });
-
+    const entity = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, TABLES_DIR, 'Event.yaml'), 'utf8'));
     this._entities.push(entity);
   }
 
   _addSyncStatusEntity (): void {
-    const entity: any = {
-      className: 'SyncStatus',
-      implements: 'SyncStatusInterface',
-      indexOn: [],
-      columns: [],
-      imports: []
-    };
-
-    entity.imports.push({
-      toImport: ['Entity', 'PrimaryGeneratedColumn', 'Column'],
-      from: 'typeorm'
-    });
-
-    entity.imports.push({
-      toImport: ['SyncStatusInterface'],
-      from: '@vulcanize/util'
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'chainHeadBlockHash',
-      pgType: 'varchar',
-      tsType: 'string',
-      columnType: 'Column',
-      columnOptions: [
-        {
-          option: 'length',
-          value: 66
-        }
-      ]
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'chainHeadBlockNumber',
-      pgType: 'integer',
-      tsType: 'number',
-      columnType: 'Column'
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'latestIndexedBlockHash',
-      pgType: 'varchar',
-      tsType: 'string',
-      columnType: 'Column',
-      columnOptions: [
-        {
-          option: 'length',
-          value: 66
-        }
-      ]
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'latestIndexedBlockNumber',
-      pgType: 'integer',
-      tsType: 'number',
-      columnType: 'Column'
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'latestCanonicalBlockHash',
-      pgType: 'varchar',
-      tsType: 'string',
-      columnType: 'Column',
-      columnOptions: [
-        {
-          option: 'length',
-          value: 66
-        }
-      ]
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'latestCanonicalBlockNumber',
-      pgType: 'integer',
-      tsType: 'number',
-      columnType: 'Column'
-    });
-
+    const entity = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, TABLES_DIR, 'SyncStatus.yaml'), 'utf8'));
     this._entities.push(entity);
   }
 
   _addContractEntity (): void {
-    const entity: any = {
-      className: 'Contract',
-      indexOn: [],
-      columns: [],
-      imports: []
-    };
-
-    entity.imports.push({
-      toImport: ['Entity', 'PrimaryGeneratedColumn', 'Column', 'Index'],
-      from: 'typeorm'
-    });
-
-    entity.indexOn.push(
-      {
-        columns: ['address'],
-        unique: true
-      }
-    );
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'address',
-      pgType: 'varchar',
-      tsType: 'string',
-      columnType: 'Column',
-      columnOptions: [
-        {
-          option: 'length',
-          value: 42
-        }
-      ]
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'kind',
-      pgType: 'varchar',
-      tsType: 'string',
-      columnType: 'Column',
-      columnOptions: [
-        {
-          option: 'length',
-          value: 8
-        }
-      ]
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'startingBlock',
-      pgType: 'integer',
-      tsType: 'number',
-      columnType: 'Column'
-    });
-
+    const entity = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, TABLES_DIR, 'Contract.yaml'), 'utf8'));
     this._entities.push(entity);
   }
 
   _addBlockProgressEntity (): void {
-    const entity: any = {
-      className: 'BlockProgress',
-      implements: 'BlockProgressInterface',
-      indexOn: [],
-      columns: [],
-      imports: []
-    };
-
-    entity.imports.push({
-      toImport: ['Entity', 'PrimaryGeneratedColumn', 'Column', 'Index'],
-      from: 'typeorm'
-    });
-
-    entity.imports.push({
-      toImport: ['BlockProgressInterface'],
-      from: '@vulcanize/util'
-    });
-
-    entity.indexOn.push(
-      {
-        columns: ['blockHash'],
-        unique: true
-      },
-      {
-        columns: ['blockNumber']
-      },
-      {
-        columns: ['parentHash']
-      }
-    );
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'blockHash',
-      pgType: 'varchar',
-      tsType: 'string',
-      columnType: 'Column',
-      columnOptions: [
-        {
-          option: 'length',
-          value: 66
-        }
-      ]
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'parentHash',
-      pgType: 'varchar',
-      tsType: 'string',
-      columnType: 'Column',
-      columnOptions: [
-        {
-          option: 'length',
-          value: 66
-        }
-      ]
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'blockNumber',
-      pgType: 'integer',
-      tsType: 'number',
-      columnType: 'Column'
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'blockTimestamp',
-      pgType: 'integer',
-      tsType: 'number',
-      columnType: 'Column'
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'numEvents',
-      pgType: 'integer',
-      tsType: 'number',
-      columnType: 'Column'
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'numProcessedEvents',
-      pgType: 'integer',
-      tsType: 'number',
-      columnType: 'Column'
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'lastProcessedEventIndex',
-      pgType: 'integer',
-      tsType: 'number',
-      columnType: 'Column'
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'isComplete',
-      pgType: 'boolean',
-      tsType: 'boolean',
-      columnType: 'Column'
-    });
-
-    entity.columns.push({
-      name: 'isPruned',
-      pgType: 'boolean',
-      tsType: 'boolean',
-      columnType: 'Column',
-      columnOptions: [
-        {
-          option: 'default',
-          value: false
-        }
-      ]
-    });
-
+    const entity = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, TABLES_DIR, 'BlockProgress.yaml'), 'utf8'));
     this._entities.push(entity);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/generate-code.ts b/packages/codegen/src/generate-code.ts
index babd361d..b995d78f 100644
--- a/packages/codegen/src/generate-code.ts
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/generate-code.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { exportReadme } from './readme';
 import { exportEvents } from './events';
 import { exportJobRunner } from './job-runner';
 import { exportWatchContract } from './watch-contract';
+import { exportLint } from './lint';
 import { registerHandlebarHelpers } from './utils/handlebar-helpers';
 
 const main = async (): Promise<void> => {
@@ -196,6 +197,17 @@ function generateWatcher (data: string, visitor: Visitor, argv: any) {
     ? fs.createWriteStream(path.join(outputDir, 'src/cli/watch-contract.ts'))
     : process.stdout;
   exportWatchContract(outStream);
+
+  let rcOutStream;
+  let ignoreOutStream;
+  if (outputDir) {
+    rcOutStream = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(outputDir, '.eslintrc.json'));
+    ignoreOutStream = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(outputDir, '.eslintignore'));
+  } else {
+    rcOutStream = process.stdout;
+    ignoreOutStream = process.stdout;
+  }
+  exportLint(rcOutStream, ignoreOutStream);
 }
 
 main().catch(err => {
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/lint.ts b/packages/codegen/src/lint.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..849777fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/lint.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2021 Vulcanize, Inc.
+//
+
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import Handlebars from 'handlebars';
+import { Writable } from 'stream';
+
+const RC_TEMPLATE_FILE = './templates/eslintrc-template.handlebars';
+const IGNORE_TEMPLATE_FILE = './templates/eslintignore-template.handlebars';
+
+/**
+ * Writes the .eslintrc.json and .eslintignore file generated from a template to respective streams.
+ * @param rcOutStream A writable output stream to write the .eslintrc.json file to.
+ * @param ignoreOutStream A writable output stream to write the .eslintignore file to.
+ */
+export function exportLint (rcOutStream: Writable, ignoreOutStream: Writable): void {
+  const rcTemplateString = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, RC_TEMPLATE_FILE)).toString();
+  const rcTemplate = Handlebars.compile(rcTemplateString);
+  const rcString = rcTemplate({});
+  rcOutStream.write(rcString);
+
+  const ignoreTemplateString = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, IGNORE_TEMPLATE_FILE)).toString();
+  const ignoreTemplate = Handlebars.compile(ignoreTemplateString);
+  const ignoreString = ignoreTemplate({});
+  ignoreOutStream.write(ignoreString);
+}
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/templates/database-template.handlebars b/packages/codegen/src/templates/database-template.handlebars
index 14f512b6..71fdab89 100644
--- a/packages/codegen/src/templates/database-template.handlebars
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/templates/database-template.handlebars
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ export class Database {
   }
 
   {{#each queries as | query |}}
+  // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
+  {{#if (banTypeCheck (capitalize query.name tillIndex=1)) }}
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
+  {{/if}}
   async get{{capitalize query.name tillIndex=1}} ({ blockHash, contractAddress
   {{~#each query.params}}, {{this.name~}} {{/each}} }: { blockHash: string, contractAddress: string
   {{~#each query.params}}, {{this.name~}}: {{this.type~}} {{/each}} }): Promise<{{capitalize query.name tillIndex=1}} | undefined> {
@@ -54,14 +58,18 @@ export class Database {
         {{#each query.params}}
         {{this.name}}{{#unless @last}},{{/unless}}
         {{/each}}
-      })
+      });
   }
 
   {{/each}}
 
   {{~#each queries as | query |}}
+  // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
+  {{#if (banTypeCheck (capitalize query.name tillIndex=1)) }}
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
+  {{/if}}
   async save{{capitalize query.name tillIndex=1}} ({ blockHash, contractAddress
-  {{~#each query.params}}, {{this.name~}} {{/each}}, value, proof}: DeepPartial<{{capitalize query.name tillIndex=1}}>): Promise<{{capitalize query.name tillIndex=1}}> {
+  {{~#each query.params}}, {{this.name~}} {{/each}}, value, proof }: DeepPartial<{{capitalize query.name tillIndex=1}}>): Promise<{{capitalize query.name tillIndex=1}}> {
     const repo = this._conn.getRepository({{capitalize query.name tillIndex=1}});
     const entity = repo.create({ blockHash, contractAddress
     {{~#each query.params}}, {{this.name~}} {{/each}}, value, proof });
@@ -184,9 +192,9 @@ export class Database {
     }, new Map<string, string>());
   }
 
-  _setPropColMaps () {
+  _setPropColMaps (): void {
     {{#each queries as | query |}}
-    this._propColMaps['{{capitalize query.name tillIndex=1}}'] = this._getPropertyColumnMapForEntity('{{capitalize query.name tillIndex=1}}');
+    this._propColMaps.{{capitalize query.name tillIndex=1}} = this._getPropertyColumnMapForEntity('{{capitalize query.name tillIndex=1}}');
     {{/each}}
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/templates/entity-template.handlebars b/packages/codegen/src/templates/entity-template.handlebars
index 438d9510..eedb7299 100644
--- a/packages/codegen/src/templates/entity-template.handlebars
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/templates/entity-template.handlebars
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 import { {{~#each import.toImport}} {{this}} {{~#unless @last}}, {{~/unless}} {{~/each}} } from '{{import.from}}';
 {{/each}}
 
-import { bigintTransformer } from '@vulcanize/util';
-
 @Entity()
 {{#each indexOn as | index |}}
 {{#if index.columns}}
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/templates/eslintignore-template.handlebars b/packages/codegen/src/templates/eslintignore-template.handlebars
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55cb5225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/templates/eslintignore-template.handlebars
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Don't lint build output.
+dist
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/templates/eslintrc-template.handlebars b/packages/codegen/src/templates/eslintrc-template.handlebars
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..476d529d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/templates/eslintrc-template.handlebars
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+    "env": {
+        "browser": true,
+        "es2021": true
+    },
+    "extends": [
+        "semistandard",
+        "plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended"
+    ],
+    "parser": "@typescript-eslint/parser",
+    "parserOptions": {
+        "ecmaVersion": 12,
+        "sourceType": "module"
+    },
+    "plugins": [
+        "@typescript-eslint"
+    ],
+    "rules": {
+        "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": "off",
+        "@typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types": [
+            "warn",
+            {
+                "allowArgumentsExplicitlyTypedAsAny": true
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/templates/indexer-template.handlebars b/packages/codegen/src/templates/indexer-template.handlebars
index 820c0bf2..260d4fd5 100644
--- a/packages/codegen/src/templates/indexer-template.handlebars
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/templates/indexer-template.handlebars
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import debug from 'debug';
 import { JsonFragment } from '@ethersproject/abi';
 import { DeepPartial } from 'typeorm';
 import JSONbig from 'json-bigint';
-import { BigNumber, ethers } from 'ethers';
+import { ethers } from 'ethers';
 import { BaseProvider } from '@ethersproject/providers';
 
 import { EthClient } from '@vulcanize/ipld-eth-client';
-import { getStorageValue, GetStorageAt, StorageLayout } from '@vulcanize/solidity-mapper';
+import { StorageLayout } from '@vulcanize/solidity-mapper';
 import { EventInterface, Indexer as BaseIndexer, ValueResult, UNKNOWN_EVENT_NAME } from '@vulcanize/util';
 
 import { Database } from './database';
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ export class Indexer {
   {{#each queries as | query |}}
   async {{query.name}} (blockHash: string, contractAddress: string
     {{~#each query.params}}, {{this.name~}}: {{this.type~}} {{/each}}): Promise<ValueResult> {
-
     const entity = await this._db.get{{capitalize query.name tillIndex=1}}({ blockHash, contractAddress
     {{~#each query.params}}, {{this.name~}} {{~/each}} });
     if (entity) {
@@ -119,21 +118,22 @@ export class Indexer {
     const contract = new ethers.Contract(contractAddress, this._abi, this._ethProvider);
 
     const { block: { number } } = await this._ethClient.getBlockByHash(blockHash);
-    const blockNumber = BigNumber.from(number).toNumber();
+    const blockNumber = ethers.BigNumber.from(number).toNumber();
+
+    {{#if (compare query.returnType 'bigint')}}
     let value = await contract.{{query.name}}(
     {{~#each query.params}}{{this.name}}, {{/each}}{ blockTag: blockNumber });
-
-    {{~#if (compare query.returnType 'bigint')}}
-
     value = value.toString();
     value = BigInt(value);
+    {{else}}
+    const value = await contract.{{query.name}}(
+    {{~#each query.params}}{{this.name}}, {{/each}}{ blockTag: blockNumber });
     {{/if}}
 
     const result: ValueResult = { value };
     {{/if}}
 
     {{~#if (compare query.mode @root.constants.MODE_STORAGE)}}
-
     const result = await this._baseIndexer.getStorageValue(
       this._storageLayout,
       blockHash,
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ export class Indexer {
   }
 
   {{/each}}
-
   async triggerIndexingOnEvent (event: Event): Promise<void> {
     // TODO: Implement custom hooks.
+    assert(event);
   }
 
   async processEvent (event: Event): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/templates/package-template.handlebars b/packages/codegen/src/templates/package-template.handlebars
index fbc7247a..0e50699e 100644
--- a/packages/codegen/src/templates/package-template.handlebars
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/templates/package-template.handlebars
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
+    "lint": "eslint .",
     "build": "tsc",
     "server": "DEBUG=vulcanize:* ts-node src/server.ts",
     "job-runner": "DEBUG=vulcanize:* ts-node src/job-runner.ts",
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/vulcanize/watcher-ts#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@apollo/client": "^3.3.19",
+    "@ethersproject/providers": "5.3.0",
     "@vulcanize/cache": "^0.1.0",
     "@vulcanize/ipld-eth-client": "^0.1.0",
     "@vulcanize/solidity-mapper": "^0.1.0",
@@ -33,13 +34,24 @@
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "graphql": "^15.5.0",
     "graphql-import-node": "^0.0.4",
+    "json-bigint": "^1.0.0",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
+    "typeorm": "^0.2.32",
     "yargs": "^17.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@ethersproject/abi": "^5.3.0",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.11",
     "@types/yargs": "^17.0.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.25.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.25.0",
+    "eslint": "^7.27.0",
+    "eslint-config-semistandard": "^15.0.1",
+    "eslint-config-standard": "^16.0.3",
+    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.23.3",
+    "eslint-plugin-node": "^11.1.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^5.1.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-standard": "^5.0.0",
     "ts-node": "^10.0.0",
     "typescript": "^4.3.2"
   }
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/utils/handlebar-helpers.ts b/packages/codegen/src/utils/handlebar-helpers.ts
index 87c8dfe9..abcaacf1 100644
--- a/packages/codegen/src/utils/handlebar-helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/utils/handlebar-helpers.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
 import Handlebars from 'handlebars';
 
+import { bannedTypes } from './types';
+
 export function registerHandlebarHelpers (): void {
   Handlebars.registerHelper('compare', compareHelper);
   Handlebars.registerHelper('capitalize', capitalizeHelper);
+  Handlebars.registerHelper('banTypeCheck', banTypeCheckHelper);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -50,3 +53,7 @@ function capitalizeHelper (value: string, options: any): string {
 
   return result;
 }
+
+function banTypeCheckHelper (value: string): boolean {
+  return bannedTypes.has(value);
+}
diff --git a/packages/codegen/src/utils/types.ts b/packages/codegen/src/utils/types.ts
index 2a99ad6b..af4ba2a0 100644
--- a/packages/codegen/src/utils/types.ts
+++ b/packages/codegen/src/utils/types.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ export interface Param {
   name: string;
   type: string;
 }
+
+export const bannedTypes = new Set([
+  'Symbol'
+]);
diff --git a/packages/erc20-watcher/package.json b/packages/erc20-watcher/package.json
index aecbf9c4..88f2c0b5 100644
--- a/packages/erc20-watcher/package.json
+++ b/packages/erc20-watcher/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/vulcanize/watcher-ts#readme",
   "dependencies": {
     "@apollo/client": "^3.3.19",
+    "@ethersproject/providers": "5.3.0",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.168",
     "@vulcanize/cache": "^0.1.0",
     "@vulcanize/ipld-eth-client": "^0.1.0",
@@ -63,7 +64,6 @@
     "@ethersproject/abi": "^5.3.0",
     "@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers": "^2.0.2",
     "@nomiclabs/hardhat-waffle": "^2.0.1",
-    "@openzeppelin/contracts": "^4.3.1",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.11",
     "@types/json-bigint": "^1.0.0",
     "@types/yargs": "^17.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index da8adca3..969d8573 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1979,11 +1979,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@openzeppelin/contracts/-/contracts-3.4.1-solc-0.7-2.tgz#371c67ebffe50f551c3146a9eec5fe6ffe862e92"
   integrity sha512-tAG9LWg8+M2CMu7hIsqHPaTyG4uDzjr6mhvH96LvOpLZZj6tgzTluBt+LsCf1/QaYrlis6pITvpIaIhE+iZB+Q==
 
-"@openzeppelin/contracts@^4.3.1":
-  version "4.3.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@openzeppelin/contracts/-/contracts-4.3.1.tgz#c01f791ce6c9d3989ac1a643267501dbe336b9e3"
-  integrity sha512-QjgbPPlmDK2clK1hzjw2ROfY8KA5q+PfhDUUxZFEBCZP9fi6d5FuNoh/Uq0oCTMEKPmue69vhX2jcl0N/tFKGw==
-
 "@openzeppelin/contracts@^4.3.2":
   version "4.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@openzeppelin/contracts/-/contracts-4.3.2.tgz#ff80affd6d352dbe1bbc5b4e1833c41afd6283b6"
@@ -2400,6 +2395,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/http-errors/-/http-errors-1.8.0.tgz#682477dbbbd07cd032731cb3b0e7eaee3d026b69"
   integrity sha512-2aoSC4UUbHDj2uCsCxcG/vRMXey/m17bC7UwitVm5hn22nI8O8Y9iDpA76Orc+DWkQ4zZrOKEshCqR/jSuXAHA==
 
+"@types/js-yaml@^4.0.3":
+  version "4.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.0.3.tgz#9f33cd6fbf0d5ec575dc8c8fc69c7fec1b4eb200"
+  integrity sha512-5t9BhoORasuF5uCPr+d5/hdB++zRFUTMIZOzbNkr+jZh3yQht4HYbRDyj9fY8n2TZT30iW9huzav73x4NikqWg==
+
 "@types/json-bigint@^1.0.0":
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/json-bigint/-/json-bigint-1.0.0.tgz#7a4726540cc6fe47cfa54b9b3022b89cf7fe1517"