diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ebd0c9cf..943f61e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.202",
     "@types/lodash.debounce": "^4",
     "@types/luxon": "^3.4.2",
+    "@types/mime-types": "^2.1.4",
     "@types/morgan": "^1.9.9",
     "@types/node": "18",
     "@types/react": "^18.2.66",
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/App.tsx b/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
index ebe0dfe5..a5a247b0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ function App() {
 
       // first check if it is a single directory, and if so, read it recursively
       if (filePaths.length === 1) {
-        const firstFilePath = filePaths[0];
+        const firstFilePath = filePaths[0]!;
         const firstFileStat = await lstat(firstFilePath);
         if (firstFileStat.isDirectory()) {
           console.log('Reading directory...');
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/edlStore.ts b/src/renderer/src/edlStore.ts
index 6328cab4..7ea36ac4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/edlStore.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/edlStore.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import JSON5 from 'json5';
 import i18n from 'i18next';
-import type { parse as CueParse } from 'cue-parser';
 import invariant from 'tiny-invariant';
 
 import { parseSrtToSegments, formatSrt, parseCuesheet, parseXmeml, parseFcpXml, parseCsv, parseCutlist, parsePbf, parseMplayerEdl, formatCsvHuman, formatTsv, formatCsvFrames, formatCsvSeconds, parseCsvTime, getFrameValParser, parseDvAnalyzerSummaryTxt } from './edlFormats';
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ import { getOutPath } from './util';
 import { EdlExportType, EdlFileType, EdlImportType, Segment, StateSegment } from './types';
 
 const { readFile, writeFile } = window.require('fs/promises');
-const cueParser: { parse: typeof CueParse } = window.require('cue-parser');
+const cueParser = window.require('cue-parser');
 const { basename } = window.require('path');
 
 const { dialog } = window.require('@electron/remote');
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ export async function saveLlcProject({ savePath, filePath, cutSegments }) {
 }
 
 export async function loadLlcProject(path: string) {
-  const parsed = JSON5.parse(await readFile(path)) as unknown;
+  const parsed = JSON5.parse(await readFile(path) as unknown as string) as unknown;
   if (parsed == null || typeof parsed !== 'object') throw new Error('Invalid LLC file');
   let mediaFileName: string | undefined;
   if ('mediaFileName' in parsed && typeof parsed.mediaFileName === 'string') {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/hooks/useFrameCapture.ts b/src/renderer/src/hooks/useFrameCapture.ts
index 41335e1c..f213ae1d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/hooks/useFrameCapture.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/hooks/useFrameCapture.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import dataUriToBuffer from 'data-uri-to-buffer';
 import pMap from 'p-map';
 import { useCallback } from 'react';
-import type * as FsPromises from 'node:fs/promises';
 
 import { getSuffixedOutPath, getOutDir, transferTimestamps, getSuffixedFileName, getOutPath, escapeRegExp, fsOperationWithRetry } from '../util';
 import { getNumDigits } from '../segments';
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ import { FormatTimecode } from '../types';
 import { CaptureFormat } from '../../../../types';
 
 const mime = window.require('mime-types');
-const { rename, readdir, writeFile }: typeof FsPromises = window.require('fs/promises');
+const { rename, readdir, writeFile } = window.require('fs/promises');
 
 
 function getFrameFromVideo(video: HTMLVideoElement, format: CaptureFormat, quality: number) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/index.tsx b/src/renderer/src/index.tsx
index 14450b3d..000ad8fb 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/index.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import { enableMapSet } from 'immer';
 import * as Electron from 'electron';
 import Remote from '@electron/remote';
 import type path from 'node:path';
+import type fsPromises from 'node:fs/promises';
+import type fsExtraRaw from 'fs-extra';
+import type mimeTypes from 'mime-types';
+import type i18nextFsBackend from 'i18next-fs-backend';
+import type fileType from 'file-type';
+import type cueParser from 'cue-parser';
 
 import '@fontsource/open-sans/300.css';
 import '@fontsource/open-sans/300-italic.css';
@@ -29,6 +35,9 @@ import './main.css';
 import './swal2.scss';
 
 
+// something wrong with the tyep
+type FsExtra = typeof fsExtraRaw & { exists: (p: string) => Promise<boolean> };
+
 type TypedRemote = Omit<typeof Remote, 'require'> & {
   require: <T extends string>(module: T) => (
     T extends './index.js' ? typeof main :
@@ -43,9 +52,15 @@ declare global {
       T extends '@electron/remote' ? TypedRemote :
       T extends 'electron' ? typeof Electron :
       T extends 'path' ? typeof path :
-      // todo more
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-      any
+      T extends 'node:path' ? typeof path :
+      T extends 'fs/promises' ? typeof fsPromises :
+      T extends 'node:fs/promises' ? typeof fsPromises :
+      T extends 'fs-extra' ? FsExtra :
+      T extends 'mime-types' ? typeof mimeTypes :
+      T extends 'i18next-fs-backend' ? typeof i18nextFsBackend :
+      T extends 'file-type' ? typeof fileType :
+      T extends 'cue-parser' ? typeof cueParser :
+      never
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/util.ts b/src/renderer/src/util.ts
index f19be996..bd444d91 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/util.ts
@@ -5,18 +5,15 @@ import prettyBytes from 'pretty-bytes';
 import sortBy from 'lodash/sortBy';
 import pRetry, { Options } from 'p-retry';
 import { ExecaError } from 'execa';
-import type * as FsPromises from 'node:fs/promises';
-import type * as FsExtra from 'fs-extra';
-import type { PlatformPath } from 'node:path';
 
 import isDev from './isDev';
 import Swal, { errorToast, toast } from './swal';
 import { ffmpegExtractWindow } from './util/constants';
 import { appName } from '../../main/common';
 
-const { dirname, parse: parsePath, join, extname, isAbsolute, resolve, basename }: PlatformPath = window.require('path');
-const fsExtra: typeof FsExtra = window.require('fs-extra');
-const { stat, lstat, readdir, utimes, unlink }: typeof FsPromises = window.require('fs/promises');
+const { dirname, parse: parsePath, join, extname, isAbsolute, resolve, basename } = window.require('path');
+const fsExtra = window.require('fs-extra');
+const { stat, lstat, readdir, utimes, unlink } = window.require('fs/promises');
 const { ipcRenderer } = window.require('electron');
 const remote = window.require('@electron/remote');
 const { isWindows, isMac } = remote.require('./index.js');
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7dc6e7f1..8b73d6a7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2089,6 +2089,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@types/mime-types@npm:^2.1.4":
+  version: 2.1.4
+  resolution: "@types/mime-types@npm:2.1.4"
+  checksum: 10/f8c521c54ee0c0b9f90a65356a80b1413ed27ccdc94f5c7ebb3de5d63cedb559cd2610ea55b4100805c7349606a920d96e54f2d16b2f0afa6b7cd5253967ccc9
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@types/mime@npm:*":
   version: 3.0.4
   resolution: "@types/mime@npm:3.0.4"
@@ -7483,6 +7490,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/lodash": "npm:^4.14.202"
     "@types/lodash.debounce": "npm:^4"
     "@types/luxon": "npm:^3.4.2"
+    "@types/mime-types": "npm:^2.1.4"
     "@types/morgan": "npm:^1.9.9"
     "@types/node": "npm:18"
     "@types/react": "npm:^18.2.66"