diff --git a/src/frontend/src/pages/AdminPage/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/pages/AdminPage/index.tsx
index f7b34da57..9a108be9b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/pages/AdminPage/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/pages/AdminPage/index.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../controllers/API";
 import ConfirmationModal from "../../modals/ConfirmationModal";
 import UserManagementModal from "../../modals/UserManagementModal";
+import { UserInputType } from "../../types/components";
 
 export default function AdminPage() {
   const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState("");
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ export default function AdminPage() {
       });
   }
 
-  function handleNewUser(user) {
+  function handleNewUser(user: UserInputType) {
     addUser(user)
       .then((res) => {
         resetFilter();
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts b/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts
index 0f2b8c8f5..ddac47d9f 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/types/components/index.ts
@@ -230,6 +230,6 @@ export type loginInputStateType = {
 export type UserInputType = {
   username: string;
   password: string;
-  is_active: boolean;
-  is_superuser: boolean;
+  is_active?: boolean;
+  is_superuser?: boolean;
 };