diff --git a/src/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts b/src/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
index db87094f4..4d9c73f3d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import clsx, { ClassValue } from "clsx";
 import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";
 import { ADJECTIVES, DESCRIPTIONS, NOUNS } from "../flow_constants";
-import { APIDataType } from "../types/api";
+import { APIDataType, TemplateVariableType } from "../types/api";
 import {
   IVarHighlightType,
   groupedObjType,
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export function groupByFamily(
     "int",
   ]);
 
-  const checkBaseClass = (template) =>
+  const checkBaseClass = (template: TemplateVariableType) =>
     template.type &&
     template.show &&
     ((!excludeTypes.has(template.type) && baseClassesSet.has(template.type)) ||
diff --git a/src/frontend/tsconfig.json b/src/frontend/tsconfig.json
index 1879137c5..88e7e83a6 100644
--- a/src/frontend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/frontend/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
-    "strict": true,
+    "strict": false,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
     "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
     "module": "esnext",
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "isolatedModules": true,
     "noEmit": true,
     "jsx": "react-jsx",
-    "noImplicitAny": false
+    "noImplicitAny": true
   },
   "include": ["src"]
 }