diff --git a/src/frontend/package.json b/src/frontend/package.json
index a5c4d61eb..f6dbc3be7 100644
--- a/src/frontend/package.json
+++ b/src/frontend/package.json
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@
     "start": "vite",
     "build": "vite build",
     "serve": "vite preview",
-    "format": "npx prettier --write \"**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,json,md}\""
+    "format": "npx prettier --write \"**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,json,md}\"",
+    "type-check": "tsc --noEmit --pretty --project tsconfig.json && vite"
   },
   "eslintConfig": {
     "extends": [
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/types/api/index.ts b/src/frontend/src/types/api/index.ts
index 0354e69fe..df46399dc 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/types/api/index.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/types/api/index.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export type APIClassType = {
   input_types?: Array<string>;
   output_types?: Array<string>;
   documentation: string;
-  [key: string]: Array<string> | string | APITemplateType;
+  [key: string]: Array<string> | string | APITemplateType | undefined;
 };
 
 export type TemplateVariableType = {
diff --git a/src/frontend/tsconfig.json b/src/frontend/tsconfig.json
index c411ff4e7..1879137c5 100644
--- a/src/frontend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/frontend/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
-    "strict": false,
+    "strict": true,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
     "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
     "module": "esnext",