diff --git a/backend/.eslintignore b/backend/.eslintignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e19e2338d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+node_modules/
+build/
+coverage/
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diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 60ecba12e..7137d5c25 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "build": "tsc && tsc-alias && ./scripts/build.copy.files.sh",
     "dev": "nodemon --exec ts-node --require tsconfig-paths/register src/ -e js,ts,gql",
     "dev:debug": "nodemon --exec babel-node --inspect=0.0.0.0:9229 src/ -e js,ts,gql",
-    "lint": "eslint --max-warnings=0 --ext .js,.ts ./src",
+    "lint": "eslint --max-warnings=0 --ext .js,.ts .",
     "test": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192 jest --runInBand --coverage --forceExit --detectOpenHandles",
     "db:reset": "ts-node --require tsconfig-paths/register src/db/reset.ts",
     "db:reset:withmigrations": "ts-node --require tsconfig-paths/register src/db/reset-with-migrations.ts",
diff --git a/backend/test/setup.ts b/backend/test/setup.ts
index d2f24bd40..594b9763d 100644
--- a/backend/test/setup.ts
+++ b/backend/test/setup.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 // Polyfill missing encoders in jsdom
 // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68468203/why-am-i-getting-textencoder-is-not-defined-in-jest
-import { TextEncoder, TextDecoder } from 'util'
-global.TextEncoder = TextEncoder
-global.TextDecoder = TextDecoder as any
+// import { TextEncoder, TextDecoder } from 'util'
+
+// global.TextEncoder = TextEncoder
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
+// global.TextDecoder = TextDecoder as any
 
 // Metascraper takes longer nowadays, double time
-jest.setTimeout(10000)
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+// jest.setTimeout(10000)