diff --git a/backend/src/db/factories.ts b/backend/src/db/factories.ts
index 7a365b80d..6ec7f49b2 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/factories.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/factories.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const uniqueImageUrl = (imageUrl) => {
   return newUrl.toString()
 }
 
-export const cleanDatabase = async (options = {}) => {
+export const cleanDatabase = async (options: any = {}) => {
   const { driver = getDriver() } = options
   const session = driver.session()
   try {
diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200123150105-merge_duplicate_user_accounts.ts b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200123150105-merge_duplicate_user_accounts.ts
index 0914d6b22..7d98d9dcc 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200123150105-merge_duplicate_user_accounts.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200123150105-merge_duplicate_user_accounts.ts
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ export function up(next) {
   rxSession
     .beginTransaction()
     .pipe(
-      flatMap((txc) =>
+      flatMap((txc: any) =>
         concat(
           txc
             .run('MATCH (email:EmailAddress) RETURN email {.email}')
             .records()
             .pipe(
-              map((record) => {
+              map((record: any) => {
                 const { email } = record.get('email')
                 const normalizedEmail = normalizeEmail(email)
                 return { email, normalizedEmail }
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function up(next) {
                   )
                   .records()
                   .pipe(
-                    map((r) => ({
+                    map((r: any) => ({
                       oldEmail: email,
                       email: r.get('email'),
                       user: r.get('user'),
diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200123150110-merge_duplicate_location_nodes.ts b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200123150110-merge_duplicate_location_nodes.ts
index 66560ec51..10b77c6dd 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200123150110-merge_duplicate_location_nodes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200123150110-merge_duplicate_location_nodes.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export function up(next) {
   rxSession
     .beginTransaction()
     .pipe(
-      flatMap((transaction) =>
+      flatMap((transaction: any) =>
         concat(
           transaction
             .run(
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function up(next) {
             )
             .records()
             .pipe(
-              map((record) => {
+              map((record: any) => {
                 const { id: locationId } = record.get('location')
                 return { locationId }
               }),
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export function up(next) {
                   )
                   .records()
                   .pipe(
-                    map((record) => ({
+                    map((record: any) => ({
                       location: record.get('location'),
                       updatedLocation: record.get('updatedLocation'),
                     })),
diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200312140328-bulk_upload_to_s3.ts b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200312140328-bulk_upload_to_s3.ts
index ee9aba023..356004237 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200312140328-bulk_upload_to_s3.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations-examples/20200312140328-bulk_upload_to_s3.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { existsSync, createReadStream } from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 import { S3 } from 'aws-sdk'
 import mime from 'mime-types'
-import { s3Configs } from '../../config'
+import s3Configs from '../../config'
 import https from 'https'
 
 export const description = `