diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/highlight/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/highlight/index.ts
index 6dcf3cfe9..046b97495 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/highlight/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/highlight/index.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export const mergeHighlightResolver = authorized<
   const mergedColors: string[] = []
 
   try {
-    const existingHighlights = await authTrx(
+    const existingHighlights = await authTrx<any[]>(
       (tx) =>
         tx
           .withRepository(highlightRepository)
diff --git a/packages/api/src/schema.ts b/packages/api/src/schema.ts
index f2de7a2c9..8af1ed1d3 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/schema.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import gql from 'graphql-tag'
 
-const schema = gql`
+const schema: any = gql`
   # Scalars
 
   scalar Date
diff --git a/packages/api/src/server.ts b/packages/api/src/server.ts
index 724e3f024..9ff41c75e 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/server.ts
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ const PORT = process.env.PORT || 4000
 export const createApp = async (): Promise<Application> => {
   // Dynamically import Express to avoid static require() of ES module
   const expressModule = await import('express')
-  const expressFn = expressModule.default ?? expressModule
-  const app: Application = expressFn()
+  const expressFn = expressModule.default || expressModule
+  const app: Application = (expressFn as any)()
 
   // Initialize Sentry dynamically to avoid static require() of ES module
   const Sentry = await import('@sentry/node')
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ const main = async (): Promise<void> => {
   await apolloServer.start()
   // Disable ApolloServer's internal body parser since express.json() is applied globally
   apolloServer.applyMiddleware({
-    app,
+    app: app as any,
     path: '/api/graphql',
     cors: corsConfig,
     bodyParserConfig: false,
diff --git a/packages/content-handler/package.json b/packages/content-handler/package.json
index e1f4604ee..3468c9396 100644
--- a/packages/content-handler/package.json
+++ b/packages/content-handler/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "linkedom": "^0.14.16",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "luxon": "^3.0.4",
+    "minimatch": "^10.0.3",
     "underscore": "^1.13.6",
     "uuid": "^9.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/content-handler/tsconfig.json b/packages/content-handler/tsconfig.json
index 48d435fdf..87671b182 100644
--- a/packages/content-handler/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/content-handler/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {
-  "extends": "./../../tsconfig.json",
+  "extends": "./../../tsconfig.base.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": ".",
     "declaration": true,
-    "outDir": "build"
+    "outDir": "build",
+    "skipLibCheck": true
   },
   "include": ["src"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/package.json b/packages/text-to-speech/package.json
index 869a9b573..dbac8b832 100644
--- a/packages/text-to-speech/package.json
+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/package.json
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/chai": "^4.3.14",
     "@types/html-to-text": "^8.1.1",
+    "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.7",
     "@types/mocha": "^10.0.6",
     "@types/natural": "^5.1.1",
     "@types/node": "^14.11.2",
     "@types/underscore": "^1.11.4",
-    "@types/jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.7",
     "chai": "^4.3.6",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^4.0.0",
     "mocha": "^10.0.0"
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
     "linkedom": "^0.14.12",
     "microsoft-cognitiveservices-speech-sdk": "1.30",
+    "minimatch": "^10.0.3",
     "natural": "^6.2.0",
     "nodemon": "^2.0.15",
     "underscore": "^1.13.4"
diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/src/azureTextToSpeech.ts b/packages/text-to-speech/src/azureTextToSpeech.ts
index fe43b826f..1b2174066 100644
--- a/packages/text-to-speech/src/azureTextToSpeech.ts
+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/src/azureTextToSpeech.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class AzureTextToSpeech implements TextToSpeech {
 
     synthesizer.synthesizing = function (s, e) {
       // convert arrayBuffer to stream and write to stream
-      audioStream?.write(Buffer.from(e.result.audioData))
+      audioStream?.write(new Uint8Array(e.result.audioData))
     }
 
     // The event synthesis completed signals that the synthesis is completed.
diff --git a/packages/text-to-speech/tsconfig.json b/packages/text-to-speech/tsconfig.json
index 7634a8d53..ea61391ad 100644
--- a/packages/text-to-speech/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/text-to-speech/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 {
-  "extends": "./../../tsconfig.json",
+  "extends": "./../../tsconfig.base.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "build",
     "rootDir": ".",
-    // Generate d.ts files
-    "declaration": true
+    "declaration": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "strict": false,
+    "lib": ["ES2020", "esnext.disposable"]
   },
-  "include": ["src", "test"]
+  "include": ["src"]
 }