diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7da8db506d..a54f9e037b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "devDependencies": {
     "@rollup/plugin-json": "^4.0.2",
+    "@types/supertest": "^2.0.12",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "5.45.0",
     "babel-eslint": "^10.0.3",
     "eslint": "^7.28.0",
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/public/tests/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/public/tests/utils.ts
index ad468332e6..35770aaab5 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/public/tests/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/public/tests/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 import { checkSlashesInUrl } from "../../../../utilities"
 
+export type MakeRequestResponse = (
+  method: string,
+  endpoint: string,
+  body?: any,
+  intAppId?: string
+) => Promise<any>
+
 export function generateMakeRequest(apiKey: string, setup: any) {
   const request = setup.getRequest()
   const config = setup.getConfig()
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/utilities/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/utilities/index.ts
index 519e8a1459..2786d2ba12 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/utilities/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/utilities/index.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function delay(ms: number) {
   return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
 }
 
-let request: any, config: any
+let request: any, config: TestConfig
 
 export function beforeAll() {
   config = new TestConfig()
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ export function afterAll() {
   // clear app files
 
   request = null
-  config = null
 }
 
 export function getRequest() {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts
index 7ac20e14ef..fe463fea36 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import { cleanup } from "../../utilities/fileSystem"
 import newid from "../../db/newid"
 import { generateUserMetadataID } from "../../db/utils"
 import { startup } from "../../startup"
-const supertest = require("supertest")
+import supertest from "supertest"
 
 const GLOBAL_USER_ID = "us_uuid1"
 const EMAIL = "babs@babs.com"
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const CSRF_TOKEN = "e3727778-7af0-4226-b5eb-f43cbe60a306"
 
 class TestConfiguration {
   server: any
-  request: any
+  request: supertest.SuperTest<supertest.Test> | undefined
   started: boolean
   appId: string | null
   allApps: any[]
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 60cb598a60..f80cde1b6f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -986,6 +986,11 @@
     estree-walker "^1.0.1"
     picomatch "^2.2.2"
 
+"@types/cookiejar@*":
+  version "2.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/cookiejar/-/cookiejar-2.1.2.tgz#66ad9331f63fe8a3d3d9d8c6e3906dd10f6446e8"
+  integrity sha512-t73xJJrvdTjXrn4jLS9VSGRbz0nUY3cl2DMGDU48lKl+HR9dbbjW2A9r3g40VA++mQpy6uuHg33gy7du2BKpog==
+
 "@types/estree@0.0.39":
   version "0.0.39"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/estree/-/estree-0.0.39.tgz#e177e699ee1b8c22d23174caaa7422644389509f"
@@ -1001,6 +1006,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.2.tgz#ee771e2ba4b3dc5b372935d549fd9617bf345b8c"
   integrity sha512-jhuKLIRrhvCPLqwPcx6INqmKeiA5EWrsCOPhrlFSrbrmU4ZMPjj5Ul/oLCMDO98XRUIwVm78xICz4EPCektzeQ==
 
+"@types/node@*":
+  version "18.11.18"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-18.11.18.tgz#8dfb97f0da23c2293e554c5a50d61ef134d7697f"
+  integrity sha512-DHQpWGjyQKSHj3ebjFI/wRKcqQcdR+MoFBygntYOZytCqNfkd2ZC4ARDJ2DQqhjH5p85Nnd3jhUJIXrszFX/JA==
+
 "@types/node@>= 8":
   version "18.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-18.0.0.tgz#67c7b724e1bcdd7a8821ce0d5ee184d3b4dd525a"
@@ -1011,6 +1021,21 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/normalize-package-data/-/normalize-package-data-2.4.1.tgz#d3357479a0fdfdd5907fe67e17e0a85c906e1301"
   integrity sha512-Gj7cI7z+98M282Tqmp2K5EIsoouUEzbBJhQQzDE3jSIRk6r9gsz0oUokqIUR4u1R3dMHo0pDHM7sNOHyhulypw==
 
+"@types/superagent@*":
+  version "4.1.16"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/superagent/-/superagent-4.1.16.tgz#12c9c16f232f9d89beab91d69368f96ce8e2d881"
+  integrity sha512-tLfnlJf6A5mB6ddqF159GqcDizfzbMUB1/DeT59/wBNqzRTNNKsaw79A/1TZ84X+f/EwWH8FeuSkjlCLyqS/zQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/cookiejar" "*"
+    "@types/node" "*"
+
+"@types/supertest@^2.0.12":
+  version "2.0.12"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/supertest/-/supertest-2.0.12.tgz#ddb4a0568597c9aadff8dbec5b2e8fddbe8692fc"
+  integrity sha512-X3HPWTwXRerBZS7Mo1k6vMVR1Z6zmJcDVn5O/31whe0tnjE4te6ZJSJGq1RiqHPjzPdMTfjCFogDJmwng9xHaQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/superagent" "*"
+
 "@typescript-eslint/parser@5.45.0":
   version "5.45.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@typescript-eslint/parser/-/parser-5.45.0.tgz#b18a5f6b3cf1c2b3e399e9d2df4be40d6b0ddd0e"