diff --git a/dashboard.py b/dashboard.py
index 9010e1b8..715fd230 100644
--- a/dashboard.py
+++ b/dashboard.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import time
 import tkinter as tk
 from calendar import timegm
 from os.path import getsize, isdir, isfile
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, cast
+
+from watchdog.observers.api import BaseObserver
 
 from config import config
 from EDMCLogging import get_main_logger
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ class Dashboard(FileSystemEventHandler):
 
         if not self.observed and not (sys.platform != 'win32'):
             logger.debug('Starting observer...')
-            self.observed = self.observer.schedule(self, self.currentdir)
+            self.observed = cast(BaseObserver, self.observer).schedule(self, self.currentdir)
             logger.debug('Done')
 
         logger.info(f'{(sys.platform != "win32") and "Polling" or "Monitoring"} Dashboard "{self.currentdir}"')
diff --git a/debug_webserver.py b/debug_webserver.py
index ace82a33..48f473a4 100644
--- a/debug_webserver.py
+++ b/debug_webserver.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ SAFE_TRANSLATE = str.maketrans({x: '_' for x in "!@#$%^&*()./\\\r\n[]-+='\";:?<>
 class LoggingHandler(server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     """HTTP Handler implementation that logs to EDMCs logger and writes data to files on disk."""
 
-    def __init__(self, request: bytes, client_address: Tuple[str, int], server) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, request, client_address: Tuple[str, int], server) -> None:
         super().__init__(request, client_address, server)
 
     def log_message(self, format: str, *args: Any) -> None: