diff --git a/scripts/extractLayer.ts b/scripts/extractLayer.ts
index 5fd0c4306..66f52ddb1 100644
--- a/scripts/extractLayer.ts
+++ b/scripts/extractLayer.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function main(args: string[]) {
     const layerId = args[1]
 
     const themePath = "./assets/themes/" + themeId + "/" + themeId + ".json"
-    const contents = <LayoutConfigJson>JSON.parse(readFileSync(themePath, "UTF-8"))
+    const contents = <LayoutConfigJson>JSON.parse(readFileSync(themePath, { encoding: "utf8" }))
     const layers = <LayerConfigJson[]>contents.layers.filter((l) => {
         if (typeof l === "string") {
             return false
diff --git a/scripts/generateContributors.ts b/scripts/generateContributors.ts
index 80643a3a6..6f526383a 100644
--- a/scripts/generateContributors.ts
+++ b/scripts/generateContributors.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
 import { exec } from "child_process"
 import { writeFile, writeFileSync } from "fs"
 
-function asList(hist: Map<string, number>): {
-    contributors: { contributor: string; commits: number }[]
-} {
-    const ls = []
+interface Contributor {
+    /**
+     * The name of the contributor
+     */
+    contributor: string
+    /**
+     * The number of commits
+     */
+    commits: number
+}
+
+interface ContributorList {
+    contributors: Contributor[]
+}
+
+function asList(hist: Map<string, number>): ContributorList {
+    const ls: Contributor[] = []
     hist.forEach((commits, contributor) => {
         ls.push({ commits, contributor })
     })