diff --git a/lib/internal/graph/graphQL.ts b/lib/internal/graph/graphQL.ts
index 4d4c440b1..f2e3db5b3 100644
--- a/lib/internal/graph/graphQL.ts
+++ b/lib/internal/graph/graphQL.ts
@@ -299,14 +299,14 @@ function inlineFragments(q: string, name: string, moduleDir: string, fragmentDir
             const content = fs.readFileSync(p.join(fragmentDir, f)).toString();
             const graphql = gql(content);
             return {
-                name: (graphql.definitions[0]).name.value,
-                kind: (graphql.definitions[0]).kind,
+                name: (graphql.definitions[0] as any).name?.value,
+                kind: graphql.definitions[0].kind,
                 body: content.slice(content.indexOf("{") + 1, content.lastIndexOf("}") - 1),
             };
         }).filter(f => f.kind === "FragmentDefinition");
 
         FragmentExpression.lastIndex = 0;
-        let result;
+        let result: RegExpExecArray;
 
         // tslint:disable-next-line:no-conditional-assignment
         while (result = FragmentExpression.exec(q)) {
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ function locateAndLoadGraphql(
 ): string {
 
     let path = options.path;
-    const name = options.name;
     // Read subscription from file if given
     if (options.path) {
         if (!path.endsWith(".graphql")) {
@@ -346,7 +345,7 @@ function locateAndLoadGraphql(
             const queries = fs.readdirSync(queryDir).filter(f => f.endsWith(".graphql")).filter(f => {
                 const content = fs.readFileSync(p.join(queryDir, f)).toString();
                 const graphql = gql(content);
-                return (graphql.definitions[0]).name.value === options.name;
+                return (graphql.definitions[0] as any).name?.value === options.name;
             });
             if (queries.length === 1) {
                 path = p.join(queryDir, queries[0]);
diff --git a/lib/internal/transport/express/ExpressServer.ts b/lib/internal/transport/express/ExpressServer.ts
index fbc144f88..db1f4bac0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/transport/express/ExpressServer.ts
+++ b/lib/internal/transport/express/ExpressServer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as GitHubApi from "@octokit/rest";
+import { Octokit } from "@octokit/rest";
 import * as bodyParser from "body-parser";
 import * as express from "express";
 import * as passport from "passport";
@@ -112,19 +112,19 @@ export class ExpressServer {
         this.exp.options(`${this.apiBase}/log/events`, cors());
         this.exp.get(`${this.apiBase}/log/events`, cors(), this.adminRoute, this.authenticate,
             (req, res) => {
-                res.json(globals.eventStore().events(req.query.from));
+                res.json(globals.eventStore().events(req.query.from as unknown as number));
             });
 
         this.exp.options(`${this.apiBase}/log/commands`, cors());
         this.exp.get(`${this.apiBase}/log/commands`, cors(), this.adminRoute, this.authenticate,
             (req, res) => {
-                res.json(globals.eventStore().commands(req.query.from));
+                res.json(globals.eventStore().commands(req.query.from as unknown as number));
             });
 
         this.exp.options(`${this.apiBase}/log/messages`, cors());
         this.exp.get(`${this.apiBase}/log/messages`, cors(), this.adminRoute, this.authenticate,
             (req, res) => {
-                res.json(globals.eventStore().messages(req.query.from));
+                res.json(globals.eventStore().messages(req.query.from as unknown as number));
             });
 
         this.exp.options(`${this.apiBase}/series/events`, cors());
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ export class ExpressServer {
                     passReqToCallback: true,
                 } as bearer.IStrategyOptions,
                 (req, token, done) => {
-                    const api = new GitHubApi();
+                    const api = new Octokit();
                     api.authenticate({ type: "token", token });
                     api.users.getAuthenticated({})
                         .then(user => {
diff --git a/lib/internal/util/memory.ts b/lib/internal/util/memory.ts
index 1ff25ee9d..da73e94e5 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/memory.ts
+++ b/lib/internal/util/memory.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function initMemoryMonitoring(dataDirectory: string = `${appRoot.path}/he
  * Create a head dump that can be downloaded and used to profile head usage.
  * @returns {string}
  */
-export function mtrace(): string {
+export function mtrace(): void {
     try {
         logger.debug("Memory statistics '%j'", memoryUsage());
         const mtrace = require("mtrace");
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function mtrace(): string {
         }
         broadcast({ type: "atomist:gc" });
         broadcast({ type: "atomist:mtrace" });
-        return name;
+        return;
     } catch (err) {
         logger.error("Failed to initialise mtrace. Required 'mtrace' module is missing or can't be" +
             " loaded. Please install with 'npm install --save mtrace'");
diff --git a/lib/project/fileGlobs.ts b/lib/project/fileGlobs.ts
index 27b280159..4a76e5348 100644
--- a/lib/project/fileGlobs.ts
+++ b/lib/project/fileGlobs.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@ export const AllFiles = "**/**";
 
 /**
  * Negative glob to exclude .git directory
- * @type {string}
  */
 export const ExcludeGit = "!.git/**";
 
 /**
  * Negative glob to exclude node_modules directory. We nearly always want to exclude
  * this when handling node projects, for performance reasons.
- * @type {string}
  */
 export const ExcludeNodeModules = "!**/node_modules/**";
 
@@ -21,12 +19,10 @@ export const ExcludeTarget = "!target/**";
 /**
  * Default exclusions (git and node modules).
  * Must be combined with a positive glob.
- * @type {[string , string]}
  */
 export const DefaultExcludes = [ExcludeGit, ExcludeNodeModules, ExcludeTarget];
 
 /**
  * Include all files except with default exclusions (git and node modules)
- * @type {[string , string , string]}
  */
 export const DefaultFiles = [AllFiles].concat(DefaultExcludes);
diff --git a/test/project/support/AbstractProject.test.ts b/test/project/support/AbstractProject.test.ts
index e4f81195b..f8854ac5f 100644
--- a/test/project/support/AbstractProject.test.ts
+++ b/test/project/support/AbstractProject.test.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,12 @@
 import * as assert from "assert";
 import { GitHubRepoRef } from "../../../lib/operations/common/GitHubRepoRef";
-import {
-    AllFiles,
-    DefaultExcludes,
-    DefaultFiles,
-} from "../../../lib/project/fileGlobs";
 import { GitCommandGitProject } from "../../../lib/project/git/GitCommandGitProject";
-import { globMatchesWithin } from "../../../lib/project/support/AbstractProject";
 import { spawnPromise } from "../../../lib/util/child_process";
 
 describe("AbstractProject", () => {
 
     describe("globMatchesWithin", () => {
 
-        before(() => {
-            DefaultFiles.splice(1, DefaultFiles.length);
-        });
-
-        after(() => {
-            DefaultFiles.splice(0, DefaultFiles.length);
-            DefaultFiles.push(AllFiles, ...DefaultExcludes);
-        });
-
         it("should match ts pattern in nested folder", async () => {
             const patterns = [
                 "*.{d.ts,js,ts}{,.map}",
@@ -32,7 +17,7 @@ describe("AbstractProject", () => {
 
             const p = await GitCommandGitProject.cloned(undefined, GitHubRepoRef.from({
                 owner: "atomist",
-                repo: "sdm-pack-build",
+                repo: "yaml-updater",
             } as any));
 
             await spawnPromise("npm", ["ci"], { cwd: p.baseDir });
@@ -42,7 +27,7 @@ describe("AbstractProject", () => {
             assert(matches.length > 1);
             assert(!matches.some(m => m.path.startsWith("node_modules")));
 
-        }).timeout(60000);
+        }).timeout(20000);
 
     });