diff --git a/scripts/deploy.js b/scripts/deploy.ts
similarity index 75%
rename from scripts/deploy.js
rename to scripts/deploy.ts
index 228e26d..6853712 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy.js
+++ b/scripts/deploy.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+import { ContractFactory } from "ethers";
+import { run, ethers, network, artifacts } from "hardhat";
+import { Artifact } from "hardhat/types";
+import { Lottery } from "../typechain-types";
+
 // This is a script for deploying your contracts. You can adapt it to deploy
 // yours, or create new ones.
 async function main() {
+  await run("compile");
   // This is just a convenience check
   if (network.name === "hardhat") {
     console.warn(
@@ -19,8 +25,8 @@ async function main() {
 
   console.log("Account balance:", (await deployer.getBalance()).toString());
 
-  const Lottery = await ethers.getContractFactory("Lottery");
-  const lottery = await Lottery.deploy();
+  const Lottery: ContractFactory = await ethers.getContractFactory("Lottery");
+  const lottery: Lottery = (await Lottery.deploy()) as Lottery;
   await lottery.deployed();
 
   console.log("Lottery contract address:", lottery.address);
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ async function main() {
   saveFrontendFiles(lottery);
 }
 
-function saveFrontendFiles(lottery) {
+function saveFrontendFiles(lottery: Lottery) {
   const fs = require("fs");
   const contractsDir = __dirname + "/../frontend/src/contracts";
 
@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@ function saveFrontendFiles(lottery) {
     JSON.stringify({ Lottery: lottery.address }, undefined, 2)
   );
 
-  const LotteryArtifact = artifacts.readArtifactSync("Lottery");
+  const LotteryArtifact: Artifact = artifacts.readArtifactSync("Lottery");
 
   fs.writeFileSync(
     contractsDir + "/Lottery.json",