diff --git a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.tsx b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.tsx
index 06cb1e5..56c762c 100644
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.tsx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export function PhaseReduce(node: Node, nodes: Node[]) {
         .map(([t]) => t);
 
     // children nodes - make sure to check for empty arrays
-    let childrenNodes: any[] = [];
+    let childrenNodes: Node[] = [];
     if (data.children) 
       childrenNodes = nodes.filter((node) => data.children.includes(node.id));
 
diff --git a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.test.tsx b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.test.tsx
index 9e3d049..598d687 100644
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.test.tsx
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ describe('NormNode', () => {
         />
       );
 
-      let norm = screen.getByText("Norm :")
-      expect(norm).toBeInTheDocument;
+      const norm = screen.getByText("Norm :")
+      expect(norm).toBeInTheDocument();
     });
 
     it('should render with dragging state', () => {
diff --git a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.test.tsx b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.test.tsx
index 43763d3..006380c 100644
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.test.tsx
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ describe('PhaseNode', () => {
     expect(p1.data.children).toEqual(p2.data.children);
 
     // Add nodes to children
-    let p1_data = p1.data as PhaseNodeData;
-    let p2_data = p2.data as PhaseNodeData;
+    const p1_data = p1.data as PhaseNodeData;
+    const p2_data = p2.data as PhaseNodeData;
     p1_data.children.push("norm-1");
     p2_data.children.push("norm-2");
     p2_data.children.push("goal-1");
diff --git a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode.test.tsx b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode.test.tsx
index a7c5437..9b1ff49 100644
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode.test.tsx
@@ -197,8 +197,14 @@ describe('TriggerNode', () => {
       const result = TriggerReduce(triggerNode, allNodes);
 
       expect(result).toEqual({
-        label: 'Keyword Trigger',
-        list: [{ id: 'kw1', keyword: 'hello' }],
+        id: "trigger-1",
+        type: "keywords",
+        label: 'Keyword Trigger', 
+        keywords:  [
+          {
+            "id": "kw1",
+            "keyword": "hello",
+          },],
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/UniversalNodes.test.tsx b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/UniversalNodes.test.tsx
index 182ff53..80e52b4 100644
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/UniversalNodes.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/UniversalNodes.test.tsx
@@ -48,9 +48,10 @@ describe('NormNode', () => {
     test.each(getAllTypes())('it should render %s node with the default data', (nodeType) => {
       const lengthBefore = screen.getAllByText(/.*/).length;
 
-      let newNode = createNode(nodeType + "1", nodeType, {x: 200, y:200}, {})
-      let uiElement = Object.entries(NodeTypes).find(([t])=>t==nodeType)?.[1]!;
-      let props = {
+      const newNode = createNode(nodeType + "1", nodeType, {x: 200, y:200}, {})
+      const uiElement = Object.entries(NodeTypes).find(([t])=>t==nodeType)?.[1];
+      expect(uiElement).toBeDefined();
+      const props = {
         id:newNode.id,
         type:newNode.type as string,
         data:newNode.data as any,
diff --git a/test/test-utils/test-utils.tsx b/test/test-utils/test-utils.tsx
index 76878b9..1ad371a 100644
--- a/test/test-utils/test-utils.tsx
+++ b/test/test-utils/test-utils.tsx
@@ -31,5 +31,3 @@ export function resetFlowStore() {
   });
 }
 
-// Re-export everything from testing library
-export * from '@testing-library/react';
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