diff --git a/src/agents/suggestionGeneratorAgent.ts b/src/agents/suggestionGeneratorAgent.ts
index 0efdfa9..6ba255d 100644
--- a/src/agents/suggestionGeneratorAgent.ts
+++ b/src/agents/suggestionGeneratorAgent.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const generateSuggestions = (
   input: SuggestionGeneratorInput,
   llm: BaseChatModel,
 ) => {
-  (llm as ChatOpenAI).temperature = 0;
+  (llm as unknown as ChatOpenAI).temperature = 0;
   const suggestionGeneratorChain = createSuggestionGeneratorChain(llm);
   return suggestionGeneratorChain.invoke(input);
 };
diff --git a/src/websocket/connectionManager.ts b/src/websocket/connectionManager.ts
index 5cb075b..70e20d9 100644
--- a/src/websocket/connectionManager.ts
+++ b/src/websocket/connectionManager.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const handleConnection = async (
       chatModelProviders[chatModelProvider][chatModel] &&
       chatModelProvider != 'custom_openai'
     ) {
-      llm = chatModelProviders[chatModelProvider][chatModel] as
+      llm = chatModelProviders[chatModelProvider][chatModel] as unknown as
         | BaseChatModel
         | undefined;
     } else if (chatModelProvider == 'custom_openai') {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export const handleConnection = async (
         configuration: {
           baseURL: searchParams.get('openAIBaseURL'),
         },
-      });
+      }) as unknown as BaseChatModel;
     }
 
     if (