diff --git a/app/api/waitlist/route.ts b/app/api/waitlist/route.ts
index 2dc2cae..54b46d4 100644
--- a/app/api/waitlist/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/waitlist/route.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { NextResponse, NextRequest } from "next/server";
+import { MongoClient } from "mongodb";
 import client from "@/lib/db";
 
 export async function POST(req: NextRequest, res: NextResponse) {
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest, res: NextResponse) {
   }
 
   try {
-    const dbClient = await client.promise;
+    const dbClient = (await client.promise) as MongoClient;
     const db = dbClient.db("waitlist_db"); // Replace <dbname> with your actual db name
     const email = (await req.json()) as any;
     const emailText = email.email;
diff --git a/app/page.tsx b/app/page.tsx
index 6d62127..6aa81af 100644
--- a/app/page.tsx
+++ b/app/page.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default function Home() {
   const [alertType, setAlertType] = useState("default");
   const [alertMessage, setAlertMessage] = useState("");
   const [submitted, setSubmitted] = useState(false);
-  async function handleSubmit(e) {
+  async function handleSubmit(e: any) {
     e.preventDefault(); // prevent the default form submission behavior
     const res = await fetch("/api/waitlist", {
       method: "POST", // specify the HTTP method
@@ -81,11 +81,7 @@ export default function Home() {
           )}
         </div>
         {alertMessage && (
-          <Alert
-            variant={alertType}
-            className="w-1/2"
-            onClose={() => setAlertMessage("")}
-          >
+          <Alert variant="default" className="w-1/2">
             {alertType === "success" ? (
               <Check className="w-6 h-6" />
             ) : (
diff --git a/global.d.ts b/global.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2835d24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/global.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { MongoClient } from "mongodb";
+
+declare global {
+  var mongo: {
+    conn: MongoClient | null;
+    promise: Promise<MongoClient> | null;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/lib/db.js b/lib/db.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 195e4d4..0000000
--- a/lib/db.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-// lib/db.js
-import { MongoClient } from "mongodb";
-
-const uri = process.env.MONGODB_URI; // Connection string from .env.local
-const options = {
-  useUnifiedTopology: true,
-  useNewUrlParser: true,
-};
-
-let client;
-let clientPromise;
-
-if (!process.env.MONGODB_URI) {
-  throw new Error("Please add your MongoDB URI to .env.local");
-}
-
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
-  // In development mode, use a global variable to keep the database connection
-  // open across hot reloads
-  if (!global.mongo) {
-    global.mongo = { conn: null, promise: null };
-  }
-  client = global.mongo;
-} else {
-  // In production mode, create a new connection for every request
-  client = {};
-}
-
-if (!client.promise) {
-  client.promise = MongoClient.connect(uri, options).then((mongoClient) => {
-    return mongoClient;
-  });
-}
-
-export default client;
diff --git a/lib/db.ts b/lib/db.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..091a3c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/db.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { MongoClient } from "mongodb";
+
+const uri = process.env.MONGODB_URI as string; // Connection string from .env.local
+
+if (!process.env.MONGODB_URI) {
+  throw new Error("Please add your MongoDB URI to .env.local");
+}
+
+let client =
+  process.env.NODE_ENV === "development"
+    ? global.mongo
+    : { conn: null, promise: null };
+
+if (!client.promise) {
+  client.promise = MongoClient.connect(uri).then((mongoClient) => {
+    client.conn = mongoClient;
+    return mongoClient;
+  });
+}
+
+export default client;