diff --git a/src/node/consumer/src/index.js b/src/node/consumer/src/index.js
index 92f994d..3f7ef3a 100644
--- a/src/node/consumer/src/index.js
+++ b/src/node/consumer/src/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { listenToQueue } from './jobs/processTorrents';
 import { repository } from "./repository/database_repository";
-import { getTrackers } from "./lib/trackerService.js";
+import { getTrackers } from "./lib/trackerService";
 
 (async () => {
     await getTrackers();
diff --git a/src/node/consumer/src/lib/torrent_processor.ts b/src/node/consumer/src/lib/torrent_processor.ts
index 49f842a..97387d1 100644
--- a/src/node/consumer/src/lib/torrent_processor.ts
+++ b/src/node/consumer/src/lib/torrent_processor.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {TorrentInfo} from "./interfaces/torrent_info";
 import {TorrentType} from "./enums/torrent_types";
 import {logger} from "./logger";
 import {checkAndUpdateTorrent, createTorrentEntry} from "./torrentEntries.js";
-import {getTrackers} from "./trackerService.js";
+import {getTrackers} from "./trackerService";
 import {IngestedTorrentAttributes} from "../repository/interfaces/ingested_torrent_attributes";
 
 export async function processTorrentRecord(torrent: IngestedTorrentAttributes): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/src/node/consumer/src/lib/trackerService.js b/src/node/consumer/src/lib/trackerService.ts
similarity index 57%
rename from src/node/consumer/src/lib/trackerService.js
rename to src/node/consumer/src/lib/trackerService.ts
index 736630d..f2310c0 100644
--- a/src/node/consumer/src/lib/trackerService.js
+++ b/src/node/consumer/src/lib/trackerService.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-import axios from 'axios';
-import {cacheTrackers} from "./cache.js";
+import axios, { AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
+import { cacheTrackers } from "./cache.js";
 import { trackerConfig } from './config.js';
-import {logger} from "./logger";
+import { logger } from "./logger";
 
-const downloadTrackers = async () => {
-    const response = await axios.get(trackerConfig.TRACKERS_URL);
-    const trackersListText = response.data;
+const downloadTrackers = async (): Promise<string[]> => {
+    const response: AxiosResponse<string> = await axios.get(trackerConfig.TRACKERS_URL);
+    const trackersListText: string = response.data;
     // Trackers are separated by a newline character
     let urlTrackers = trackersListText.split("\n");
     // remove blank lines
     urlTrackers = urlTrackers.filter(line => line.trim() !== '');
-    
+
     if (!trackerConfig.UDP_ENABLED) {
         // remove any udp trackers
-        urlTrackers = urlTrackers.filter(line => !line.startsWith('udp://'));    
+        urlTrackers = urlTrackers.filter(line => !line.startsWith('udp://'));
+
     }
 
     logger.info(`Trackers updated at ${Date.now()}: ${urlTrackers.length} trackers`);
@@ -21,6 +22,6 @@ const downloadTrackers = async () => {
     return urlTrackers;
 };
 
-export const getTrackers = async () => {
+export const getTrackers = async (): Promise<string[]> => {
     return cacheTrackers(downloadTrackers);
 };
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