diff --git a/src/atlasViewer/atlasViewer.constantService.service.ts b/src/atlasViewer/atlasViewer.constantService.service.ts
index 88ccf6f51fcc49f3bd5371738d19187e38a80b11..2abfe5f1df743a32a6b55755c716ef3d4542ce70 100644
--- a/src/atlasViewer/atlasViewer.constantService.service.ts
+++ b/src/atlasViewer/atlasViewer.constantService.service.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class AtlasViewerConstantsServices{
      fetch(url),
      new Promise((_, reject) => setTimeout(() => {
       reject(`fetch did not resolve under ${this.TIMEOUT} ms`)
-     }, this.TIMEOUT))
+     }, this.TIMEOUT)) as Promise<Response>
    ])
 
   /* TODO to be replaced by @id: Landmark/UNIQUE_ID in KG in the future */
diff --git a/src/atlasViewer/atlasViewer.dataService.service.ts b/src/atlasViewer/atlasViewer.dataService.service.ts
index b6bab52944cda297cb5897dab53f62942c29182f..34362e294027ba1555c12534e1595ea47871af35 100644
--- a/src/atlasViewer/atlasViewer.dataService.service.ts
+++ b/src/atlasViewer/atlasViewer.dataService.service.ts
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ export class AtlasViewerDataService implements OnDestroy{
   ){
     this.constantService.templateUrls.map(url => 
       this.constantService.raceFetch(url)
-        .then((res: Response) => res.json())
+        .then(res => res.json())
         .then(json => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
           if(json.nehubaConfig)
             resolve(json)
           else if(json.nehubaConfigURL)
             this.constantService.raceFetch(json.nehubaConfigURL)
-              .then((res: Response) => res.json())
+              .then(res => res.json())
               .then(json2 => resolve(
                 Object.assign({}, json, { nehubaConfig: json2 })
               ))