diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d63cd0..f2a9711 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After hand-written HTML and a static site generator comes Nuxt!
 
 Post-build instructions (while prerendering is bork)
 
- - Compile `/script.ts` to `/script.js` (`tsc script.ts -m esnext -t esnext --moduleReslution node`)
+- Compile `/script.ts` to `/script.js` (`tsc script.ts -m esnext -t esnext --moduleResolution node`)
 
 Look at the [nuxt 3 documentation](https://v3.nuxtjs.org) to learn more.
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d69834d..91bf9e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@
     "@nuxtjs/color-mode": "^3.2.0",
     "@nuxtjs/tailwindcss": "^6.2.0",
     "@tailwindcss/typography": "^0.5.2",
+    "@types/node": "^20.2.3",
     "nuxt": "3.3.3",
     "reading-time": "^2.0.0-1",
     "rehype-katex": "^6.0.2",
     "remark-math": "^5.1.1",
     "sass": "^1.57.1",
     "sitemap": "^7.1.1",
-    "typescript": "^4.7.4",
+    "typescript": "^5.0.4",
     "unist-util-visit": "^4.1.0",
     "vite-svg-loader": "^4.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index 7bce2a1..5d02c8b 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ function toggleDarkMode() {
     }
 }
 const darkToggle = document.getElementById("dark-toggle");
-darkToggle.checked = html.className === "dark";
-darkToggle.onclick = toggleDarkMode;
+if (darkToggle) {
+    darkToggle.checked = html.className === "dark";
+    darkToggle.onclick = toggleDarkMode;
+}
 // github commit fetcher
 // pulled from CommitStatBox.vue
 const FEED_URL = "https://api.github.com/users/potatoeggy/events";
@@ -24,6 +26,10 @@ const latestEvent = results.find((e) => e.type === "PushEvent");
 const latestCommit = latestEvent.payload.commits[0];
 const commitImg = document.getElementById("github-commit-img");
 const commitAnchor = document.getElementById("github-commit-a");
-commitImg.src = `https://opengraph.githubassets.com/hash/${latestEvent.repo.name}/commit/${latestCommit.sha}`;
-commitAnchor.href = `https://github.com/${latestEvent.repo.name}/commit/${latestCommit.sha}`;
+if (commitImg) {
+    commitImg.src = `https://opengraph.githubassets.com/hash/${latestEvent.repo.name}/commit/${latestCommit.sha}`;
+}
+if (commitAnchor) {
+    commitAnchor.href = `https://github.com/${latestEvent.repo.name}/commit/${latestCommit.sha}`;
+}
 export {};
diff --git a/public/script.ts b/public/script.ts
index 100100c..a582e17 100644
--- a/public/script.ts
+++ b/public/script.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,14 @@ function toggleDarkMode() {
   }
 }
 
-const darkToggle = document.getElementById("dark-toggle") as HTMLInputElement;
-darkToggle.checked = html.className === "dark";
-darkToggle.onclick = toggleDarkMode;
+const darkToggle = document.getElementById(
+  "dark-toggle"
+) as HTMLInputElement | null;
+
+if (darkToggle) {
+  darkToggle.checked = html.className === "dark";
+  darkToggle.onclick = toggleDarkMode;
+}
 
 // github commit fetcher
 // pulled from CommitStatBox.vue
@@ -35,13 +40,18 @@ const latestCommit = latestEvent.payload.commits[0];
 
 const commitImg = document.getElementById(
   "github-commit-img"
-) as HTMLImageElement;
+) as HTMLImageElement | null;
 const commitAnchor = document.getElementById(
   "github-commit-a"
 ) as HTMLAnchorElement;
 
-commitImg.src = `https://opengraph.githubassets.com/hash/${latestEvent.repo.name}/commit/${latestCommit.sha}`;
-commitAnchor.href = `https://github.com/${latestEvent.repo.name}/commit/${latestCommit.sha}`;
+if (commitImg) {
+  commitImg.src = `https://opengraph.githubassets.com/hash/${latestEvent.repo.name}/commit/${latestCommit.sha}`;
+}
+
+if (commitAnchor) {
+  commitAnchor.href = `https://github.com/${latestEvent.repo.name}/commit/${latestCommit.sha}`;
+}
 
 // to make this an esm module for top-level await
 export {};
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7177564..8838931 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1000,6 +1000,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-17.0.45.tgz#2c0fafd78705e7a18b7906b5201a522719dc5190"
   integrity sha512-w+tIMs3rq2afQdsPJlODhoUEKzFP1ayaoyl1CcnwtIlsVe7K7bA1NGm4s3PraqTLlXnbIN84zuBlxBWo1u9BLw==
 
+"@types/node@^20.2.3":
+  version "20.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-20.2.3.tgz#b31eb300610c3835ac008d690de6f87e28f9b878"
+  integrity sha512-pg9d0yC4rVNWQzX8U7xb4olIOFuuVL9za3bzMT2pu2SU0SNEi66i2qrvhE2qt0HvkhuCaWJu7pLNOt/Pj8BIrw==
+
 "@types/parse-json@^4.0.0":
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/parse-json/-/parse-json-4.0.0.tgz#2f8bb441434d163b35fb8ffdccd7138927ffb8c0"
@@ -5967,10 +5972,10 @@ type-is@^1.6.16:
     media-typer "0.3.0"
     mime-types "~2.1.24"
 
-typescript@^4.7.4:
-  version "4.9.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.9.5.tgz#095979f9bcc0d09da324d58d03ce8f8374cbe65a"
-  integrity sha512-1FXk9E2Hm+QzZQ7z+McJiHL4NW1F2EzMu9Nq9i3zAaGqibafqYwCVU6WyWAuyQRRzOlxou8xZSyXLEN8oKj24g==
+typescript@^5.0.4:
+  version "5.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-5.0.4.tgz#b217fd20119bd61a94d4011274e0ab369058da3b"
+  integrity sha512-cW9T5W9xY37cc+jfEnaUvX91foxtHkza3Nw3wkoF4sSlKn0MONdkdEndig/qPBWXNkmplh3NzayQzCiHM4/hqw==
 
 ufo@^1.0.0, ufo@^1.1.0, ufo@^1.1.1:
   version "1.1.1"