diff --git a/src/services/CLIService.ts b/src/services/CLIService.ts
index 1ecbe985..b043e943 100644
--- a/src/services/CLIService.ts
+++ b/src/services/CLIService.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export class CLIService implements IService{
         const verbose = CLIService.resolveVerboseLevel(argv.verbose as string);
         const timestamp = argv.timestamp as string;
         const enableDebug = argv.enableDebug as boolean;
-        const workDir = FileSystemUtils.parseWorkDir(argv.workdir) as string;
+        const workDir = FileSystemUtils.parseWorkDir(argv.workdir as string);
 
         const currentArgv: CLIOptions = {
             accounts,
diff --git a/src/utils/FileSystemUtils.ts b/src/utils/FileSystemUtils.ts
index b2cf7d3a..64665c60 100644
--- a/src/utils/FileSystemUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/FileSystemUtils.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class FileSystemUtils{
         directories.forEach(dir => FileSystemUtils.ensureDirectoryExists(dir)); // creating those directories ensures we'll have permissions to delete them on cleanup
     }
 
-    public static parseWorkDir(workdir: any): string {
+    public static parseWorkDir(workdir: string): string {
         let workdirPath = workdir;
         if (workdirPath.startsWith('~')) {
             workdirPath = join(homedir(), workdirPath.slice(1));