diff --git a/packages/syft/src/syft/types/dicttuple.py b/packages/syft/src/syft/types/dicttuple.py
index f5eb3e84a94..77ed0b1f0a9 100644
--- a/packages/syft/src/syft/types/dicttuple.py
+++ b/packages/syft/src/syft/types/dicttuple.py
@@ -43,6 +43,28 @@
 # once to extract both keys and values, then passing keys to __new__, values to __init__
 # within the same function call.
 class _Meta(type):
+    @overload
+    def __call__(cls: type[_T]) -> _T:
+        ...
+
+    @overload
+    def __call__(cls: type[_T], __value: Iterable[tuple[_KT, _VT]]) -> _T:
+        ...
+
+    @overload
+    def __call__(cls: type[_T], __value: Mapping[_KT, _VT]) -> _T:
+        ...
+
+    @overload
+    def __call__(cls: type[_T], __value: Iterable[_VT], __key: Collection[_KT]) -> _T:
+        ...
+
+    @overload
+    def __call__(
+        cls: type[_T], __value: Iterable[_VT], __key: Callable[[_VT], _KT]
+    ) -> _T:
+        ...
+
     def __call__(
         cls: type[_T],
         __value: Optional[Iterable] = None,
@@ -130,6 +152,7 @@ class DictTuple(tuple[_VT, ...], Generic[_KT, _VT], metaclass=_Meta):
 
     __mapping: MappingProxyType[_KT, int]
 
+    # These overloads are copied from _Meta.__call__ just for IDE hints
     @overload
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         ...
@@ -150,9 +173,7 @@ def __init__(self, __value: Iterable[_VT], __key: Collection[_KT]) -> None:
     def __init__(self, __value: Iterable[_VT], __key: Callable[[_VT], _KT]) -> None:
         ...
 
-    def __init__(
-        self, __value: Optional[Union[Mapping[_KT, int], Iterable[_KT]]] = None, /
-    ) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, __value=None, /):
         if isinstance(__value, MappingProxyType):
             self.__mapping = __value
         elif isinstance(__value, Mapping):
@@ -189,7 +210,7 @@ def __getitem__(self, __key: slice) -> Self:
     def __getitem__(self, __key: SupportsIndex) -> _VT:
         ...
 
-    def __getitem__(self, __key):
+    def __getitem__(self, __key, /):
         if isinstance(__key, slice):
             return self.__class__(
                 super().__getitem__(__key),