diff --git a/.github/workflows/typecheck.yml b/.github/workflows/typecheck.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5168903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/typecheck.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Static Type Check
+
+on: [pull_request]
+
+env: 
+  PYTHON_VERSION: '3.10'
+  POETRY_VERSION: '1.4.2'
+
+jobs:
+  types:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Install Poetry
+        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
+        with:
+          version: ${{ env.POETRY_VERSION }}
+          virtualenvs-create: true
+          virtualenvs-in-project: true
+          installer-parallel: true
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: poetry install --no-interaction
+
+      - name: Type with pyright
+        run: poetry run pyright uqcsbot
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 4d9c15b..72560c4 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.4.2 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aio-mc-rcon"
@@ -391,14 +391,14 @@ files = [
 
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-version = "2.2.3"
+version = "2.3.0"
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 python-versions = ">=3.8.0"
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+    {file = "discord.py-2.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3e9498967822ad4499f8f72deb9173f942d9827d92b6e4e4e7732d24f78f300c"},
+    {file = "discord.py-2.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c71066a30f037d069218e59092505c3e8945fd175e396a80748056d989756806"},
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+version = "5.0.7"
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+    {file = "icalendar-5.0.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e306014a64dc4dcf638da0acb2487ee4ada57b871b03a62ed7b513dfc135655c"},
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+[[package]]
+name = "nodeenv"
+version = "1.8.0"
+description = "Node.js virtual environment builder"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=2.7,!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,!=3.5.*,!=3.6.*"
+files = [
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+    {file = "nodeenv-1.8.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d51e0c37e64fbf47d017feac3145cdbb58836d7eee8c6f6d3b6880c5456227d2"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+setuptools = "*"
+
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 version = "23.1"
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-version = "3.5.0"
+version = "3.8.0"
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-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.2.0"
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-python-versions = ">=3.6"
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
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+[[package]]
+name = "pyright"
+version = "1.1.316"
+description = "Command line wrapper for pyright"
+category = "dev"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
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+    {file = "pyright-1.1.316.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bac1baf8567b90f2082ec95b61fc1cb50a68917119212c5608a72210870c6a9a"},
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+
+[package.dependencies]
+nodeenv = ">=1.6.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+all = ["twine (>=3.4.1)"]
+dev = ["twine (>=3.4.1)"]
+
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-version = "7.3.1"
+version = "7.4.0"
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+testing = ["argcomplete", "attrs (>=19.2.0)", "hypothesis (>=3.56)", "mock", "nose", "pygments (>=2.7.2)", "requests", "setuptools", "xmlschema"]
 
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--- a/uqcsbot/__main__.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/__main__.py
@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@ async def main():
     intents.members = True
     intents.message_content = True
 
-    DISCORD_TOKEN = os.environ.get("DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN")
-
-    DATABASE_URI = os.environ.get("POSTGRES_URI_BOT")
-    if DATABASE_URI == None:
-        # If the database env variable is not defined, default to SQLite in memory db.
-        DATABASE_URI = "sqlite:///"
+    if (discord_token := os.environ.get("DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN")) is None:
+        raise RuntimeError("Bot token is not set!")
+    if (database_uri := os.environ.get("POSTGRES_URI_BOT")) is None:
+        database_uri = "sqlite:///"
 
     # If you need to override the allowed mentions that can be done on a per message basis, but default to off
     allowed_mentions = discord.AllowedMentions.none()
@@ -72,11 +70,11 @@ async def main():
     for cog in cogs:
         await bot.load_extension(f"uqcsbot.{cog}")
 
-    db_engine = create_engine(DATABASE_URI, echo=True)
+    db_engine = create_engine(database_uri, echo=True)
     Base.metadata.create_all(db_engine)
     bot.set_db_engine(db_engine)
 
-    await bot.start(DISCORD_TOKEN)
+    await bot.start(discord_token)
 
 
 asyncio.run(main())
diff --git a/uqcsbot/advent.py b/uqcsbot/advent.py
index 31843bb..d37f656 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/advent.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/advent.py
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@
 from uqcsbot.bot import UQCSBot
 from uqcsbot.models import AOCWinner
 from uqcsbot.utils.command_utils import loading_status
+from uqcsbot.utils.err_log_utils import FatalErrorWithLog
 
 # Leaderboard API URL with placeholders for year and code.
 LEADERBOARD_URL = "https://adventofcode.com/{year}/leaderboard/private/view/{code}.json"
-# Session cookie (will expire in approx 30 days).
-# See: https://github.com/UQComputingSociety/uqcsbot-discord/wiki/Tokens-and-Environment-Variables#aoc_session_id
-SESSION_ID = os.environ.get("AOC_SESSION_ID")
+
 # UQCS leaderboard ID.
 UQCS_LEADERBOARD = 989288
 
 # Days in Advent of Code. List of numbers 1 to 25.
 ADVENT_DAYS = list(range(1, 25 + 1))
+
 # Puzzles are unlocked at midnight EST.
 EST_TIMEZONE = timezone(timedelta(hours=-5))
 
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ def sort_key(sort: SortMode) -> Callable[["Member"], Any]:
 class Advent(commands.Cog):
     CHANNEL_NAME = "contests"
 
+    # Session cookie (will expire in approx 30 days).
+    # See: https://github.com/UQComputingSociety/uqcsbot-discord/wiki/Tokens-and-Environment-Variables#aoc_session_id
+    SESSION_ID: str = ""
+
     def __init__(self, bot: UQCSBot):
         self.bot = bot
         self.bot.schedule_task(
@@ -179,6 +183,13 @@ def __init__(self, bot: UQCSBot):
             month=12,
         )
 
+        if os.environ.get("AOC_SESSION_ID") is not None:
+            SESSION_ID = os.environ.get("AOC_SESSION_ID")
+        else:
+            raise FatalErrorWithLog(
+                bot, "Unable to find AoC session ID. Not loading advent cog."
+            )
+
     def star_char(self, num_stars: int):
         """
         Given a number of stars (0, 1, or 2), returns its leaderboard
@@ -334,7 +345,7 @@ def parse_arguments(self, argv: List[str]) -> Namespace:
         def usage_error(message, *args, **kwargs):
             raise ValueError(message)
 
-        parser.error = usage_error  # type: ignore
+        parser.error = usage_error
 
         args = parser.parse_args(argv)
 
@@ -343,14 +354,14 @@ def usage_error(message, *args, **kwargs):
 
         return args
 
-    def get_leaderboard(self, year: int, code: int) -> Dict:
+    def get_leaderboard(self, year: int, code: int) -> Optional[Dict]:
         """
         Returns a json dump of the leaderboard
         """
         try:
             response = requests.get(
                 LEADERBOARD_URL.format(year=year, code=code),
-                cookies={"session": SESSION_ID},
+                cookies={"session": self.SESSION_ID},
             )
             return response.json()
         except ValueError as exception:  # json.JSONDecodeError
@@ -543,4 +554,5 @@ async def advent_winners(
 
 async def setup(bot: UQCSBot):
     cog = Advent(bot)
+
     await bot.add_cog(cog)
diff --git a/uqcsbot/basic.py b/uqcsbot/basic.py
index 7a62dfb..7af7a9b 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/basic.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/basic.py
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ async def on_ready(self):
         )
 
     @commands.Cog.listener()
-    async def on_member_join(self, member):
+    async def on_member_join(self, member: discord.Member):
         """Member join listener"""
-        channel = member.guild.system_channel
+        if (channel := member.guild.system_channel) is None:
+            return
         # On user joining, a system join message will appear in the system channel
         # This should prevent the bot waving on a user message when #general is busy
         async for msg in channel.history(limit=5):
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ def format_repo_message(self, repos: List[str]) -> str:
         :param repos: list of strings of repo names
         :return: a single string with a formatted message containing repo info for the given names
         """
-        repo_strings = []
+        repo_strings: List[str] = []
         for potential_repo in repos:
             repo_strings.append(self.find_repo(potential_repo))
         return "".join(repo_strings)
@@ -98,8 +99,7 @@ async def repo_list(self, interaction: discord.Interaction):
             + self.format_repo_message(list(REPOS.keys()))
         )
 
-    @repo_group.command(name="find")
-    @app_commands.describe(name="Name of the repo to find")
+    @repo_group.command(name="find", description="Name of the repo to find")
     async def repo_find(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, name: str):
         """Finds a specific UQCS GitHub repository"""
         await interaction.response.send_message(
diff --git a/uqcsbot/bot.py b/uqcsbot/bot.py
index 59ee29f..e2b045c 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/bot.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/bot.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Any, Callable, Coroutine
+
 import discord
 from discord.ext import commands
 from apscheduler.schedulers.asyncio import AsyncIOScheduler
@@ -8,19 +9,33 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 from datetime import datetime
 from aiohttp import web
+from pytz import timezone
 
-ADMIN_ALERTS = "admin-alerts"
+"""
+TODO: TYPE ISSUES IN THIS FILE:
+    - apscheduler has no stubs. They're planned for the 4.0 release... in the future.
+    - aiohttp handler witchery
+"""
 
 
 class UQCSBot(commands.Bot):
     """An extended bot client to add extra functionality."""
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self._scheduler = AsyncIOScheduler()
         self.start_time = datetime.now()
 
-    def schedule_task(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
+        # Important channel names & constants go here
+        self.ADMIN_ALERTS_CNAME = "admin-alerts"
+        self.GENERAL_CNAME = "general"
+        self.BOT_TIMEZONE = timezone("Australia/Brisbane")
+
+        self.uqcs_server: discord.Guild
+
+    def schedule_task(
+        self, func: Callable[..., Coroutine[Any, Any, None]], *args: Any, **kwargs: Any
+    ):
         """Schedule a function to be run at a later time. A wrapper for apscheduler add_job."""
         self._scheduler.add_job(func, *args, **kwargs)
 
@@ -35,15 +50,17 @@ async def admin_alert(
         self,
         title: str,
         colour: discord.Colour,
-        description: str = None,
-        footer: str = None,
-        fields: List[tuple] = None,
+        description: Optional[str] = None,
+        footer: Optional[str] = None,
+        fields: Optional[List[Tuple[str, str]]] = None,
         fields_inline: bool = True,
     ):
         """Sends an alert to the admin channel for logging."""
-        admin_channel = discord.utils.get(self.uqcs_server.channels, name=ADMIN_ALERTS)
+        admin_channel = discord.utils.get(
+            self.uqcs_server.channels, name=self.ADMIN_ALERTS_CNAME
+        )
 
-        if admin_channel == None:
+        if admin_channel == None or not isinstance(admin_channel, discord.TextChannel):
             return
 
         admin_message = discord.Embed(title=title, colour=colour)
@@ -75,12 +92,22 @@ def handle(request):
     async def on_ready(self):
         """Once the bot is loaded and has connected, run these commands first."""
         self._scheduler.start()
+
+        if (user := self.user) is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("Ready... but not logged in!")
+        self.safe_user = user
+
         logging.info(
-            f'Bot online and logged in: [Name="{self.user.name}", ID={self.user.id}]'
+            f'Bot online and logged in: [Name="{self.safe_user.id}", ID={self.safe_user.id}]'
         )
 
         # Get the UQCS server object and store it centrally
-        self.uqcs_server = self.get_guild(int(os.environ.get("SERVER_ID")))
+        if (server_id := os.environ.get("SERVER_ID")) is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("Server ID is not set!")
+        if (server := self.get_guild(int(server_id))) is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("Unable to find server with id {server_id}")
+        self.uqcs_server: discord.Guild = server
+
         logging.info(f"Active in the {self.uqcs_server} server.")
 
         # Sync the app comamand tree with servers.
diff --git a/uqcsbot/cat.py b/uqcsbot/cat.py
index 30b0035..7a3d7a0 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/cat.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/cat.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ async def cat(self, interaction: discord.Interaction):
         order = deque([pink, red, yellow, green, cyan, blue])
         # randomly shifts starting colout
         shift = randrange(0, 5)
-        for i in range(shift):
+        for _ in range(shift):
             order.append(order.popleft())
 
         cat = "\n".join(
diff --git a/uqcsbot/cowsay.py b/uqcsbot/cowsay.py
index f2f3be9..58a91ab 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/cowsay.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/cowsay.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def draw_cow(
         """
 
         # Set the tongue if the cow is dead or if the tongue is set to True.
-        tongue = "U" if tongue or mood == "Dead" else " "
+        tongue_out = "U" if tongue or mood == "Dead" else " "
 
         # Set the bubble connection based on whether the cow is thinking or
         # speaking.
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ def draw_cow(
 
         # Draw the cow.
         cow = f"        {bubble_connect}   ^__^\n"
-        cow += f"         {bubble_connect}  ({cow_eyes})\_______\n"
-        cow += f"            (__)\       )\/\ \n"
-        cow += f"             {tongue}  ||----w |\n"
+        cow += f"         {bubble_connect}  ({cow_eyes})\\_______\n"
+        cow += f"            (__)\\       )\\/\\ \n"
+        cow += f"             {tongue_out}  ||----w |\n"
         cow += f"                ||     ||\n"
         return cow
 
@@ -186,10 +186,10 @@ def draw_tux(
         tux += f"        .--. \n"
         tux += f"       |{tux_eyes} | \n"
         tux += f"       |:_/ | \n"
-        tux += f"      //   \ \ \n"
+        tux += f"      //   \\ \\ \n"
         tux += f"     (|     | ) \n"
-        tux += f"    /'\_   _/`\ \n"
-        tux += f"    \___)=(___/ \n"
+        tux += f"    /'\\_   _/`\\ \n"
+        tux += f"    \\___)=(___/ \n"
         return tux
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def sanitise_emotes(message: str) -> str:
         """
 
         # Regex to match emotes.
-        emotes: List[str] = re.findall("<a?:\w+:\d+>", message)
+        emotes: List[str] = re.findall(r"<a?:\w+:\d+>", message)
 
         # Replace each emote with its name.
         for emote in emotes:
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def word_wrap(message: str, wrap: int) -> List[str]:
             # As requested by the audience, you can manually break lines by
             # adding "\n" anywhere in the message and it will be respected.
             if "\\n" in word:
-                parts: str = word.split("\\n", 1)
+                parts = word.split("\\n", 1)
 
                 # The `\n` is by itself, so start a new line.
                 if parts[0] == "" and parts[1] == "":
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ def word_wrap(message: str, wrap: int) -> List[str]:
             # the list of words to be processed.
             if len(word) > wrap:
                 # Cut the word to the remaining space on the line.
-                cut_word: str = word[: (wrap - len(line))]
+                cut_word = word[: (wrap - len(line))]
 
                 # Add the rest of the word to the list of words to be processed.
                 words.insert(index, word[len(cut_word) :])
diff --git a/uqcsbot/error_handler.py b/uqcsbot/error_handler.py
index e57310b..98a55bc 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/error_handler.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/error_handler.py
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 from discord.ext.commands.errors import MissingRequiredArgument
 import logging
 
+"""
+TODO: this is bundled with advent.py and should be removed.
+"""
+
 
 class ErrorHandler(commands.Cog):
     @commands.Cog.listener()
diff --git a/uqcsbot/events.py b/uqcsbot/events.py
index a5a7576..dd10e6d 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/events.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/events.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 from calendar import day_abbr, month_abbr, month_name
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
-from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Dict
 
 import discord
 from discord import app_commands
@@ -17,15 +17,18 @@
     "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/"
     "q3n3pce86072n9knt3pt65fhio%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics"
 )
-# EXTERNAL_CALENDAR_URL = "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/" \
+# EXTERNAL_CALENDAR_URL =d "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/" \
 #                         "72abf01afvsl3bjd9oq2g1avgg%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics"
 # Testing calendar: "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/7djv171v2mdr4dmufq612j6uj4%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics"
 
-MONTH_NUMBER = {month.lower(): index for index, month in enumerate(month_abbr)}
+MONTH_NUMBER: Dict[str, int] = {
+    month.lower(): index for index, month in enumerate(month_abbr)
+}
 
-MAX_RECURRING_EVENTS = 3
 BRISBANE_TZ = timezone("Australia/Brisbane")
 
+MAX_RECURRING_EVENTS = 3
+
 
 class EventFilter(object):
     def __init__(self, full=False, weeks=None, cap=None, month=None, is_valid=True):
diff --git a/uqcsbot/gaming.py b/uqcsbot/gaming.py
index 33f20bf..9793f6e 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/gaming.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/gaming.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from difflib import SequenceMatcher
-from html import unescape
 from json import loads
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Any
 from urllib.error import HTTPError
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 from xml.etree.ElementTree import fromstring
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@
 from requests import get
 
 from uqcsbot.bot import UQCSBot
-from uqcsbot.utils.command_utils import loading_status
 
 
 class Gaming(commands.Cog):
@@ -23,7 +21,6 @@ class Gaming(commands.Cog):
     def __init__(self, bot: UQCSBot):
         self.bot = bot
 
-    @classmethod
     def get_bgg_id(self, search_name: str) -> Optional[str]:
         """
         returns the bgg id, searching by name
@@ -50,8 +47,7 @@ def get_bgg_id(self, search_name: str) -> Optional[str]:
                     ).ratio()
         return max(match, key=match.get)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def get_board_game_parameters(self, identity: str) -> Optional[dict]:
+    def get_board_game_parameters(self, identity: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, str]]:
         """
         returns the various parameters of a board game from bgg
         """
@@ -174,8 +170,7 @@ def get_board_game_parameters(self, identity: str) -> Optional[dict]:
 
         return parameters
 
-    @classmethod
-    def format_board_game_parameters(self, parameters: dict) -> discord.Embed:
+    def format_board_game_parameters(self, parameters: Dict[str, str]) -> discord.Embed:
         embed = discord.Embed(title=parameters.get("name", ":question:"))
         embed.add_field(
             name="Summary",
@@ -231,13 +226,15 @@ async def bgg(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, board_game: str):
         identity = self.get_bgg_id(board_game)
         if identity is None:
             await interaction.edit_original_response(
-                "Could not find board game with that name."
+                content="Could not find board game with that name."
             )
             return
 
         parameters = self.get_board_game_parameters(identity)
         if parameters is None:
-            await interaction.edit_original_response("Something has gone wrong.")
+            await interaction.edit_original_response(
+                content="Something has gone wrong."
+            )
             return
 
         embed = self.format_board_game_parameters(parameters)
@@ -269,28 +266,30 @@ async def scry(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, card: Optional[str]):
                 fault = loads(e.read())
                 if fault.get("type") == "ambiguous":
                     await interaction.edit_original_response(
-                        "Request 404'd; Multiple Possible Cards"
+                        content="Request 404'd; Multiple Possible Cards"
                     )
                 else:
                     await interaction.edit_original_response(
-                        "Request 404'd; No Cards Found"
+                        content="Request 404'd; No Cards Found"
                     )
                 return
-            await interaction.edit_original_response(str(e))
+            await interaction.edit_original_response(content=str(e))
             return
 
-        card = loads(response.read())
-        if "image_uris" in card:
+        card_obj: Any = loads(response.read())
+        if "image_uris" in card_obj:
             # single faced cards
-            await interaction.edit_original_response(content=card["image_uris"]["png"])
+            await interaction.edit_original_response(
+                content=card_obj["image_uris"]["png"]
+            )
         else:
             # double faced cards
             await interaction.edit_original_response(
                 content="\n".join(
-                    face["image_uris"]["png"] for face in card["card_faces"]
+                    face["image_uris"]["png"] for face in card_obj["card_faces"]
                 )
             )
 
 
-async def setup(bot: commands.Bot):
+async def setup(bot: UQCSBot):
     await bot.add_cog(Gaming(bot))
diff --git a/uqcsbot/holidays.py b/uqcsbot/holidays.py
index fe7cbe7..d4eaea0 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/holidays.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/holidays.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def get_holiday() -> Holiday | None:
         return None
 
     geek_holidays = get_holidays_from_csv()
-    holidays = get_holidays_from_page(holiday_page)
+    holidays = get_holidays_from_page(holiday_page.decode("utf-8"))
 
     holidays_today = [
         holiday for holiday in holidays + geek_holidays if holiday.is_today()
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def get_holiday() -> Holiday | None:
     return choice(holidays_today) if holidays_today else None
 
 
-def get_holidays_from_page(holiday_page) -> List[Holiday]:
+def get_holidays_from_page(holiday_page: str) -> List[Holiday]:
     """Strips results from html page"""
     soup = BeautifulSoup(holiday_page, "html.parser")
     soup_holidays = (
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def get_holidays_from_page(holiday_page) -> List[Holiday]:
         + soup.find_all(class_="hl")
     )
 
-    holidays = []
+    holidays: List[Holiday] = []
 
     for soup_holiday in soup_holidays:
         date_string = soup_holiday.find("th").get_text(strip=True)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def get_holidays_from_csv() -> List[Holiday]:
     Returns list of holiday objects, one for each holiday in csv file
     csv rows in format: date,description,link
     """
-    holidays = []
+    holidays: List[Holiday] = []
     with open(HOLIDAY_CSV_PATH, "r") as csvfile:
         for row in csv.reader(csvfile):
             date = datetime.strptime(row[0], "%d %b")
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ def get_holiday_page() -> bytes | None:
         return response.content
     except RequestException as e:
         logging.warning(e.response.content)
-    return None
 
 
 class Holidays(commands.Cog):
@@ -118,12 +117,8 @@ async def holiday(self):
         if holiday is None:
             return
 
-        if self.bot.uqcs_server is None:
-            logging.warning("UQCS guild not found (?!).")
-            return
-
         general_channel = discord.utils.get(
-            self.bot.uqcs_server.channels, name=GENERAL_CHANNEL
+            self.bot.uqcs_server.channels, name=self.bot.GENERAL_CNAME
         )
         if general_channel is None:
             logging.warning(f"Could not find required channel #{GENERAL_CHANNEL}")
diff --git a/uqcsbot/hoogle.py b/uqcsbot/hoogle.py
index 78c3056..04cb054 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/hoogle.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/hoogle.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Dict
 
 import discord
 from discord import app_commands
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def get_endpoint(self, type_sig: str) -> str:
     def get_hoogle_page(self, type_sig: str) -> str:
         return f"https://hoogle.haskell.org/?hoogle={html.unescape(type_sig)}"
 
-    def pretty_hoogle_result(self, result: dict) -> str:
+    def pretty_hoogle_result(self, result: Dict[str, str]) -> str:
         url = result["url"]
         # convert url special chars to readable form
         type_sig = (
diff --git a/uqcsbot/intros.py b/uqcsbot/intros.py
index dc3e028..f529329 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/intros.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/intros.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import discord
 from discord.ext import commands
-
 from uqcsbot.bot import UQCSBot
 
 
@@ -23,5 +22,5 @@ async def on_message(self, msg: discord.Message):
         await msg.add_reaction("👋")
 
 
-async def setup(bot: commands.Bot):
+async def setup(bot: UQCSBot):
     await bot.add_cog(Intros(bot))
diff --git a/uqcsbot/jobs_bulletin.py b/uqcsbot/jobs_bulletin.py
index afdcdb7..d79a683 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/jobs_bulletin.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/jobs_bulletin.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 import logging
 from discord.ext import commands
 
+from uqcsbot.bot import UQCSBot
+
 
 class JobsBulletin(commands.Cog):
     CHANNEL_NAME = "jobs-bulletin"
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ class JobsBulletin(commands.Cog):
         + f" #uqcs-meta or by email at {UQCS_EMAIL}.",
     ]
 
-    def __init__(self, bot: commands.Bot):
+    def __init__(self, bot: UQCSBot):
         self.bot = bot
 
     @commands.Cog.listener()
@@ -99,5 +101,5 @@ async def on_message(self, msg: discord.Message):
         await msg.author.send(embed=user_message)
 
 
-async def setup(bot: commands.Bot):
+async def setup(bot: UQCSBot):
     await bot.add_cog(JobsBulletin(bot))
diff --git a/uqcsbot/minecraft.py b/uqcsbot/minecraft.py
index 211f8f2..93f2a83 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/minecraft.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/minecraft.py
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import discord
-from aiomcrcon import Client, IncorrectPasswordError, RCONConnectionError
+from aiomcrcon import Client, IncorrectPasswordError, RCONConnectionError  # type: ignore
 from discord import Member, app_commands, Colour
 from discord.ext import commands
 
 from uqcsbot.bot import UQCSBot
 from uqcsbot.models import MCWhitelist
+from uqcsbot.utils.err_log_utils import FatalErrorWithLog
 
 RCON_ADDRESS = os.environ.get("MC_RCON_ADDRESS")
 RCON_PORT = os.environ.get("MC_RCON_PORT")
@@ -31,7 +32,12 @@ async def send_rcon_command(self, command: str):
         An ID of -1 is returned if there was an issue connecting to the server.
         """
         try:
-            async with Client(RCON_ADDRESS, RCON_PORT, RCON_PASSWORD) as client:
+            if RCON_ADDRESS is None or RCON_PORT is None or RCON_PASSWORD is None:
+                raise FatalErrorWithLog(
+                    self.bot, "Attempted to send RCON command but couldn't log in!"
+                )
+
+            async with Client(RCON_ADDRESS, int(RCON_PORT), RCON_PASSWORD) as client:
                 response = await client.send_cmd(command)
 
         except RCONConnectionError:
@@ -127,5 +133,5 @@ async def mcadmin(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, command: str):
         )
 
 
-async def setup(bot: commands.Bot):
+async def setup(bot: UQCSBot):
     await bot.add_cog(Minecraft(bot))
diff --git a/uqcsbot/models.py b/uqcsbot/models.py
index 6e01a04..42bae75 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/models.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/models.py
@@ -1,56 +1,56 @@
-from sqlalchemy.orm import declarative_base
+from sqlalchemy.orm import DeclarativeBase, Mapped, mapped_column
 from sqlalchemy import (
     BigInteger,
     Boolean,
-    Column,
     Date,
     DateTime,
     Integer,
     String,
     Time,
 )
+from typing import Optional
+from datetime import datetime
 
-Base = declarative_base()
 
-
-# Used for linking a message to a bot function.
-# Previously used for the channel cog, currently unused.
-class Message(Base):
-    __tablename__ = "messages"
-
-    id = Column("id", BigInteger, primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    type = Column("type", String, nullable=False)
+class Base(DeclarativeBase):
+    pass
 
 
 class AOCWinner(Base):
     __tablename__ = "aoc_winner"
 
-    id = Column("id", BigInteger, primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    aoc_userid = Column("aoc_userid", Integer, nullable=False)
-    year = Column("year", Integer, nullable=False)
+    id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column("id", BigInteger, primary_key=True, nullable=False)
+    aoc_userid: Mapped[int] = mapped_column("aoc_userid", Integer, nullable=False)
+    year: Mapped[int] = mapped_column("year", Integer, nullable=False)
 
 
 class MCWhitelist(Base):
     __tablename__ = "mc_whitelisted"
 
-    mc_username = Column("mcuser", String, primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    discord_id = Column("discordid", BigInteger, nullable=False)
-    admin_whitelisted = Column("adminwl", Boolean)
-    added_dt = Column("added_dt", DateTime, nullable=False)
+    mc_username: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(
+        "mcuser", String, primary_key=True, nullable=False
+    )
+    discord_id: Mapped[str] = mapped_column("discordid", BigInteger, nullable=False)
+    admin_whitelisted: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column("adminwl", Boolean)
+    added_dt: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column("added_dt", DateTime, nullable=False)
 
 
 class Reminders(Base):
     __tablename__ = "reminders"
 
-    id = Column("id", BigInteger, primary_key=True, nullable=False)
-    user_id = Column("user_id", BigInteger, nullable=False)
-    channel_id = Column("channel_id", BigInteger, nullable=True)
-    time_created = Column("time_created", DateTime, nullable=False)
-    message = Column("message", String, nullable=False)
-    time = Column("time", Time, nullable=False)
-    start_date = Column("start_date", Date, nullable=False)
-    end_date = Column("end_date", Date, nullable=True)
-    week_frequency = Column("week_frequency", Integer, nullable=True)
+    id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column("id", BigInteger, primary_key=True, nullable=False)
+    user_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column("user_id", BigInteger, nullable=False)
+    channel_id: Mapped[Optional[int]] = mapped_column(
+        "channel_id", BigInteger, nullable=True
+    )
+    time_created: Mapped[int] = mapped_column("time_created", DateTime, nullable=False)
+    message: Mapped[str] = mapped_column("message", String, nullable=False)
+    time = mapped_column("time", Time, nullable=False)
+    start_date = mapped_column("start_date", Date, nullable=False)
+    end_date = mapped_column("end_date", Date, nullable=True)
+    week_frequency: Mapped[Optional[int]] = mapped_column(
+        "week_frequency", Integer, nullable=True
+    )
 
 
 class Starboard(Base):
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ class Starboard(Base):
     # recv == null implies deleted recv message.
     # recv_location == null implies deleted recv channel. recv should also be null.
     # sent == null implies blacklisted recv message.
-    recv = Column("recv", BigInteger, primary_key=True, nullable=True)
-    recv_location = Column("recv_location", BigInteger, nullable=True, unique=False)
-    sent = Column("sent", BigInteger, primary_key=True, nullable=True, unique=True)
+    recv: Mapped[Optional[int]] = mapped_column(
+        "recv", BigInteger, primary_key=True, nullable=True
+    )
+    recv_location: Mapped[Optional[int]] = mapped_column(
+        "recv_location", BigInteger, nullable=True, unique=False
+    )
+    sent: Mapped[Optional[int]] = mapped_column(
+        "sent", BigInteger, primary_key=True, nullable=True, unique=True
+    )
diff --git a/uqcsbot/text.py b/uqcsbot/text.py
index b7979a6..c8f4171 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/text.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/text.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from random import choice, randrange
 from string import hexdigits
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, List
 
 import discord
 from discord import app_commands
@@ -74,11 +74,13 @@ async def binify(
         self,
         interaction: discord.Interaction,
         message: str,
-        encoding: Optional[str] = "utf-8",
+        encoding: Optional[str],
     ):
         """
         Converts a binary string to text or vice versa.
         """
+        encoding = encoding if encoding is not None else "utf-8"
+
         if not message:
             response = "Please include string to convert."
         elif set(message).issubset(["0", "1"]) and len(message) > 2:
@@ -114,13 +116,15 @@ async def caesar(
         self,
         interaction: discord.Interaction,
         message: str,
-        distance: Optional[int] = 13,
+        distance: Optional[int],
     ):
         """
         Performs caesar shift with a shift of N on given text.
         N defaults to 13 if not given.
         """
+        distance = distance if distance is not None else 13
         result = ""
+
         for c in message:
             if ord("A") <= ord(c) <= ord("Z"):
                 result += chr((ord(c) - ord("A") + distance) % 26 + ord("A"))
@@ -140,21 +144,23 @@ async def hexify(
         self,
         interaction: discord.Interaction,
         message: str,
-        encoding: Optional[str] = "utf-8",
+        encoding: Optional[str],
     ):
         """
         Converts a hexadecimal string to text or vice versa.
         """
+        encoding = encoding if encoding is not None else "utf-8"
+
         if not message:
             response = "Please include string to convert."
         elif all(c in hexdigits for c in message) and len(message) > 2:
             try:
                 decoded_message = bytes.fromhex(message)
                 response = decoded_message.decode(encoding)
-            except ValueError:
-                response = "Hexadecimal string contains partial byte."
             except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
                 response = e.reason
+            except ValueError:
+                response = "Hexadecimal string contains partial byte."
             except LookupError:
                 response = "Invalid encoding. A list of valid encodings can be found at <https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html#standard-encodings>"
         else:
@@ -181,17 +187,17 @@ async def httpcat(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, code: int):
 
     @app_commands.command()
     @app_commands.describe(number="Number of coins to flip, defaults to 1.")
-    async def coin(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, number: Optional[int] = 1):
+    async def coin(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, number: Optional[int]):
         """
         Flips 1 to 99 coins.
         Defaults to 1 coin if number not given.
         """
-        if not (1 <= number and number <= 99):
+        if number is not None and not (1 <= number and number <= 99):
             await interaction.response.send_message("Number of coins invalid.")
         else:
-            response = []
+            response: List[str] = []
             result = ("H", "T")
-            for i in range(number):
+            for _ in range((number if number is not None else 1)):
                 response.append(choice(result))
 
             await interaction.response.send_message(f"`{', '.join(response)}`")
@@ -239,7 +245,7 @@ def zalgo_common(self, message: str) -> str:
         response = ""
         for c in " ".join(message):
             response += c
-            for i in range(randrange(7) // 3):
+            for _ in range(randrange(7) // 3):
                 response += choice(self.zalgo_marks)
         return response
 
diff --git a/uqcsbot/utils/command_utils.py b/uqcsbot/utils/command_utils.py
index 51d26c0..b81bd74 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/utils/command_utils.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/utils/command_utils.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ async def wrapper(self, ctx: commands.Context, *args):
             return
 
         react = choice(LOADING_REACTS)
-        reaction = await ctx.message.add_reaction(react)
+        await ctx.message.add_reaction(react)
         res = await command_fn(self, ctx, *args)
         await ctx.message.remove_reaction(react, ctx.bot.user)
         return res
diff --git a/uqcsbot/utils/err_log_utils.py b/uqcsbot/utils/err_log_utils.py
index f0c1483..c003f41 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/utils/err_log_utils.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/utils/err_log_utils.py
@@ -5,17 +5,11 @@
 
 
 class FatalErrorWithLog(Exception):
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        client: commands.Bot,
-        message: str,
-        *args,
-        **kwargs,
-    ):
+    def __init__(self, client: commands.Bot, message: str):
         modlog = discord.utils.get(client.get_all_channels(), name=MODLOG_CHANNEL_NAME)
-        if modlog is not None:
+        if modlog is not None and isinstance(modlog, discord.TextChannel):
             client.loop.create_task(modlog.send(message))
         else:
             message += f" ...And also, I couldn't find #{MODLOG_CHANNEL_NAME} to log this properly."
 
-        super().__init__(message, *args, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(message)
diff --git a/uqcsbot/whatsdue.py b/uqcsbot/whatsdue.py
index cbdddc6..8c41828 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/whatsdue.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/whatsdue.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 from discord import app_commands
 from discord.ext import commands
 
-from uqcsbot.utils.command_utils import loading_status
 from uqcsbot.utils.uq_course_utils import (
     CourseNotFoundException,
     HttpException,
diff --git a/uqcsbot/xkcd.py b/uqcsbot/xkcd.py
index 7e927ff..3cb6368 100644
--- a/uqcsbot/xkcd.py
+++ b/uqcsbot/xkcd.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import re
 import html
 
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
 import discord
 from discord import app_commands
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ async def xkcd_command(
         await interaction.edit_original_response(embed=message)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def get_xkcd_data(url: str) -> (int, str, str, str):
+    def get_xkcd_data(url: str) -> Tuple[int, str, str, str]:
         """
         Returns the xkcd data from the given url.
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def get_xkcd_data(url: str) -> (int, str, str, str):
         return Xkcd.parse_xkcd_page(response.content)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def parse_xkcd_page(content: str) -> (int, str, str, str):
+    def parse_xkcd_page(content: bytes) -> Tuple[int, str, str, str]:
         """
         Parses the xkcd page content and returns the xkcd number, title,
         description and image url. This function can allow offline testing.