diff --git a/webpack_loader/loaders.py b/webpack_loader/loaders.py
index 9319d1d4..c3c0a05f 100644
--- a/webpack_loader/loaders.py
+++ b/webpack_loader/loaders.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 import time
-from functools import cached_property, lru_cache
+from functools import lru_cache
 from io import open
 from typing import Dict, Optional
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage
-from django.http import HttpRequest
+from django.http.request import HttpRequest
 
 from .exceptions import (
     WebpackError,
@@ -22,19 +22,19 @@
     'The crossorigin attribute might be necessary but you did not pass a '
     'request object. django_webpack_loader needs a request object to be able '
     'to know when to emit the crossorigin attribute on link and script tags. '
-    'Bundle name: {chunk_name}')
+    'Chunk name: {chunk_name}')
 _CROSSORIGIN_NO_HOST = (
     'You have passed the request object but it does not have a "HTTP_HOST", '
     'thus django_webpack_loader can\'t know if the crossorigin header will '
-    'be necessary or not. Bundle name: {chunk_name}')
+    'be necessary or not. Chunk name: {chunk_name}')
 _NONCE_NO_REQUEST = (
     'You have enabled the adding of nonce attributes to generated tags via '
     'django_webpack_loader, but haven\'t passed a request. '
-    'Bundle name: {chunk_name}')
+    'Chunk name: {chunk_name}')
 _NONCE_NO_CSPNONCE = (
     'django_webpack_loader can\'t generate a nonce tag for a bundle, '
     'because the passed request doesn\'t contain a "csp_nonce". '
-    'Bundle name: {chunk_name}')
+    'Chunk name: {chunk_name}')
 
 
 @lru_cache(maxsize=100)
diff --git a/webpack_loader/templatetags/webpack_loader.py b/webpack_loader/templatetags/webpack_loader.py
index 6b02e55a..5b838a7a 100644
--- a/webpack_loader/templatetags/webpack_loader.py
+++ b/webpack_loader/templatetags/webpack_loader.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+from typing import Optional
 from warnings import warn
 
+from django.http.request import HttpRequest
 from django.template import Library
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
@@ -20,23 +22,24 @@ def render_bundle(
     if skip_common_chunks is None:
         skip_common_chunks = utils.get_skip_common_chunks(config)
 
-    request = context.get('request')
-    url_to_tag_dict = utils.get_as_url_to_tag_dict(
+    request: Optional[HttpRequest] = context.get('request')
+    tags = utils.get_as_url_to_tag_dict(
         bundle_name, request=request, extension=extension, config=config,
         suffix=suffix, attrs=attrs, is_preload=is_preload)
 
     if request is None:
         if skip_common_chunks:
             warn(message=_WARNING_MESSAGE, category=RuntimeWarning)
-        return mark_safe('\n'.join(url_to_tag_dict.values()))
+        return mark_safe('\n'.join(tags.values()))
 
     used_urls = getattr(request, '_webpack_loader_used_urls', None)
-    if not used_urls:
-        used_urls = request._webpack_loader_used_urls = set()
+    if used_urls is None:
+        used_urls = set()
+        setattr(request, '_webpack_loader_used_urls', used_urls)
     if skip_common_chunks:
-        url_to_tag_dict = {url: tag for url, tag in url_to_tag_dict.items() if url not in used_urls}
-    used_urls.update(url_to_tag_dict)
-    return mark_safe('\n'.join(url_to_tag_dict.values()))
+        tags = {url: tag for url, tag in tags.items() if url not in used_urls}
+    used_urls.update(tags)
+    return mark_safe('\n'.join(tags.values()))
 
 
 @register.simple_tag
diff --git a/webpack_loader/utils.py b/webpack_loader/utils.py
index dc0279b5..e789f70b 100644
--- a/webpack_loader/utils.py
+++ b/webpack_loader/utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-from collections import OrderedDict
 from functools import lru_cache
 from importlib import import_module
+from typing import Optional, OrderedDict
+
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.http.request import HttpRequest
+
 from .config import load_config
+from .loaders import WebpackLoader
 
 
 def import_string(dotted_path):
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ def import_string(dotted_path):
 
 
 @lru_cache(maxsize=None)
-def get_loader(config_name):
+def get_loader(config_name) -> WebpackLoader:
     config = load_config(config_name)
     loader_class = import_string(config['LOADER_CLASS'])
     return loader_class(config_name, config)
@@ -56,8 +60,9 @@ def get_files(bundle_name, extension=None, config='DEFAULT'):
 
 
 def get_as_url_to_tag_dict(
-        bundle_name, request=None, extension=None, config='DEFAULT', suffix='',
-        attrs='', is_preload=False):
+    bundle_name, request: Optional[HttpRequest] = None, extension=None,
+    config='DEFAULT', suffix='', attrs='', is_preload=False
+) -> OrderedDict[str, str]:
     '''
     Get a dict of URLs to formatted <script> & <link> tags for the assets in the
     named bundle.
@@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ def get_as_url_to_tag_dict(
 
     loader = get_loader(config)
     bundle = _get_bundle(loader, bundle_name, extension)
-    result = OrderedDict()
+    result = OrderedDict[str, str]()
     attrs_l = attrs.lower()
 
     for chunk in bundle:
@@ -130,6 +135,7 @@ def get_static(asset_name, config='DEFAULT'):
 
     return '{0}{1}'.format(public_path, asset_name)
 
+
 def get_asset(source_filename, config='DEFAULT'):
     '''
     Equivalent to Django's 'static' look up but for webpack assets, given its original filename.
@@ -141,6 +147,7 @@ def get_asset(source_filename, config='DEFAULT'):
     '''
     loader = get_loader(config)
     asset = loader.get_asset_by_source_filename(source_filename)
-    if not asset: return None
+    if not asset:
+        return None
 
     return get_static(asset['name'], config)