diff --git a/app/scripts/components/common/map/hooks/use-fit-bbox.ts b/app/scripts/components/common/map/hooks/use-fit-bbox.ts
index ba35c169d..0b40b4603 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/common/map/hooks/use-fit-bbox.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/components/common/map/hooks/use-fit-bbox.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default function useFitBbox(
       | [number, number, number, number]
       | undefined;
 
-    if (bounds?.length && checkFitBoundsFromLayer(bounds, mapInstance as any)) {
+    if (bounds?.length && checkFitBoundsFromLayer(bounds, mapInstance)) {
       mapInstance.fitBounds(bounds, { padding: FIT_BOUNDS_PADDING });
     }
   }, [mapInstance, isUserPositionSet, initialBbox, stacBbox]);
diff --git a/app/scripts/components/common/map/utils.ts b/app/scripts/components/common/map/utils.ts
index 555466c64..f533ece4a 100644
--- a/app/scripts/components/common/map/utils.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/components/common/map/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import axios, { Method } from 'axios';
 import { Map as MapboxMap } from 'mapbox-gl';
+import { MapRef } from 'react-map-gl';
 import { endOfDay, startOfDay } from "date-fns";
 import { StacFeature } from "./types";
 import { userTzDate2utcString } from "$utils/date";
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export function getMergedBBox(features: StacFeature[]) {
 
 export function checkFitBoundsFromLayer(
   layerBounds?: [number, number, number, number],
-  mapInstance?: MapboxMap
+  mapInstance?: MapboxMap | MapRef
 ) {
   if (!layerBounds || !mapInstance) return false;