diff --git a/src/cli/loop.ts b/src/cli/loop.ts
index c0ffcbc..4cf2159 100644
--- a/src/cli/loop.ts
+++ b/src/cli/loop.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export async function main() {
   let exit = false;
   while (!exit) {
     // Collect user input
-    let command;
+    let command: string | null;
     if (CurrentRuntime === Runtime.Node) {
       const rl = createInterface({
         // @ts-ignore Cross-runtime
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export async function main() {
         output: process.stdout,
       });
       command = await new Promise((resolve) => {
-        rl.question(Colors.blue("> "), (cmd: unknown) => {
+        rl.question(Colors.blue("> "), (cmd: string) => {
           rl.close();
           resolve(cmd);
         });
diff --git a/test/kv.test.ts b/test/kv.test.ts
index dda726f..70a81e5 100644
--- a/test/kv.test.ts
+++ b/test/kv.test.ts
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ test("KV: sync event triggers and reflects data changes", async () => {
   await kvStore1.set(["user", "age"], 42);
 
   // Wait for the watchdog interval to ensure a sync occurs
-  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, SYNC_INTERVAL_MS * 2)); // Autosync should have happened within 2 sec
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, SYNC_INTERVAL_MS * 1.8)); // Autosync should have happened within 1.8 times the sync interval
 
   // Assert that the second instance has the updated data
   assertEquals(syncedData.length, 2);