diff --git a/controller_function/controller/auth.py b/controller_function/controller/auth.py
index 75ca4e7..6cd291c 100644
--- a/controller_function/controller/auth.py
+++ b/controller_function/controller/auth.py
@@ -32,13 +32,11 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
 
     def create_access_token(self):
         """Create an access token."""
-        token_claims = {"sub": "controller-app"}
         access_token_expires = timedelta(minutes=ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES)
-
         expire = datetime.utcnow() + access_token_expires
-        token_claims.update({"exp": expire})
+        token_claims = {"sub": "controller-app", "exp": expire}
 
-        return jwt.encode(token_claims, self.private_key, algorithm=ALGORITHM)
+        return jwt.encode(token_claims, self.private_key, algorithm=ALGORITHM)  # type: ignore
 
     def __call__(self, r: requests.PreparedRequest) -> requests.PreparedRequest:
         """Attach Authorization Header to a request."""
diff --git a/controller_function/run_tests.sh b/controller_function/run_tests.sh
index d494c89..219adc1 100755
--- a/controller_function/run_tests.sh
+++ b/controller_function/run_tests.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ status=$((status+$?))
 echo "Running pylint..."
 # shellcheck disable=SC2038
 find . -type f -name "*.py" ! \( -path "./.venv/*" \) |
-    xargs pylint --init-hook='import sys; sys.setrecursionlimit(2000)' --rcfile=tests/pylintrc
+    xargs pylint --rcfile=tests/pylintrc
 status=$((status+$?))
 
 # Run our unit tests with code coverage
diff --git a/controller_function/tests/mypy.ini b/controller_function/tests/mypy.ini
index 976ba02..193eac3 100644
--- a/controller_function/tests/mypy.ini
+++ b/controller_function/tests/mypy.ini
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 [mypy]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
+check_untyped_defs = True
+plugins = pydantic.mypy
+
+[pydantic-mypy]
+init_forbid_extra = True