diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/hover_ref_wrapper.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/hover_ref_wrapper.tsx
index 239c275800..f1da2e65d7 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/hover_ref_wrapper.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/hover_ref_wrapper.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ interface IHoverRefWrapper {
 /** Makes a profile hover card appear when the wrapped element is hovered. */
 export const HoverRefWrapper: React.FC<IHoverRefWrapper> = ({ accountId, children, inline = false }) => {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
-  const ref = useRef<HTMLElement>();
+  const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const Elem: keyof JSX.IntrinsicElements = inline ? 'span' : 'div';
 
   const handleMouseEnter = () => {
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ export const HoverRefWrapper: React.FC<IHoverRefWrapper> = ({ accountId, childre
 
   return (
     <Elem
-      // @ts-ignore: not sure how to fix :\
       ref={ref}
       className='hover-ref-wrapper'
       onMouseEnter={handleMouseEnter}
diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/profile_hover_card.js b/app/soapbox/components/profile_hover_card.tsx
similarity index 70%
rename from app/soapbox/components/profile_hover_card.js
rename to app/soapbox/components/profile_hover_card.tsx
index b974623db8..4474d8d213 100644
Binary files a/app/soapbox/components/profile_hover_card.js and b/app/soapbox/components/profile_hover_card.tsx differ
diff --git a/app/soapbox/normalizers/account.ts b/app/soapbox/normalizers/account.ts
index c4a5faffc9..f72b18a09b 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/normalizers/account.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/normalizers/account.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export const AccountRecord = ImmutableRecord({
   note_emojified: '',
   note_plain: '',
   patron: null as PatronAccount | null,
-  relationship: ImmutableList<ImmutableMap<string, any>>(),
+  relationship: ImmutableMap<string, any>(),
   should_refetch: false,
   staff: false,
 });