diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9e4d30dbf8dab85892c220136466360f48d89042..21ea40ac8a6eb34032aba75c089e278fa354a6f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ lint:
 .PHONY: lint
 
 mypy:
-	mypy src/linkahead/common unittests --exclude high_level_api.py --exclude connection.py
+	mypy src/linkahead/common unittests
 .PHONY: mypy
 
 unittest:
diff --git a/unittests/test_high_level_api.py b/unittests/test_high_level_api.py
index be57e3c747619852c7cec2002eac6928c7d77702..82c1a5caf0f0719b5946ecd6749b4079bb6794bc 100644
--- a/unittests/test_high_level_api.py
+++ b/unittests/test_high_level_api.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #
 # Test high level api module
 # A. Schlemmer, 02/2022
-
+# type: ignore
 
 import linkahead as db
 from linkahead.high_level_api import (convert_to_entity, convert_to_python_object,