diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 189704a7..2f211622 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ jc changelog
   display until `iso-datetime` is removed in a future version.
 - refactor cli module
 - optimize timestamps
+- add more type annotations
 - add support for deprecating parsers
 
 20220926 v1.22.0
diff --git a/jc/appdirs.py b/jc/appdirs.py
index c43501ec..73075765 100644
--- a/jc/appdirs.py
+++ b/jc/appdirs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# type: ignore
 # Copyright (c) 2005-2010 ActiveState Software Inc.
 # Copyright (c) 2013 Eddy Petrișor
 
diff --git a/jc/cli.py b/jc/cli.py
index d8cd6bdb..c9b757ff 100644
--- a/jc/cli.py
+++ b/jc/cli.py
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ class JcCli():
         self.set_custom_colors()
 
         if self.verbose_debug:
-            tracebackplus.enable(context=11)
+            tracebackplus.enable(context=11)  # type: ignore
 
         if self.about:
             self.data_out = self.about_jc()
diff --git a/jc/lib.py b/jc/lib.py
index ebcff0a0..56525f34 100644
--- a/jc/lib.py
+++ b/jc/lib.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def _modname_to_cliname(parser_mod_name: str) -> str:
 # override parsers from <user_data_dir>/jc/jcparsers/*.py.
 # Once this list is created, extend the parsers list with it.
 local_parsers: List[str] = []
-data_dir = appdirs.user_data_dir('jc', 'jc')
+data_dir = appdirs.user_data_dir('jc', 'jc')  # type: ignore
 local_parsers_dir = os.path.join(data_dir, 'jcparsers')
 if os.path.isdir(local_parsers_dir):
     sys.path.append(data_dir)
diff --git a/jc/tracebackplus.py b/jc/tracebackplus.py
index 8ac15274..ca356906 100644
--- a/jc/tracebackplus.py
+++ b/jc/tracebackplus.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# type: ignore
+
 """More comprehensive traceback formatting for Python scripts.
 To enable this module, do:
     import tracebackplus; tracebackplus.enable()
@@ -69,7 +71,6 @@ products or services of Licensee, or any third party.
 agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this License
 Agreement.
 '''
-
 import inspect
 import keyword
 import linecache