diff --git a/jc/jc_types.py b/jc/jc_types.py
index 88c3c51c..83cb4a01 100644
--- a/jc/jc_types.py
+++ b/jc/jc_types.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ else:
     ParserInfoType = Dict
     TimeStampFormatType = Dict
 
+
 AboutJCType = Dict[str, Union[str, int, List[ParserInfoType]]]
 
 
diff --git a/jc/parsers/foo.py b/jc/parsers/foo.py
index 920aed95..e27b4e0a 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/foo.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/foo.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Examples:
     $ foo | jc --foo -p -r
     []
 """
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Dict
 from jc.jc_types import JSONDictType
 import jc.utils
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def parse(
     jc.utils.compatibility(__name__, info.compatible, quiet)
     jc.utils.input_type_check(data)
 
-    raw_output: List[JSONDictType] = []
+    raw_output: List[Dict] = []
 
     if jc.utils.has_data(data):
 
diff --git a/jc/parsers/foo_s.py b/jc/parsers/foo_s.py
index c7952029..00a0eefb 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/foo_s.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/foo_s.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Examples:
     {example output}
     ...
 """
-from typing import Iterable
+from typing import Dict, Iterable
 import jc.utils
 from jc.streaming import (
     add_jc_meta, streaming_input_type_check, streaming_line_input_type_check, raise_or_yield
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def parse(
     for line in data:
         try:
             streaming_line_input_type_check(line)
-            output_line: JSONDictType = {}
+            output_line: Dict = {}
 
             # parse the content here
             # check out helper functions in jc.utils
diff --git a/jc/parsers/pci_ids.py b/jc/parsers/pci_ids.py
index ee27370b..da232273 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/pci_ids.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/pci_ids.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ Examples:
     []
 """
 import re
-from typing import List, Dict
+from typing import Dict
+from jc.jc_types import JSONDictType
 import jc.utils
 
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class info():
 __version__ = info.version
 
 
-def _process(proc_data: Dict) -> Dict:
+def _process(proc_data: JSONDictType) -> JSONDictType:
     """
     Final processing to conform to the schema.
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ def parse(
     data: str,
     raw: bool = False,
     quiet: bool = False
-) -> Dict:
+) -> JSONDictType:
     """
     Main text parsing function
 
diff --git a/jc/parsers/stat_s.py b/jc/parsers/stat_s.py
index cffd80c0..7e3d860f 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/stat_s.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/stat_s.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ import jc.utils
 from jc.streaming import (
     add_jc_meta, streaming_input_type_check, streaming_line_input_type_check, raise_or_yield
 )
-from typing import Iterable
+from typing import Dict, Iterable
 from jc.jc_types import JSONDictType, StreamingOutputType
 from jc.exceptions import ParseError
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def parse(
     jc.utils.compatibility(__name__, info.compatible, quiet)
     streaming_input_type_check(data)
 
-    output_line: JSONDictType = {}
+    output_line: Dict = {}
     os_type = ''
 
     for line in data:
@@ -184,16 +184,14 @@ def parse(
                     output_line['file'] = line_list[1]
 
                     # populate link_to field if -> found
-                    file_string = output_line['file']
-                    if isinstance(file_string, str):
-                        if ' -> ' in file_string:
-                            filename = file_string.split(' -> ')[0].strip('\u2018').rstrip('\u2019')
-                            link = file_string.split(' -> ')[1].strip('\u2018').rstrip('\u2019')
-                            output_line['file'] = filename
-                            output_line['link_to'] = link
-                        else:
-                            filename = file_string.split(' -> ')[0].strip('\u2018').rstrip('\u2019')
-                            output_line['file'] = filename
+                    if ' -> ' in output_line['file']:
+                        filename = output_line['file'].split(' -> ')[0].strip('\u2018').rstrip('\u2019')
+                        link = output_line['file'].split(' -> ')[1].strip('\u2018').rstrip('\u2019')
+                        output_line['file'] = filename
+                        output_line['link_to'] = link
+                    else:
+                        filename = output_line['file'].split(' -> ')[0].strip('\u2018').rstrip('\u2019')
+                        output_line['file'] = filename
 
                     continue