diff --git a/app/lib/database/services/Message.js b/app/lib/database/services/Message.ts
similarity index 61%
rename from app/lib/database/services/Message.js
rename to app/lib/database/services/Message.ts
index 562bf589d..60295b371 100644
--- a/app/lib/database/services/Message.js
+++ b/app/lib/database/services/Message.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import database from '..';
+import { TAppDatabase } from '../interfaces';
 import { MESSAGES_TABLE } from '../model/Message';
 
-const getCollection = db => db.get(MESSAGES_TABLE);
+const getCollection = (db: TAppDatabase) => db.get(MESSAGES_TABLE);
 
-export const getMessageById = async messageId => {
+export const getMessageById = async (messageId: string) => {
 	const db = database.active;
 	const messageCollection = getCollection(db);
 	try {
diff --git a/app/lib/database/services/Thread.js b/app/lib/database/services/Thread.ts
similarity index 61%
rename from app/lib/database/services/Thread.js
rename to app/lib/database/services/Thread.ts
index 9d90dc00d..8dc61b8a4 100644
--- a/app/lib/database/services/Thread.js
+++ b/app/lib/database/services/Thread.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import database from '..';
+import { TAppDatabase } from '../interfaces';
 import { THREADS_TABLE } from '../model/Thread';
 
-const getCollection = db => db.get(THREADS_TABLE);
+const getCollection = (db: TAppDatabase) => db.get(THREADS_TABLE);
 
-export const getThreadById = async tmid => {
+export const getThreadById = async (tmid: string) => {
 	const db = database.active;
 	const threadCollection = getCollection(db);
 	try {
diff --git a/app/lib/database/services/ThreadMessage.js b/app/lib/database/services/ThreadMessage.ts
similarity index 61%
rename from app/lib/database/services/ThreadMessage.js
rename to app/lib/database/services/ThreadMessage.ts
index 7ac937b2a..899693f84 100644
--- a/app/lib/database/services/ThreadMessage.js
+++ b/app/lib/database/services/ThreadMessage.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import database from '..';
+import { TAppDatabase } from '../interfaces';
 import { THREAD_MESSAGES_TABLE } from '../model/ThreadMessage';
 
-const getCollection = db => db.get(THREAD_MESSAGES_TABLE);
+const getCollection = (db: TAppDatabase) => db.get(THREAD_MESSAGES_TABLE);
 
-export const getThreadMessageById = async messageId => {
+export const getThreadMessageById = async (messageId: string) => {
 	const db = database.active;
 	const threadMessageCollection = getCollection(db);
 	try {
diff --git a/app/lib/database/utils.js b/app/lib/database/utils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 472af733b..000000000
--- a/app/lib/database/utils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import XRegExp from 'xregexp';
-
-// Matches letters from any alphabet and numbers
-const likeStringRegex = new XRegExp('[^\\p{L}\\p{Nd}]', 'g');
-export const sanitizeLikeString = str => str?.replace(likeStringRegex, '_');
-
-export const sanitizer = r => r;
diff --git a/app/lib/database/utils.test.js b/app/lib/database/utils.test.ts
similarity index 89%
rename from app/lib/database/utils.test.js
rename to app/lib/database/utils.test.ts
index 8c1d054e1..54ecbab6a 100644
--- a/app/lib/database/utils.test.js
+++ b/app/lib/database/utils.test.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-undef */
 import * as utils from './utils';
 
 describe('sanitizeLikeStringTester', () => {
 	// example chars that shouldn't return
 	const disallowedChars = ',./;[]!@#$%^&*()_-=+~';
-	const sanitizeLikeStringTester = str =>
+	const sanitizeLikeStringTester = (str: string) =>
 		expect(utils.sanitizeLikeString(`${str}${disallowedChars}`)).toBe(`${str}${'_'.repeat(disallowedChars.length)}`);
 
 	test('render empty', () => {
-		expect(utils.sanitizeLikeString(null)).toBe(undefined);
 		expect(utils.sanitizeLikeString('')).toBe('');
 		expect(utils.sanitizeLikeString(undefined)).toBe(undefined);
 	});
diff --git a/app/lib/database/utils.ts b/app/lib/database/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5b9d8e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/lib/database/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import XRegExp from 'xregexp';
+
+// Matches letters from any alphabet and numbers
+const likeStringRegex = XRegExp('[^\\p{L}\\p{Nd}]', 'g');
+export const sanitizeLikeString = (str?: string): string | undefined => str?.replace(likeStringRegex, '_');
+
+export const sanitizer = (r: object): object => r;