diff --git a/src/components/backlinks.tsx b/src/components/backlinks.tsx
index 8ecde5f..0f0fb03 100644
--- a/src/components/backlinks.tsx
+++ b/src/components/backlinks.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import * as TID from "@atcute/tid";
 import { createResource, createSignal, For, onMount, Show } from "solid-js";
-import { getAllBacklinks, getDidBacklinks, getRecordBacklinks } from "../utils/api.js";
+import {
+  getAllBacklinks,
+  getDidBacklinks,
+  getRecordBacklinks,
+  LinksWithDids,
+  LinksWithRecords,
+} from "../utils/api.js";
 import { localDateFromTimestamp } from "../utils/date.js";
 import { Button } from "./button.jsx";
 
@@ -128,7 +134,7 @@ const BacklinkItems = ({
   dids: boolean;
   cursor?: string;
 }) => {
-  const [links, setLinks] = createSignal<any>();
+  const [links, setLinks] = createSignal<LinksWithDids | LinksWithRecords>();
   const [more, setMore] = createSignal<boolean>(false);
 
   onMount(async () => {
@@ -147,7 +153,7 @@ const BacklinkItems = ({
   return (
     <Show when={links()} fallback={<p>Loading&hellip;</p>}>
       <Show when={dids}>
-        <For each={links().linking_dids}>
+        <For each={(links() as LinksWithDids).linking_dids}>
           {(did) => (
             <a
               href={`/at://${did}`}
@@ -159,7 +165,7 @@ const BacklinkItems = ({
         </For>
       </Show>
       <Show when={!dids}>
-        <For each={links().linking_records}>
+        <For each={(links() as LinksWithRecords).linking_records}>
           {({ did, collection, rkey }) => (
             <p class="relative flex w-full items-center gap-1 font-mono">
               <a
@@ -177,14 +183,14 @@ const BacklinkItems = ({
           )}
         </For>
       </Show>
-      <Show when={links().cursor}>
+      <Show when={links()?.cursor}>
         <Show when={more()} fallback={<Button onClick={() => setMore(true)}>Load More</Button>}>
           <BacklinkItems
             target={target}
             collection={collection}
             path={path}
             dids={dids}
-            cursor={links().cursor}
+            cursor={links()!.cursor}
           />
         </Show>
       </Show>
diff --git a/src/utils/api.ts b/src/utils/api.ts
index 12d02ec..d8d7726 100644
--- a/src/utils/api.ts
+++ b/src/utils/api.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,18 @@ interface LinkData {
   };
 }
 
+type LinksWithRecords = {
+  cursor: string;
+  total: number;
+  linking_records: Array<{ did: string; collection: string; rkey: string }>;
+};
+
+type LinksWithDids = {
+  cursor: string;
+  total: number;
+  linking_dids: Array<string>;
+};
+
 const getConstellation = async (
   endpoint: string,
   target: string,
@@ -152,7 +164,8 @@ const getRecordBacklinks = (
   path: string,
   cursor?: string,
   limit?: number,
-) => getConstellation("/links", target, collection, path, cursor, limit || 100);
+): Promise<LinksWithRecords> =>
+  getConstellation("/links", target, collection, path, cursor, limit || 100);
 
 const getDidBacklinks = (
   target: string,
@@ -160,7 +173,8 @@ const getDidBacklinks = (
   path: string,
   cursor?: string,
   limit?: number,
-) => getConstellation("/links/distinct-dids", target, collection, path, cursor, limit || 100);
+): Promise<LinksWithDids> =>
+  getConstellation("/links/distinct-dids", target, collection, path, cursor, limit || 100);
 
 export {
   didDocCache,
@@ -175,4 +189,6 @@ export {
   resolvePDS,
   validateHandle,
   type LinkData,
+  type LinksWithDids,
+  type LinksWithRecords,
 };