diff --git a/test/StakingRewards.ts b/test/StakingRewards.ts
index 76eaacc..f66c944 100644
--- a/test/StakingRewards.ts
+++ b/test/StakingRewards.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ import {
     symbol = 'ABC',
     supply = 1e8,
     skipInitialAllocation = false,
+  }: {
+    accounts: { account: { address: string } }[];
+    synth?: string;
+    name?: string;
+    symbol?: string;
+    supply?: number;
+    skipInitialAllocation?: boolean;
   }) {
     const [deployerAccount, owner] = accounts;
   
@@ -36,11 +43,10 @@ import {
     ];
   
     if (synth) {
-      tokenArgs.push(toBytes(synth));
+      tokenArgs.push(synth);
     }
   
     const token = await hre.viem.deployContract(synth ? 'MockSynth' : 'PublicEST', tokenArgs);
-  
     await Promise.all([
       tokenState.write.setAssociatedContract([token.address], { account: owner.account }),
       proxy.write.setTarget([token.address], { account: owner.account }),
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index a660367..d4ed7eb 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
     "strict": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "resolveJsonModule": true
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "types": ["node", "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-viem"]
   },
-  "include": ["test/**/*"]
+  "include": ["test/**/*"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules"],
+  "files": ["hardhat.config.ts"]
 }