diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/blstream/sbtsearchmavenplugin/package.scala b/src/main/scala/com/blstream/sbtsearchmavenplugin/package.scala
index 6958039..a042e86 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/blstream/sbtsearchmavenplugin/package.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/blstream/sbtsearchmavenplugin/package.scala
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ package com.blstream
 
 package object sbtsearchmavenplugin {
   type Error = String
+  type Json = String
 }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/blstream/sbtsearchmavenplugin/search.scala b/src/main/scala/com/blstream/sbtsearchmavenplugin/search.scala
index e377beb..1ecf14c 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/blstream/sbtsearchmavenplugin/search.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/blstream/sbtsearchmavenplugin/search.scala
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ trait Search {
 
 trait MavenOrgSearcher {
 
-  def query: String => Either[Error, String] =
+  def query: String => Either[Error, Json] =
     queryString => {
       val query = s"http://search.maven.org/solrsearch/select?q=$queryString&rows=20&wt=json"
       val connMaybe = prepareConnection(query)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ trait ResultsParser {
   import net.liftweb.json._
   implicit val formats = DefaultFormats
 
-  def parseResults: String => Either[Error, List[Artifact]] =
+  def parseResults: Json => Either[Error, List[Artifact]] =
     results => {
       val json = parse(results)
       val suggestionsJson = json \ "spellcheck" \ "suggestions"