diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 697905d4..022345af 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4577,9 +4577,9 @@
       "optional": true
     },
     "@types/node": {
-      "version": "12.19.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-12.19.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-U2VopDdmBoYBmtm8Rz340mvvSz34VgX/K9+XCuckvcLGMkt3rbMX8soqFOikIPlPBc5lmw8By9NUK7bEFSBFlQ==",
+      "version": "14.17.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-14.17.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-SYTdMaW47se8499q8m0fYKZZRlmq0RaRv6oYmlVm6DUm31l0fhOl1D03X8hGxohCKTI2Bg6w7W0TiYB51aJzag==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "@types/parse-glob": {
@@ -6876,14 +6876,22 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-WQxhFWsK4vTwJVcyoViyZrxWsh0="
     },
     "electron": {
-      "version": "9.4.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron/-/electron-9.4.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dcPlTrMWQu5xuSm6sYV42KK/BRIqh3erM8v/WtZqaDmG7pkCeJpvw26Dgbqhdt78XmqqGiN96giEe6A3S9vpAQ==",
+      "version": "13.1.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/electron/-/electron-13.1.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-sVfpP/0s6a82FK32LMuEe9L+aWZw15u3uYn9xUJArPjy4OZHteE6yM5871YCNXNiDnoCLQ5eqQWipiVgHsf8nQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "@electron/get": "^1.0.1",
-        "@types/node": "^12.0.12",
+        "@types/node": "^14.6.2",
         "extract-zip": "^1.0.3"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@types/node": {
+          "version": "14.17.7",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-14.17.7.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-SYTdMaW47se8499q8m0fYKZZRlmq0RaRv6oYmlVm6DUm31l0fhOl1D03X8hGxohCKTI2Bg6w7W0TiYB51aJzag==",
+          "dev": true
+        }
       }
     },
     "electron-installer-common": {
@@ -13727,9 +13735,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node-abi": {
-      "version": "2.19.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-abi/-/node-abi-2.19.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-9xZrlyfvKhWme2EXFKQhZRp1yNWT/uI1luYPr3sFl+H4keYY4xR+1jO7mvTTijIsHf1M+QDe9uWuKeEpLInIlg==",
+      "version": "2.30.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-abi/-/node-abi-2.30.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-g6bZh3YCKQRdwuO/tSZZYJAw622SjsRfJ2X0Iy4sSOHZ34/sPPdVBn8fev2tj7njzLwuqPw9uMtGsGkO5kIQvg==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "semver": "^5.4.1"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 018cbeca..845bfe21 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "@types/express": "^4.17.1",
     "@types/jest": "^26.0.24",
     "@types/json5": "0.0.30",
-    "@types/node": "^12.0.0",
+    "@types/node": "^14.17.4",
     "@types/react": "^17.0.15",
     "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.9",
     "@types/react-frame-component": "^4.1.1",
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "@types/styled-components": "^5.1.11",
     "@types/styled-system": "^4.2.2",
     "@types/victory": "^31.0.21",
-    "electron": "^9.4.4",
+    "electron": "^13.1.7",
     "electron-rebuild": "^1.8.6",
     "jest": "^27.0.6",
     "react-test-renderer": "^17.0.2",
diff --git a/src/files/Filesystem.ts b/src/files/Filesystem.ts
index 1e5c7fd8..72989a7e 100644
--- a/src/files/Filesystem.ts
+++ b/src/files/Filesystem.ts
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ function make(
   files: Signal.Writable<model.Files>,
   Now: Now = Date,
   Timers: Timers = timers,
-  Fs: Fs = fs.promises,
+  Fs: Fs = fs.promises as Fs, // TODO(jaked)
   Nsfw: Nsfw = nsfw,
 ): Filesystem {
   const fsFiles = new Map<string, FsFile>();
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 5ed9e066..f8fcb75e 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ async function createWindow () {
       // TODO(jaked)
       // need to remove this for security
       nodeIntegration: true,
+      contextIsolation: false,
 
       additionalArguments: [config.dataDir]
     }
diff --git a/src/publish/ghPages.ts b/src/publish/ghPages.ts
index 1732b2b4..ecbde7f7 100644
--- a/src/publish/ghPages.ts
+++ b/src/publish/ghPages.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default async function ghPages(
       await mkdir(Path.dirname(path), { recursive: true });
       const exportValue = note.exportValue.get();
       const buffer = exportValue.get('buffer') ?? bug(`expected buffer`)
-      await writeFile(path, buffer);
+      await writeFile(path, buffer as Buffer);
 
     } else if (note.type === 'png') {
       const path = Path.join(tempdir, note.name) + '.png';
@@ -51,24 +51,24 @@ export default async function ghPages(
       await mkdir(Path.dirname(path), { recursive: true });
       const exportValue = note.exportValue.get();
       const buffer = exportValue.get('buffer') ?? bug(`expected buffer`)
-      await writeFile(path, buffer);
+      await writeFile(path, buffer as Buffer);
 
     } else if (note.type === 'xml') {
       const path = Path.join(tempdir, note.name) + '.xml';
 
       await mkdir(Path.dirname(path), { recursive: true });
       const xml = note.rendered.get();
-      await writeFile(path, xml);
+      await writeFile(path, xml as string);
 
     } else if (note.type === 'pm') {
       const htmlPath = Path.join(tempdir, note.name) + '.html';
-      const html = note.html?.get();
+      const html = note.html ?? bug(`expected html`);
       await mkdir(Path.dirname(htmlPath), { recursive: true });
-      await writeFile(htmlPath, html);
+      await writeFile(htmlPath, html.get())
 
       const jsPath = Path.join(tempdir, note.name) + '.js';
-      const js = note.js?.get();
-      await writeFile(jsPath, js);
+      const js = note.js ?? bug(`expected js`);
+      await writeFile(jsPath, js.get());
     }
   }).values()]);
   const publish = true;