diff --git a/src/config/types.ts b/src/config/types.ts
index dc62ea2ad5..da8020b081 100644
--- a/src/config/types.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,67 @@
+enum TemplateElementType {
+  TEXT = 1,
+  INTERPOLATOR = 2,
+  TRIPLE = 3,
+  SECTION = 4,
+  INVERTED = 5,
+  CLOSING = 6,
+  ELEMENT = 7,
+  PARTIAL = 8,
+  COMMENT = 9,
+  DELIMCHANGE = 10,
+  ANCHOR = 11,
+  ATTRIBUTE = 13,
+  CLOSING_TAG = 14,
+  COMPONENT = 15,
+  YIELDER = 16,
+  INLINE_PARTIAL = 17,
+  DOCTYPE = 18,
+  ALIAS = 19,
+
+  AWAIT = 55,
+
+  NUMBER_LITERAL = 20,
+  STRING_LITERAL = 21,
+  ARRAY_LITERAL = 22,
+  OBJECT_LITERAL = 23,
+  BOOLEAN_LITERAL = 24,
+  REGEXP_LITERAL = 25,
+
+  GLOBAL = 26,
+  KEY_VALUE_PAIR = 27,
+
+  REFERENCE = 30,
+  REFINEMENT = 31,
+  MEMBER = 32,
+  PREFIX_OPERATOR = 33,
+  BRACKETED = 34,
+  CONDITIONAL = 35,
+  INFIX_OPERATOR = 36,
+
+  INVOCATION = 40,
+
+  SECTION_IF = 50,
+  SECTION_UNLESS = 51,
+  SECTION_EACH = 52,
+  SECTION_WITH = 53,
+  SECTION_IF_WITH = 54,
+
+  ELSE = 60,
+  ELSEIF = 61,
+  THEN = 62,
+  CATCH = 63,
+
+  EVENT = 70,
+  DECORATOR = 71,
+  TRANSITION = 72,
+  BINDING_FLAG = 73,
+  DELEGATE_FLAG = 74
+}
+
+export default TemplateElementType;
+
+// todo remove const and use enum
+
 export const TEXT = 1;
 export const INTERPOLATOR = 2;
 export const TRIPLE = 3;
diff --git a/src/parse/converters/expressions/primary/literal/readNumberLiteral.js b/src/parse/converters/expressions/primary/literal/readNumberLiteral.ts
similarity index 54%
rename from src/parse/converters/expressions/primary/literal/readNumberLiteral.js
rename to src/parse/converters/expressions/primary/literal/readNumberLiteral.ts
index 561c28d4bc..099f2cd373 100644
--- a/src/parse/converters/expressions/primary/literal/readNumberLiteral.js
+++ b/src/parse/converters/expressions/primary/literal/readNumberLiteral.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-import { NUMBER_LITERAL } from '../../../../../config/types';
+import TemplateElementType from 'config/types';
+import { LiteralTemplateElement } from 'parse/templateElements';
 
 // bulletproof number regex from https://gist.github.com/Rich-Harris/7544330
 const numberPattern = /^(?:[+-]?)0*(?:(?:(?:[1-9]\d*)?\.\d+)|(?:(?:0|[1-9]\d*)\.)|(?:0|[1-9]\d*))(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?/;
 
-export default function readNumberLiteral(parser) {
+// todo add correct type on Parser
+export default function readNumberLiteral(parser): LiteralTemplateElement {
   let result;
 
   if ((result = parser.matchPattern(numberPattern))) {
     return {
-      t: NUMBER_LITERAL,
+      t: TemplateElementType.NUMBER_LITERAL,
       v: result
     };
   }
diff --git a/src/parse/converters/expressions/primary/literal/readStringLiteral.js b/src/parse/converters/expressions/primary/literal/readStringLiteral.ts
similarity index 67%
rename from src/parse/converters/expressions/primary/literal/readStringLiteral.js
rename to src/parse/converters/expressions/primary/literal/readStringLiteral.ts
index 64acba17dd..77161e8330 100644
--- a/src/parse/converters/expressions/primary/literal/readStringLiteral.js
+++ b/src/parse/converters/expressions/primary/literal/readStringLiteral.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import { STRING_LITERAL } from '../../../../../config/types';
 import makeQuotedStringMatcher from './stringLiteral/makeQuotedStringMatcher';
+import TemplateElementType from 'config/types';
+import { LiteralTemplateElement } from 'parse/templateElements';
 
 const singleMatcher = makeQuotedStringMatcher(`"`);
 const doubleMatcher = makeQuotedStringMatcher(`'`);
 
-export default function(parser) {
+// todo add correct type on Parser
+export default function(parser): LiteralTemplateElement {
   const start = parser.pos;
   const quote = parser.matchString(`'`) || parser.matchString(`"`);
 
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ export default function(parser) {
     }
 
     return {
-      t: STRING_LITERAL,
+      t: TemplateElementType.STRING_LITERAL,
       v: string
     };
   }
diff --git a/src/parse/templateElements.ts b/src/parse/templateElements.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23b3677ceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parse/templateElements.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import TemplateElementType from 'config/types';
+
+export interface LiteralTemplateElement {
+  t: TemplateElementType.STRING_LITERAL | TemplateElementType.NUMBER_LITERAL;
+  v: string;
+}