diff --git a/run_app.py b/run_app.py
index c2fda6436..0ecca7b7a 100644
--- a/run_app.py
+++ b/run_app.py
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 import sys
 import threading
 from subprocess import Popen, check_call
+from typing import TextIO
 
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 
-class LogPipe(threading.Thread):
+class LogPipe(threading.Thread, TextIO):
     """ boilerplate abstraction for redirecting the logs of a process """
     def __init__(self, level):
         """Setup the object with a logger and a loglevel
@@ -73,8 +74,8 @@ def main():
         ]
     )
     # this is actually kooky if you think about it
-    sys.stdout = LogPipe(logging.INFO) # type: ignore
-    sys.stderr = LogPipe(logging.ERROR) # type: ignore
+    sys.stdout = LogPipe(logging.INFO)
+    sys.stderr = LogPipe(logging.ERROR)
     username, password, python_ver = get_backend_env()
     base_url = get_frontend_env()
     os.system('docker compose run --rm init-mongo')