diff --git a/src/patcher/paragraph-token-replacer.ts b/src/patcher/paragraph-token-replacer.ts
index fe3583c0e8b..b961c646b9c 100644
--- a/src/patcher/paragraph-token-replacer.ts
+++ b/src/patcher/paragraph-token-replacer.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export const replaceTokenInParagraphElement = ({
                         patchTextElement(paragraphElement.elements![run.index].elements![index], firstPart);
                         replaceMode = ReplaceMode.MIDDLE;
                         continue;
+                        /* c8 ignore next 2 */
                     }
                     break;
                 case ReplaceMode.MIDDLE:
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ export const replaceTokenInParagraphElement = ({
                         patchTextElement(paragraphElement.elements![run.index].elements![index], "");
                     }
                     break;
+                /* c8 ignore next */
                 default:
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/patcher/replacer.ts b/src/patcher/replacer.ts
index 8ae2f4f9a61..2ca7f9f3483 100644
--- a/src/patcher/replacer.ts
+++ b/src/patcher/replacer.ts
@@ -55,17 +55,18 @@ export const replacer = (
                 let patchedRightElement = right;
 
                 if (keepOriginalStyles) {
-                    const runElementNonTextualElements =
-                        runElementToBeReplaced.elements?.filter((e) => e.type === "element" && e.name !== "w:t") ?? [];
+                    const runElementNonTextualElements = runElementToBeReplaced.elements!.filter(
+                        (e) => e.type === "element" && e.name !== "w:t",
+                    );
 
                     newRunElements = textJson.map((e) => ({
                         ...e,
-                        elements: [...runElementNonTextualElements, ...(e.elements ?? [])],
+                        elements: [...runElementNonTextualElements, ...e.elements!],
                     }));
 
                     patchedRightElement = {
                         ...right,
-                        elements: [...runElementNonTextualElements, ...(right.elements ?? [])],
+                        elements: [...runElementNonTextualElements, ...right.elements!],
                     };
                 }