diff --git a/.basedpyright/baseline.json b/.basedpyright/baseline.json
index 5f9e48ba..1e70ce10 100644
--- a/.basedpyright/baseline.json
+++ b/.basedpyright/baseline.json
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@
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             },
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@@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@
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+                "code": "reportUnknownVariableType",
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@@ -2092,15 +2092,15 @@
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-                "code": "reportAny",
+                "code": "reportArgumentType",
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+                    "endColumn": 21,
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+                "code": "reportUnknownParameterType",
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@@ -2124,13 +2124,29 @@
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             },
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-                "code": "reportAny",
+                "code": "reportUnknownVariableType",
+                "range": {
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+                    "endColumn": 28,
+                    "lineCount": 1
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                "code": "reportUnknownVariableType",
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                     "endColumn": 43,
                     "lineCount": 1
                 }
             },
+            {
+                "code": "reportUnknownArgumentType",
+                "range": {
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+                    "endColumn": 21,
+                    "lineCount": 1
+                }
+            },
             {
                 "code": "reportUnknownArgumentType",
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@@ -5449,14 +5465,6 @@
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@@ -5529,14 +5537,6 @@
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@@ -5544,14 +5544,6 @@
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-            },
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-                "code": "reportUnknownVariableType",
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 148bdf1c..3ec6b4a2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ distribute*tar.gz
 
 .cache
 .mypy_cache
+.venv
 
 *.dat
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3690b9d6..cffccd0b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ exclude = [
     ".conda-root",
     "build",
     ".env",
+    ".venv",
 ]
 
 # This reports even cycles that are qualified by 'if TYPE_CHECKING'. Not what