diff --git a/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/index.ts b/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/index.ts
index 7807343c..c3e082b9 100644
--- a/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/index.ts
+++ b/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { RequestHandler, Router } from 'express';
-import { LeanDocument } from 'mongoose';
+import type { LeanDocument } from 'mongoose';
 import statusMessages from './statusMessages';
-import { ADPBaseModel, ADPBaseSchema } from './utils/baseModel.interface';
+import type { ADPBaseModel, ADPBaseSchema } from './utils/baseModel.interface';
 import castFilter from './utils/castFilter';
 import convertId from './utils/convertId';
 import filterGetList from './utils/filterGetList';
diff --git a/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/statusMessages.ts b/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/statusMessages.ts
index 058f54da..5bc2b000 100644
--- a/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/statusMessages.ts
+++ b/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/statusMessages.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @description handles status messages / error responses
  */
 
-import { Response } from 'express';
+import type { Response } from 'express';
 
 /**
  * Handles rejections other than errors. 400, 401, etc.
diff --git a/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/utils/baseModel.interface.ts b/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/utils/baseModel.interface.ts
index dc09895f..1f6a382a 100644
--- a/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/utils/baseModel.interface.ts
+++ b/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/utils/baseModel.interface.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Model, Document } from 'mongoose';
+import type { Model, Document } from 'mongoose';
 
 export interface ADPBaseSchema {
   _id: string;
diff --git a/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/utils/castFilter.ts b/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/utils/castFilter.ts
index 46572515..0c1e1008 100644
--- a/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/utils/castFilter.ts
+++ b/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/utils/castFilter.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ADPBaseModel } from './baseModel.interface';
+import type { ADPBaseModel } from './baseModel.interface';
 
 /**
  * Turns all the params into their proper types, string into regexes.
diff --git a/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/utils/parseQuery.ts b/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/utils/parseQuery.ts
index fe937bbc..d2f1f4da 100644
--- a/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/utils/parseQuery.ts
+++ b/server/admin-next/src/server/middleware/express-mongoose-ra-json-server/utils/parseQuery.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ADPBaseModel } from './baseModel.interface';
+import type { ADPBaseModel } from './baseModel.interface';
 import castFilter from './castFilter';
 
 interface parseQueryParam {
diff --git a/server/admin-next/tsconfig.json b/server/admin-next/tsconfig.json
index ce2791c2..293ba962 100644
--- a/server/admin-next/tsconfig.json
+++ b/server/admin-next/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
     "jsx": "react-jsx",
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "importsNotUsedAsValues": "error",
     "module": "CommonJS",
     "moduleResolution": "Node",
     "resolveJsonModule": true,