diff --git a/src/public/app/services/attribute_autocomplete.ts b/src/public/app/services/attribute_autocomplete.ts
index 04c601f46..041129974 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/attribute_autocomplete.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/services/attribute_autocomplete.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
+import { AttributeType } from "../entities/fattribute.js";
 import server from "./server.js";
 
+interface InitOptions {
+    $el: JQuery<HTMLElement>;
+    attributeType: AttributeType | (() => AttributeType);
+    open: boolean;
+    nameCallback: () => string;
+}
+
 /**
  * @param $el - element on which to init autocomplete
  * @param attributeType - "relation" or "label" or callback providing one of those values as a type of autocompleted attributes
  * @param open - should the autocomplete be opened after init?
  */
-function initAttributeNameAutocomplete({ $el, attributeType, open }) {
+function initAttributeNameAutocomplete({ $el, attributeType, open }: InitOptions) {
     if (!$el.hasClass("aa-input")) {
         $el.autocomplete({
             appendTo: document.querySelector('body'),
@@ -39,7 +47,7 @@ function initAttributeNameAutocomplete({ $el, attributeType, open }) {
     }
 }
 
-async function initLabelValueAutocomplete({ $el, open, nameCallback }) {
+async function initLabelValueAutocomplete({ $el, open, nameCallback }: InitOptions) {
     if ($el.hasClass("aa-input")) {
         // we reinit every time because autocomplete seems to have a bug where it retains state from last
         // open even though the value was reset
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/options.ts b/src/public/app/services/options.ts
index 23cddcfd9..138c0402a 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/options.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/services/options.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 import server from "./server.js";
 
-type OptionValue = string;
+type OptionValue = number | string;
 
 class Options {
     initializedPromise: Promise<void>;
diff --git a/src/public/app/types.d.ts b/src/public/app/types.d.ts
index 705a16b3a..4fb103b79 100644
--- a/src/public/app/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/types.d.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,24 @@ declare global {
         glob?: CustomGlobals;
     }
 
+    interface AutoCompleteConfig {
+        appendTo?: HTMLElement | null;
+        hint?: boolean;
+        openOnFocus?: boolean;
+        minLength?: number;
+        tabAutocomplete?: boolean
+    }
+
+    type AutoCompleteCallback = (values: AutoCompleteCallbackArgs[]) => void;
+
+    interface AutoCompleteArg {
+        displayKey: "name" | "value";
+        cache: boolean;
+        source: (term: string, cb: AutoCompleteCallback) => void
+    };
+    
     interface JQuery {
-        // autocomplete: (action: "close") => void;
+        autocomplete: (action: "close" | "open" | "destroy" | AutoCompleteConfig, args?: AutoCompleteArg[]) => void;
     }
 
     var logError: (message: string) => void;