diff --git a/src/anonymize.js b/src/anonymize.ts
similarity index 79%
rename from src/anonymize.js
rename to src/anonymize.ts
index 0fa00cda1..cd449e479 100644
--- a/src/anonymize.js
+++ b/src/anonymize.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-const anonymizationService = require('./services/anonymization');
-const sqlInit = require('./services/sql_init');
+import anonymizationService = require('./services/anonymization');
+import sqlInit = require('./services/sql_init');
 require('./becca/entity_constructor');
 
 sqlInit.dbReady.then(async () => {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ sqlInit.dbReady.then(async () => {
             console.log("Anonymization failed.");
         }
     }
-    catch (e) {
+    catch (e: any) {
         console.error(e.message, e.stack);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/services/anonymization.ts b/src/services/anonymization.ts
index 09599dcd4..4e17058a7 100644
--- a/src/services/anonymization.ts
+++ b/src/services/anonymization.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function getExistingAnonymizedDatabases() {
         }));
 }
 
-module.exports = {
+export = {
     getFullAnonymizationScript,
     createAnonymizedCopy,
     getExistingAnonymizedDatabases