diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py b/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
index ceca9885..8ec79d5f 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def _set_web_parser(root: SubParserAction) -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     return parser
 
 
-def run():
+def run() -> None:
     """
     run application instance
     """
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py b/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
index 81413742..bc4c7937 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/status/web_client.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ class WebClient(Client):
         :param exception: exception raised
         :return: text of the response if it is not None and empty string otherwise
         """
-        return exception.response.text if exception.response is not None else ''
+        result: str = exception.response.text if exception.response is not None else ''
+        return result
 
     def _ahriman_url(self) -> str:
         """
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_status.py b/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_status.py
index 1fc32783..be3240d7 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_status.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/application/handlers/test_handler_status.py
@@ -43,4 +43,3 @@ def test_run_with_package_filter(args: argparse.Namespace, configuration: Config
 
     Status.run(args, "x86_64", configuration)
     packages_mock.assert_called_once()
-