diff --git a/src/LGraphCanvas.ts b/src/LGraphCanvas.ts
index 65c6b1782..cd64e95a5 100644
--- a/src/LGraphCanvas.ts
+++ b/src/LGraphCanvas.ts
@@ -2357,17 +2357,14 @@ export class LGraphCanvas implements ConnectionColorContext {
     const x = pos[0] - node.pos[0]
     const y = pos[1] - node.pos[1]
 
-    // @ts-expect-error https://github.com/Comfy-Org/litegraph.js/issues/616
     const WidgetClass = WIDGET_TYPE_MAP[widget.type]
     if (WidgetClass) {
       const widgetInstance = toClass(WidgetClass, widget)
-      // @ts-expect-error https://github.com/Comfy-Org/litegraph.js/issues/616
       pointer.onClick = () => widgetInstance.onClick({
         e,
         node,
         canvas: this,
       })
-      // @ts-expect-error https://github.com/Comfy-Org/litegraph.js/issues/616
       pointer.onDrag = eMove => widgetInstance.onDrag?.({
         e: eMove,
         node,
diff --git a/src/LGraphNode.ts b/src/LGraphNode.ts
index fc95fb64d..c3a70cd4f 100644
--- a/src/LGraphNode.ts
+++ b/src/LGraphNode.ts
@@ -1688,6 +1688,7 @@ export class LGraphNode implements Positionable, IPinnable, IColorable {
       value: value,
       callback: typeof callback !== "function" ? undefined : callback,
       options,
+      y: 0,
     }
 
     if (w.options.y !== undefined) {
@@ -1708,7 +1709,6 @@ export class LGraphNode implements Positionable, IPinnable, IColorable {
 
   addCustomWidget<T extends IWidget>(custom_widget: T): T {
     this.widgets ||= []
-    // @ts-expect-error https://github.com/Comfy-Org/litegraph.js/issues/616
     const WidgetClass = WIDGET_TYPE_MAP[custom_widget.type]
     const widget = WidgetClass ? new WidgetClass(custom_widget) as IWidget : custom_widget
     this.widgets.push(widget)
@@ -3283,7 +3283,6 @@ export class LGraphNode implements Positionable, IPinnable, IColorable {
           // @ts-expect-error https://github.com/Comfy-Org/litegraph.js/issues/616
           type: linkOverWidgetType,
           link: 0,
-          // @ts-expect-error https://github.com/Comfy-Org/litegraph.js/issues/616
         }).draw(ctx, { pos: [10, y + 10], colorContext })
       }
 
@@ -3294,13 +3293,10 @@ export class LGraphNode implements Positionable, IPinnable, IColorable {
       if (w.disabled) ctx.globalAlpha *= 0.5
       const widget_width = w.width || width
 
-      // @ts-expect-error https://github.com/Comfy-Org/litegraph.js/issues/616
       const WidgetClass: typeof WIDGET_TYPE_MAP[string] = WIDGET_TYPE_MAP[w.type]
       if (WidgetClass) {
-        // @ts-expect-error https://github.com/Comfy-Org/litegraph.js/issues/616
         toClass(WidgetClass, w).drawWidget(ctx, { y, width: widget_width, show_text, margin })
       } else {
-        // @ts-expect-error https://github.com/Comfy-Org/litegraph.js/issues/616
         w.draw?.(ctx, this, widget_width, y, H)
       }
       ctx.globalAlpha = editorAlpha
@@ -3552,7 +3548,6 @@ export class LGraphNode implements Positionable, IPinnable, IColorable {
 
       const actualSlot = this.inputs[slot.index]
       const offset = LiteGraph.NODE_SLOT_HEIGHT * 0.5
-      // @ts-expect-error https://github.com/Comfy-Org/litegraph.js/issues/616
       actualSlot.pos = [offset, widget.y + offset]
       this.layoutSlot(actualSlot, { slotIndex: slot.index })
     }
diff --git a/src/types/widgets.ts b/src/types/widgets.ts
index 8d234177a..55d08656d 100644
--- a/src/types/widgets.ts
+++ b/src/types/widgets.ts
@@ -66,32 +66,32 @@ export type IWidget =
   | IKnobWidget
 
 export interface IBooleanWidget extends IBaseWidget {
-  type?: "toggle"
+  type: "toggle"
   value: boolean
 }
 
 /** Any widget that uses a numeric backing */
 export interface INumericWidget extends IBaseWidget {
-  type?: "number"
+  type: "number"
   value: number
 }
 
 export interface ISliderWidget extends IBaseWidget {
-  type?: "slider"
+  type: "slider"
   value: number
   options: IWidgetSliderOptions
   marker?: number
 }
 
 export interface IKnobWidget extends IBaseWidget {
-  type?: "knob"
+  type: "knob"
   value: number
   options: IWidgetKnobOptions
 }
 
 /** A combo-box widget (dropdown, select, etc) */
 export interface IComboWidget extends IBaseWidget {
-  type?: "combo"
+  type: "combo"
   value: string | number
   options: IWidgetOptions<string>
 }
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ export type IStringWidgetType = IStringWidget["type"] | IMultilineStringWidget["
 
 /** A widget with a string value */
 export interface IStringWidget extends IBaseWidget {
-  type?: "string" | "text"
+  type: "string" | "text"
   value: string
 }
 
 export interface IButtonWidget extends IBaseWidget {
-  type?: "button"
+  type: "button"
   value: undefined
   clicked: boolean
 }
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export interface IButtonWidget extends IBaseWidget {
 export interface IMultilineStringWidget<TElement extends HTMLElement = HTMLTextAreaElement> extends
   IBaseWidget {
 
-  type?: "multiline"
+  type: "multiline"
   value: string
 
   /** HTML textarea element  */
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export interface IMultilineStringWidget<TElement extends HTMLElement = HTMLTextA
 
 /** A custom widget - accepts any value and has no built-in special handling */
 export interface ICustomWidget extends IBaseWidget {
-  type?: "custom"
+  type: "custom"
   value: string | object
 }
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export interface IBaseWidget {
 
   label?: string
   /** Widget type (see {@link TWidgetType}) */
-  type?: TWidgetType
+  type: TWidgetType
   value?: TWidgetValue
 
   /**
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export interface IBaseWidget {
   /**
    * The starting y position of the widget after layout.
    */
-  y?: number
+  y: number
 
   /**
    * The y position of the widget after drawing (rendering).
diff --git a/src/widgets/BaseWidget.ts b/src/widgets/BaseWidget.ts
index c890231f5..a01ba567e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/BaseWidget.ts
+++ b/src/widgets/BaseWidget.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ export abstract class BaseWidget implements IBaseWidget {
   name: string
   options: IWidgetOptions<unknown>
   label?: string
-  type?: TWidgetType
+  type: TWidgetType
   value?: TWidgetValue
-  y?: number
+  y: number = 0
   last_y?: number
   width?: number
   disabled?: boolean
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export abstract class BaseWidget implements IBaseWidget {
     Object.assign(this, widget)
     this.name = widget.name
     this.options = widget.options
+    this.type = widget.type
   }
 
   get outline_color() {