diff --git a/packages/ipfs-grpc-client/src/utils/load-services.js b/packages/ipfs-grpc-client/src/utils/load-services.js
index d929136ad6..55eb9e1ff2 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-grpc-client/src/utils/load-services.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-grpc-client/src/utils/load-services.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const CONVERSION_OPTS = {
  * @returns {object}
  */
 module.exports = function loadServices () {
+  // @ts-ignore protobuf's generated types are incompatible with it's own types
   const root = protobuf.Root.fromJSON(protocol)
   const output = {}
 
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-grpc-server/src/utils/load-services.js b/packages/ipfs-grpc-server/src/utils/load-services.js
index c901d4e1d0..c236f1b991 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-grpc-server/src/utils/load-services.js
+++ b/packages/ipfs-grpc-server/src/utils/load-services.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const CONVERSION_OPTS = {
 }
 
 module.exports = function loadServices () {
+  // @ts-ignore protobuf's generated types are incompatible with it's own types
   const root = protobuf.Root.fromJSON(protocol)
   const output = {}