diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/cluster.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/cluster.api.ts
index b0d6446f01..e96ab7f082 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/cluster.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/cluster.api.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class Cluster extends KubeObject {
   static kind = "Cluster";
   static apiBase = "/apis/cluster.k8s.io/v1alpha1/clusters";
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     clusterNetwork?: {
       serviceDomain?: string;
       pods?: {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export class Cluster extends KubeObject {
       };
     };
   };
-  declare status?: {
+  status?: {
     apiEndpoints: {
       host: string;
       port: string;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/crd.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/crd.api.ts
index ad5a90eccf..f51df634fe 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/crd.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/crd.api.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export class CustomResourceDefinition extends KubeObject {
   static namespaced = false;
   static apiBase = "/apis/apiextensions.k8s.io/v1/customresourcedefinitions";
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     group: string;
     version?: string; // deprecated in v1 api
     names: {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class CustomResourceDefinition extends KubeObject {
     };
     additionalPrinterColumns?: AdditionalPrinterColumnsV1Beta[]; // removed in v1
   };
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     conditions: {
       lastTransitionTime: string;
       message: string;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/cron-job.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/cron-job.api.ts
index db22cd5611..4b317eac62 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/cron-job.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/cron-job.api.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class CronJob extends KubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     schedule: string;
     concurrencyPolicy: string;
     suspend: boolean;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class CronJob extends KubeObject {
     successfulJobsHistoryLimit: number;
     failedJobsHistoryLimit: number;
   };
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     lastScheduleTime?: string;
   };
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/daemon-set.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/daemon-set.api.ts
index 585c636156..1a114174cb 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/daemon-set.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/daemon-set.api.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export class DaemonSet extends WorkloadKubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     selector: {
       matchLabels: {
         [name: string]: string;
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class DaemonSet extends WorkloadKubeObject {
     };
     revisionHistoryLimit: number;
   };
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     currentNumberScheduled: number;
     numberMisscheduled: number;
     desiredNumberScheduled: number;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/deployment.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/deployment.api.ts
index b03916e7e7..fa67953312 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/deployment.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/deployment.api.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class Deployment extends WorkloadKubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     replicas: number;
     selector: { matchLabels: { [app: string]: string } };
     template: {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export class Deployment extends WorkloadKubeObject {
       };
     };
   };
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     observedGeneration: number;
     replicas: number;
     updatedReplicas: number;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/events.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/events.api.ts
index c43a3649bd..d026d3d1f0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/events.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/events.api.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,13 @@
 import moment from "moment";
 import { KubeObject } from "../kube-object";
 import { formatDuration } from "../../utils/formatDuration";
-import { autoBind } from "../../utils";
 import { KubeApi } from "../kube-api";
-import { KubeJsonApiData } from "../kube-json-api";
 
 export class KubeEvent extends KubeObject {
   static kind = "Event";
   static namespaced = true;
   static apiBase = "/api/v1/events";
 
-  constructor(data: KubeJsonApiData) {
-    super(data);
-    autoBind(this);
-    Object.assign(this, data); // TODO: figure out why this doesn't work from super()
-  }
-
   involvedObject: {
     kind: string;
     namespace: string;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/hpa.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/hpa.api.ts
index 60e8cdb649..4876ee43eb 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/hpa.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/hpa.api.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class HorizontalPodAutoscaler extends KubeObject {
   static namespaced = true;
   static apiBase = "/apis/autoscaling/v2beta1/horizontalpodautoscalers";
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     scaleTargetRef: {
       kind: string;
       name: string;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class HorizontalPodAutoscaler extends KubeObject {
     maxReplicas: number;
     metrics: IHpaMetric[];
   };
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     currentReplicas: number;
     desiredReplicas: number;
     currentMetrics: IHpaMetric[];
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/ingress.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/ingress.api.ts
index 49ba6b07c9..ee7e4fadd4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/ingress.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/ingress.api.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export class Ingress extends KubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     tls: {
       secretName: string;
     }[];
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export class Ingress extends KubeObject {
       }
     }
   };
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     loadBalancer: {
       ingress: ILoadBalancerIngress[];
     };
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/job.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/job.api.ts
index 1df41ad548..7a92a94fa6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/job.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/job.api.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export class Job extends WorkloadKubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     parallelism?: number;
     completions?: number;
     backoffLimit?: number;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class Job extends WorkloadKubeObject {
     serviceAccount?: string;
     schedulerName?: string;
   };
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     conditions: {
       type: string;
       status: string;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/limit-range.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/limit-range.api.ts
index 89aa8eeb34..a97ca28c43 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/limit-range.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/limit-range.api.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class LimitRange extends KubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     limits: LimitRangeItem[];
   };
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/namespaces.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/namespaces.api.ts
index 8d489fc26d..848a34bd32 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/namespaces.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/namespaces.api.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class Namespace extends KubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare status?: {
+  status?: {
     phase: string;
   };
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/network-policy.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/network-policy.api.ts
index 7e120d1796..72e828bfc0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/network-policy.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/network-policy.api.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class NetworkPolicy extends KubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     podSelector: {
       matchLabels: {
         [label: string]: string;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/nodes.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/nodes.api.ts
index 4bb7e0ff4a..a95cff26a4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/nodes.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/nodes.api.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class Node extends KubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     podCIDR: string;
     externalID: string;
     taints?: {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export class Node extends KubeObject {
     }[];
     unschedulable?: boolean;
   };
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     capacity: {
       cpu: string;
       memory: string;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/persistent-volume-claims.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/persistent-volume-claims.api.ts
index 500af710e5..dab5040cdc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/persistent-volume-claims.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/persistent-volume-claims.api.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class PersistentVolumeClaim extends KubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     accessModes: string[];
     storageClassName: string;
     selector: {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class PersistentVolumeClaim extends KubeObject {
       };
     };
   };
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     phase: string; // Pending
   };
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/persistent-volume.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/persistent-volume.api.ts
index ae1daba816..ce8f04eabd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/persistent-volume.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/persistent-volume.api.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class PersistentVolume extends KubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     capacity: {
       storage: string; // 8Gi
     };
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class PersistentVolume extends KubeObject {
     };
   };
 
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     phase: string;
     reason?: string;
   };
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/poddisruptionbudget.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/poddisruptionbudget.api.ts
index a202565398..654e1785f5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/poddisruptionbudget.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/poddisruptionbudget.api.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ export class PodDisruptionBudget extends KubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     minAvailable: string;
     maxUnavailable: string;
     selector: { matchLabels: { [app: string]: string } };
   };
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     currentHealthy: number
     desiredHealthy: number
     disruptionsAllowed: number
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/pods.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/pods.api.ts
index b865960fec..fad991de37 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/pods.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/pods.api.ts
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export class Pod extends WorkloadKubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     volumes?: {
       name: string;
       persistentVolumeClaim: {
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ export class Pod extends WorkloadKubeObject {
     };
     affinity?: IAffinity;
   };
-  declare status?: {
+  status?: {
     phase: string;
     conditions: {
       type: string;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/podsecuritypolicy.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/podsecuritypolicy.api.ts
index 5ff8537143..f33d70299e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/podsecuritypolicy.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/podsecuritypolicy.api.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export class PodSecurityPolicy extends KubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     allowPrivilegeEscalation?: boolean;
     allowedCSIDrivers?: {
       name: string;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/replica-set.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/replica-set.api.ts
index 503c17adcf..e5795444b4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/replica-set.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/replica-set.api.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class ReplicaSet extends WorkloadKubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     replicas?: number;
     selector: { matchLabels: { [app: string]: string } };
     template?: {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class ReplicaSet extends WorkloadKubeObject {
     };
     minReadySeconds?: number;
   };
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     replicas: number;
     fullyLabeledReplicas?: number;
     readyReplicas?: number;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/resource-quota.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/resource-quota.api.ts
index 590e137eca..e2d37a9081 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/resource-quota.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/resource-quota.api.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class ResourceQuota extends KubeObject {
     this.spec = this.spec || {} as any;
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     hard: IResourceQuotaValues;
     scopeSelector?: {
       matchExpressions: {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class ResourceQuota extends KubeObject {
     };
   };
 
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     hard: IResourceQuotaValues;
     used: IResourceQuotaValues;
   };
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/selfsubjectrulesreviews.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/selfsubjectrulesreviews.api.ts
index 98f68f95f7..f47fc29a4e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/selfsubjectrulesreviews.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/selfsubjectrulesreviews.api.ts
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ export class SelfSubjectRulesReview extends KubeObject {
   static namespaced = false;
   static apiBase = "/apis/authorization.k8s.io/v1/selfsubjectrulesreviews";
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     // todo: add more types from api docs
     namespace?: string;
   };
 
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     resourceRules: ISelfSubjectReviewRule[];
     nonResourceRules: ISelfSubjectReviewRule[];
     incomplete: boolean;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/service.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/service.api.ts
index 4723e6f66c..9dce4df628 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/service.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/service.api.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class Service extends KubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     type: string;
     clusterIP: string;
     externalTrafficPolicy?: string;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class Service extends KubeObject {
     externalIPs?: string[]; // https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/#external-ips
   };
 
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     loadBalancer?: {
       ingress?: {
         ip?: string;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/stateful-set.api.ts b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/stateful-set.api.ts
index beb39015a6..cad00a365d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/endpoints/stateful-set.api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/endpoints/stateful-set.api.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class StatefulSet extends WorkloadKubeObject {
     autoBind(this);
   }
 
-  declare spec: {
+  spec: {
     serviceName: string;
     replicas: number;
     selector: {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export class StatefulSet extends WorkloadKubeObject {
       };
     }[];
   };
-  declare status: {
+  status: {
     observedGeneration: number;
     replicas: number;
     currentReplicas: number;
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/kube-object.ts b/src/renderer/api/kube-object.ts
index 25e6e62e2f..cc14ff9a7b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/kube-object.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/kube-object.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export class KubeObject implements ItemObject {
   kind: string;
   metadata: IKubeObjectMetadata;
   status?: any;
-  spec: any = {};
+  spec?: any;
 
   get selfLink() {
     return this.metadata.selfLink;
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/menu/menu.tsx b/src/renderer/components/menu/menu.tsx
index 945f449e96..ff30b24c30 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/menu/menu.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/menu/menu.tsx
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ export class MenuItem extends React.Component<MenuItemProps> {
   static defaultProps = defaultPropsMenuItem as object;
   static contextType = MenuContext;
 
-  declare context: MenuContextValue;
+  public context: MenuContextValue;
   public elem: HTMLElement;
 
   constructor(props: MenuItemProps) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/tabs/tabs.tsx b/src/renderer/components/tabs/tabs.tsx
index 6c06c029ca..bfc5a01b7e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/tabs/tabs.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/tabs/tabs.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export interface TabProps<D = any> extends DOMAttributes<HTMLElement> {
 
 export class Tab extends React.PureComponent<TabProps> {
   static contextType = TabsContext;
-  declare context: TabsContextValue;
+  public context: TabsContextValue;
   public elem: HTMLElement;
 
   get isActive() {
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index c4c63baf88..b23c764f2b 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "traceResolution": false,
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
-    "useDefineForClassFields": true,
+    "useDefineForClassFields": false,
     "paths": {
       "*": [
         "node_modules/*",