diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2479ce8c9..0209987c4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ node_modules/
 out/
 .obsidian/
 .markdowndb/
+tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
 .vscode/
-.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea/
diff --git a/config/siteConfig.ts b/config/siteConfig.ts
index c83ca74f7..ceb438dd2 100644
--- a/config/siteConfig.ts
+++ b/config/siteConfig.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
-import { defaultConfig } from "@portaljs/core";
 import userConfig from "@/content/config.mjs";
+import {
+  AnalyticsConfig,
+  AuthorConfig,
+  CommentsConfig,
+  NavConfig,
+  defaultConfig,
+} from "@portaljs/core";
+import { DefaultSeoProps } from "next-seo";
 
-// TODO types
-const siteConfig: any = {
+const siteConfig: SiteConfig = {
   ...defaultConfig,
   ...userConfig,
   // prevent theme object overrides for
@@ -14,3 +20,22 @@ const siteConfig: any = {
 };
 
 export default siteConfig;
+
+export type UserConfig = {
+  analyticsConfig?: AnalyticsConfig;
+  comments?: CommentsConfig;
+  defaultAuthor: string;
+  editLinkRoot?: string;
+  logo?: AuthorConfig["logo"];
+  navbarTitle?: {
+    text?: NavConfig["title"];
+    logo?: NavConfig["logo"];
+  };
+  nextSeo?: Partial<DefaultSeoProps>;
+  preProcess: (source: any) => any;
+  showComments?: boolean;
+  search?: NavConfig["search"];
+  social?: NavConfig["social"];
+} & Partial<typeof defaultConfig>;
+
+export type SiteConfig = typeof defaultConfig & typeof userConfig;
diff --git a/content/config.mjs b/content/config.mjs
index ff8b4c563..d8210b210 100644
--- a/content/config.mjs
+++ b/content/config.mjs
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+
+/**
+ * @type {import("../config/siteConfig").UserConfig}
+ */
 export default {};
diff --git a/pages/_app.tsx b/pages/_app.tsx
index 93a620f13..0f4996a08 100644
--- a/pages/_app.tsx
+++ b/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const MyApp = ({ Component, pageProps }: AppProps<CustomAppProps>) => {
             logo: siteConfig.logo,
         },
         theme: {
-            defaultTheme: siteConfig.theme.default,
+            defaultTheme: siteConfig.theme.default as "light" | "dark",
             themeToggleIcon: siteConfig.theme.toggleIcon,
         },
         siteMap,
diff --git a/public/sitemap.xml b/public/sitemap.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab9117f83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/sitemap.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://homostellaris.io/dev/columns-vs-flex-vs-grid</loc>
+  </url>
+
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://homostellaris.io/marketing/seo</loc>
+  </url>
+
+  <url>
+    <loc
+      >https://homostellaris.io/productivity/effective-macos-task-management</loc
+    >
+  </url>
+
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://homostellaris.io/about</loc>
+  </url>
+
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://homostellaris.io/blog/blog-post-fail</loc>
+  </url>
+
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://homostellaris.io/productivity/productivity-system</loc>
+  </url>
+
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://homostellaris.io/tech/roll-your-own-personal-backups</loc>
+  </url>
+
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://homostellaris.io/blog/schedule-your-social-marketing</loc>
+  </url>
+
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://homostellaris.io//</loc>
+  </url>
+
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://homostellaris.io/dev/how-to-test-web-apps</loc>
+  </url>
+
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://homostellaris.io/dev/instance-type</loc>
+  </url>
+</urlset>