diff --git a/backend/src/routes/museum.ts b/backend/src/routes/museum.ts
index a249e8ab..1b4b31fe 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/museum.ts
+++ b/backend/src/routes/museum.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Router, Request } from 'express'
 import { getAllMuseums, getMuseumDetails, validateEntireMuseum } from '../services/museum'
 import { fixBigInt } from '../utils/common'
 import { requireOneOf } from '../middlewares/authorizer'
-import { Role, EditDataType, EditMetaData, RegionDetails, Museum } from '../../../frontend/src/shared/types'
+import { Role, EditDataType, EditMetaData, Museum } from '../../../frontend/src/shared/types'
 import { writeMuseum } from '../services/write/museum'
 
 const router = Router()
diff --git a/backend/src/services/write/locality.ts b/backend/src/services/write/locality.ts
index bc0812ef..5c0245e9 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/write/locality.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/write/locality.ts
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ export const writeLocality = async (
 
   locality.loc_status = fixRadioSelection(locality.loc_status)
   locality.approx_coord = fixRadioSelection(locality.approx_coord)
-  locality.stone_tool_cut_marks_on_bones = fixRadioSelection(locality.stone_tool_cut_marks_on_bones)
-  locality.bipedal_footprints = fixRadioSelection(locality.bipedal_footprints)
-  locality.stone_tool_technology = fixRadioSelection(locality.stone_tool_technology)
+  locality.stone_tool_cut_marks_on_bones = fixRadioSelection(locality.stone_tool_cut_marks_on_bones) as boolean
+  locality.bipedal_footprints = fixRadioSelection(locality.bipedal_footprints) as boolean
+  locality.stone_tool_technology = fixRadioSelection(locality.stone_tool_technology) as boolean
 
   const authorizer = user!.initials
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Museum/Tabs/MuseumInfoTab.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Museum/Tabs/MuseumInfoTab.tsx
index 3d29140a..95a9820d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Museum/Tabs/MuseumInfoTab.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Museum/Tabs/MuseumInfoTab.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { Museum } from '@/shared/types'
 
 export const MuseumInfoTab = () => {
   const { textField, radioSelection } = useDetailContext<Museum>()
-  const { editData } = useDetailContext()
 
   const museumInfo = [
     ['Institution', textField('institution')],
diff --git a/frontend/src/shared/validators/museum.ts b/frontend/src/shared/validators/museum.ts
index c7fb16e9..657593cc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/shared/validators/museum.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/shared/validators/museum.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export const validateMuseum = (editData: EditDataType<Museum>, fieldName: keyof
       name: 'State code',
       asString: value => {
         if (value.length > 5) return 'State code must contain a maximum of 5 characters'
+        return null
       },
     },
   }