diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 288418b66d..e0ce05eda1 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		'no-fallthrough': 'off',
 		'no-case-declarations': 'off',
 		'no-console': 'off',
+		'no-var': 'warn',
 
 		// unused vars
 		'no-unused-vars': 'off',
diff --git a/check-licenses.js b/check-licenses.js
index d10ed065e1..c6c611c26a 100644
--- a/check-licenses.js
+++ b/check-licenses.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const remoteConfigUrl = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anyproto/open/main/co
 
 function processLicenses(licenses, allowedLicenses) {
 	const disallowedPackages = Object.keys(licenses).filter(pkg => {
-		var pkgLicenses = licenses[pkg].licenses.replace(/[()*]/g, '');
+		let pkgLicenses = licenses[pkg].licenses.replace(/[()*]/g, '');
 	
 		// The hyphenation language patterns are licensed under the LGPL (unless otherwise noted) and copyrighted to their respective creators and maintainers.
 		// https://github.com/bramstein/hyphenation-patterns
diff --git a/dist/run.js b/dist/run.js
index 9b38d7d216..6ad4477915 100644
--- a/dist/run.js
+++ b/dist/run.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-var s = document.createElement('script');
+const s = document.createElement('script');
+
 s.src = './main.js?' + Math.random();
 s.type = 'text/javascript';