diff --git a/src/hooks/useDispatcher.ts b/src/hooks/useDispatcher.ts
index f21eb8922b..004b15fcef 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useDispatcher.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useDispatcher.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {Dispatcher} from "flux";
 // Hook to simplify listening to flux dispatches
 export const useDispatcher = (dispatcher: Dispatcher<ActionPayload>, handler: (payload: ActionPayload) => void) => {
     // Create a ref that stores handler
-    const savedHandler = useRef((_: ActionPayload) => {});
+    const savedHandler = useRef((payload: ActionPayload) => {});
 
     // Update ref.current value if handler changes.
     useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/stores/room-list/algorithms/tag-sorting/RecentAlgorithm.ts b/src/stores/room-list/algorithms/tag-sorting/RecentAlgorithm.ts
index 59c04b0665..09182f3bfb 100644
--- a/src/stores/room-list/algorithms/tag-sorting/RecentAlgorithm.ts
+++ b/src/stores/room-list/algorithms/tag-sorting/RecentAlgorithm.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { EffectiveMembership, getEffectiveMembership } from "../../../../utils/m
  * useful to the user.
  */
 export class RecentAlgorithm implements IAlgorithm {
-    public async sortRooms(rooms: Room[], tagID: TagID): Promise<Room[]> {
+    public async sortRooms(rooms: Room[], tagId: TagID): Promise<Room[]> {
         // We cache the timestamp lookup to avoid iterating forever on the timeline
         // of events. This cache only survives a single sort though.
         // We wouldn't need this if `.sort()` didn't constantly try and compare all