diff --git a/lib/src/routes/controllers/auth.dart b/lib/src/routes/controllers/auth.dart
index b22be7e8..1139429f 100644
--- a/lib/src/routes/controllers/auth.dart
+++ b/lib/src/routes/controllers/auth.dart
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class AuthController extends Controller {
   /// Attempt to log a user in
   LocalAuthVerifier localVerifier(Service userService) {
     return (String username, String password) async {
-      List<User> users = await userService.index({
+      Iterable<User> users = await userService.index({
         'query': {'username': username}
       });
 
diff --git a/lib/src/services/user.dart b/lib/src/services/user.dart
index 00b3c022..b5927ab0 100644
--- a/lib/src/services/user.dart
+++ b/lib/src/services/user.dart
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ configureServer(Db db) {
     app.use('/api/users',
         new TypedService<User>(new MongoService(db.collection('users'))));
 
-    HookedService service = app.service('api/users');
+    var service = app.service('api/users') as HookedService;
 
     // Prevent clients from doing anything to the `users` service,
     // apart from reading a single user's data.