diff --git a/validator/main.py b/validator/main.py
index ccdc10f..051238f 100644
--- a/validator/main.py
+++ b/validator/main.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def __init__(
         threshold: float = 0.9,
         on_fail: Optional[Union[str, Callable]] = None,
     ):
-        super().__init__(on_fail=on_fail)
+        super().__init__(on_fail=on_fail)  # type: ignore
         valid_on_fail_operations = {"fix", "noop", "exception"}
         if isinstance(on_fail, str) and on_fail not in valid_on_fail_operations:
             raise Exception(
@@ -115,15 +115,17 @@ def fix_passage(self, text: str) -> str:
 
     # This normally will be called by _inference.
     # Remote inference is unsupported for this model on account of the NER.
-    def _inference_local(self, sentences: List[str]) -> List[float]:
+    def _inference_local(self, sentences: List[str]) -> List[float]:  # type: ignore
         scores = list()
         predictions = self.classification_model(sentences)
         for pred in predictions:
-            if pred['label'] == 'Biased':
-                scores.append(pred['score'])
-            elif pred['label'] == 'Non-biased':
-                scores.append(-pred['score'])
+            label = pred['label']  # type: ignore
+            score = pred['score']  # type: ignore
+            if label == 'Biased':
+                scores.append(score)
+            elif label == 'Non-biased':
+                scores.append(-score)
             else:
                 # This should never happen:
-                raise Exception("Unexpected prediction label: {}".format(pred['label']))
+                raise Exception("Unexpected prediction label: {}".format(label))
         return scores