diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/jsonc.ts b/src/vs/base/common/jsonc.ts
index 5f88b2863ec..1862a28e725 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/jsonc.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/jsonc.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export function stripComments(content: string): string {
  * @param content the content to strip comments from
  * @returns the parsed content as JSON
 */
-export function parse(content: string): any {
+export function parse<T>(content: string): T {
 	const commentsStripped = stripComments(content);
 
 	try {
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
index 29429516496..ebf401ded8f 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ export class CodeApplication extends Disposable {
 		try {
 			const argvContent = await this.fileService.readFile(this.environmentMainService.argvResource);
 			const argvString = argvContent.value.toString();
-			const argvJSON = parse(argvString);
+			const argvJSON = parse<{ 'enable-crash-reporter'?: boolean }>(argvString);
 			const telemetryLevel = getTelemetryLevel(this.configurationService);
 			const enableCrashReporter = telemetryLevel >= TelemetryLevel.CRASH;
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/encryption/electron-sandbox/encryption.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/encryption/electron-sandbox/encryption.contribution.ts
index c6061279a7a..a530edf2bbf 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/encryption/electron-sandbox/encryption.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/encryption/electron-sandbox/encryption.contribution.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class EncryptionContribution implements IWorkbenchContribution {
 		}
 		try {
 			const content = await this.fileService.readFile(this.environmentService.argvResource);
-			const argv = parse(content.value.toString());
+			const argv = parse<{ 'password-store'?: string }>(content.value.toString());
 			if (argv['password-store'] === 'gnome' || argv['password-store'] === 'gnome-keyring') {
 				this.jsonEditingService.write(this.environmentService.argvResource, [{ path: ['password-store'], value: 'gnome-libsecret' }], true);
 			}