diff --git a/lib/index.d.ts b/lib/index.d.ts
index 13c91fe..e792304 100644
--- a/lib/index.d.ts
+++ b/lib/index.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 import { Id, PolicyOptions } from '@hapi/catbox';
 import { CachePolicyOptions, Plugin, Request, ResponseToolkit, Server, ServerOptionsCache } from '@hapi/hapi';
 
+
 declare namespace yar {
+
+    export interface YarValues {}
+    export interface YarFlashes {}
+
+    type YarValKeys = keyof YarValues;
+    type YarFlashKeys = keyof YarFlashes;
+
     interface YarOptions {
         /**
          * Determines the name of the cookie used to store session information.
@@ -109,20 +117,26 @@ declare namespace yar {
         /**
          * - assigns a value (string, object, etc) to a given key which will persist across requests. Returns the value.
          */
-        set<T>(key: string, value: T): T;
+        set<T extends YarValKeys>(key: T, value: YarValues[T]): YarValues[T];
+        set<T = unknown>(key: string, value: T): T;
+
+
         /**
          *  assigns values to multiple keys using each 'keysObject' top-level property. Returns the keysObject.
          */
-        set<T extends { [key: string]: any }>(keysObject: T): T;
+        set<T extends Partial<YarValues>>(keysObject: T): T;
+        set<T = Record<string, unknown>>(keysObject: T): T;
 
         /**
          * retrieve value using a key. If 'clear' is 'true', key is cleared on return.
          */
-        get(key: string, clear?: boolean): any;
+        get <T extends YarValKeys>(key: T, clear?: boolean): YarValues[T] | null;
+        get <T = unknown>(key: string, clear?: boolean): T | null;
         /**
          * clears key.
          */
-        clear(key: string): void;
+        clear <T extends YarValKeys>(key: T): void;
+        clear (key: string): void;
         /**
          * Manually notify the session of changes (when using get()
          * and changing the content of the returned reference directly without calling set()).
@@ -136,7 +150,10 @@ declare namespace yar {
          * 'isOverride' used to indicate that the message provided should replace
          * any existing value instead of being appended to it (defaults to false).
          */
-        flash(type?: string, message?: any, isOverride?: boolean): any[];
+        flash <T extends YarFlashKeys>(type: T, message: YarFlashes[T], isOverride?: boolean): YarFlashes[T][];
+        flash <T = unknown>(type: string, message: T, isOverride?: boolean): T[];
+        flash <T extends YarFlashKeys>(type: T): YarFlashes[T][];
+        flash <T = YarFlashes>(): { [key in keyof T]: T[key][] };
 
         /**
          * if set to 'true', enables lazy mode.
@@ -160,7 +177,9 @@ declare namespace yar {
         revoke(id: Id): Promise<void>;
     }
 }
+
 declare const yar: Plugin<yar.YarOptions>;
+
 export = yar;
 
 declare module '@hapi/hapi' {
diff --git a/test/types/index.ts b/test/types/index.ts
index 6ef0bfe..1a47c90 100644
--- a/test/types/index.ts
+++ b/test/types/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,31 @@
+import * as lab from '@hapi/lab';
 import { Request, Server } from '@hapi/hapi';
 import * as yar from '../..';
 
+const { expect } = lab.types;
+
+declare module '../..' {
+
+    interface YarValues {
+
+        test1: string;
+        test2: {
+            a: true;
+            b: string;
+        },
+
+        example: {
+            key: string;
+        };
+    }
+
+    interface YarFlashes {
+
+        success: { title: string; message: string; type: 'success' };
+        error: { title: string; message: string; type: 'error' };
+    }
+}
+
 async function boot() {
     const server = new Server();
     await server.register({
@@ -21,10 +46,147 @@ async function boot() {
         path: '/test',
         method: 'get',
         handler(request: Request) {
+
+            /** Typed YarValues */
             const example = request.yar.get('example');
+
+            expect.error(
+                request.yar.get('test1') === 123
+            );
+
+            const test1 = request.yar.get('test1');
+            const test2 = request.yar.get('test2');
+
+            test1 === '1233';
+            test2?.a === true;
+
+            expect.type<string | null>(test1);
+            expect.type<{ a: true; b: string } | null>(test2);
+
+
+            /** Untyped YarValues */
+            const test3 = request.yar.get <{ something: 'else' }>('test3');
+
+            expect.type<{ something: 'else' } | null>(test3);
+
+            expect.error(
+                request.yar.get <boolean>('test4') === 123
+            );
+
+
+            return {
+                id: request.yar.id,
+                key: example?.key,
+            };
+        },
+    });
+
+    server.route({
+
+        path: '/test',
+        method: 'post',
+        handler(request: Request) {
+
+            /** Typed YarValues */
+            expect.type<string>(
+                request.yar.set('test1', '123')
+            );
+
+            expect.error<string>(
+                request.yar.set('test1', 123)
+            );
+
+            expect.type<yar.YarValues['test2']>(
+                request.yar.set('test2', {
+                    a: true,
+                    b: '123',
+                })
+            );
+
+            const partialYarObj = {
+                test1: '123',
+            };
+
+            expect.type<Partial<yar.YarValues>>(request.yar.set(partialYarObj));
+
+            expect.error<Partial<yar.YarValues>>(
+                request.yar.set({ bad: 'type' })
+            );
+
+
+            /** Untyped YarValues */
+
+            expect.type<{ good: 'type' }>(
+                request.yar.set({ good: 'type' })
+            );
+
+            expect.type<boolean>(
+                request.yar.set('anything', true)
+            );
+
+
+            /** Typed YarFlashes */
+            expect.type<yar.YarFlashes['error'][]>(
+
+                request.yar.flash('error', {
+                    title: 'Error',
+                    message: 'This is an error',
+                    type: 'error'
+                })
+            );
+
+            expect.type<yar.YarFlashes['success'][]>(
+                request.yar.flash('success', {
+                    title: 'Success',
+                    message: 'This is a success',
+                    type: 'success'
+                })
+            );
+
+            expect.error<yar.YarFlashes[yar.YarFlashKeys][]>(
+                request.yar.flash('info', 'message')
+            )
+
+            expect.type<yar.YarFlashes['error'][]>(
+                request.yar.flash('error')
+            )
+
+            expect.type<yar.YarFlashes['success'][]>(
+                request.yar.flash('success')
+            )
+
+            expect.error<yar.YarFlashes['success'][]>(
+                request.yar.flash('error')
+            )
+
+            expect.type<{ [k in keyof yar.YarFlashes]: yar.YarFlashes[k][] }>(
+                request.yar.flash()
+            );
+
+            /** Untyped YarFlashes */
+
+            expect.type<string[]>(
+                request.yar.flash('info', 'message')
+            )
+
+
+            type OtherFlash = {
+                name: string;
+                text: string;
+            }
+
+            type CustomFlashes = {
+
+                info: OtherFlash
+                warning: OtherFlash
+            };
+
+            expect.type<{ [key in keyof CustomFlashes]: OtherFlash[] }>(
+                request.yar.flash <CustomFlashes>()
+            );
+
             return {
                 id: request.yar.id,
-                key: example.key,
             };
         },
     });