diff --git a/lib/gui/app/os/open-external/services/open-external.js b/lib/gui/app/os/open-external/services/open-external.js
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--- a/lib/gui/app/os/open-external/services/open-external.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2016 balena.io
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-'use strict'
-
-const electron = require('electron')
-const store = require('../../../models/store')
-const analytics = require('../../../modules/analytics')
-const settings = require('../../../models/settings')
-
-/**
- * @summary Open an external resource
- * @function
- * @public
- *
- * @param {String} url - url
- *
- * @example
- * OSOpenExternalService.open('https://www.google.com');
- */
-const open = (url) => {
-  // Don't open links if they're disabled by the env var
-  if (settings.get('disableExternalLinks')) {
-    return
-  }
-
-  analytics.logEvent('Open external link', {
-    url,
-    applicationSessionUuid: store.getState().toJS().applicationSessionUuid
-  })
-
-  if (url) {
-    electron.shell.openExternal(url)
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = function () {
-  this.open = open
-}
-
-module.exports.open = open
diff --git a/lib/gui/app/os/open-external/services/open-external.ts b/lib/gui/app/os/open-external/services/open-external.ts
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index 00000000..dda1ca72
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+++ b/lib/gui/app/os/open-external/services/open-external.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 balena.io
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as electron from 'electron';
+import * as settings from '../../../models/settings';
+import * as store from '../../../models/store';
+import { logEvent } from '../../../modules/analytics';
+
+/**
+ * @summary Open an external resource
+ */
+export function open(url: string) {
+	// Don't open links if they're disabled by the env var
+	if (settings.get('disableExternalLinks')) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	logEvent('Open external link', {
+		url,
+		// @ts-ignore
+		applicationSessionUuid: store.getState().toJS().applicationSessionUuid,
+	});
+
+	if (url) {
+		electron.shell.openExternal(url);
+	}
+}