diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/data.ts b/frontend/src/lib/data.ts
index 5d6e36c7..8c665e1a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/data.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/data.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Category } from "./types";
 
 const sortCategories = (categories: Category[]) => {
-  const sortedCategories = categories.sort((a, b) => {
+  return categories.sort((a, b) => {
     if (a.name === "Proxmox VE Tools") {
       return -1;
     } else if (b.name === "Proxmox VE Tools") {
@@ -14,13 +14,10 @@ const sortCategories = (categories: Category[]) => {
       return a.name.localeCompare(b.name);
     }
   });
-
-  return sortedCategories;
 };
 
-export const fetchCategories = async () => {
-  const categories = await fetch(`api/categories`).then((response) =>
-    response.json(),
-  );
+export const fetchCategories = async (): Promise<Category[]> => {
+  const response = await fetch("api/categories");
+  const categories = await response.json();
   return sortCategories(categories);
 };