diff --git a/setup.ts b/setup.ts
index a00cf38034..f2c1c17b16 100644
--- a/setup.ts
+++ b/setup.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ async function checkConnection(url: string): Promise<any> {
   console.log('\nChecking Talawa-API connection....');
   let isConnected = false;
   await fetch(url)
-    .then((res) => {
+    .then(() => {
       isConnected = true;
       console.log('\nConnection to Talawa-API successful! 🎉');
     })
-    .catch((err) => {
+    .catch(() => {
       console.log(
         '\nTalawa-API service is unavailable. Is it running? Check your network connectivity too.'
       );