diff --git a/backend/danswer/utils/sitemap.py b/backend/danswer/utils/sitemap.py
index 3b518688cdee..ababbec45758 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/utils/sitemap.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/utils/sitemap.py
@@ -1,35 +1,39 @@
-from urllib import robotparser
-from usp.tree import sitemap_tree_for_homepage
 from datetime import datetime
+from urllib import robotparser
+
+from usp.tree import sitemap_tree_for_homepage  # type: ignore
+
 from danswer.utils.logger import setup_logger
 
 logger = setup_logger()
 
-def test_url(rp, url):
+
+def test_url(rp: robotparser.RobotFileParser | None, url: str) -> bool:
     if not rp:
         return True
     else:
         return rp.can_fetch("*", url)
 
-def init_robots_txt(site):
+
+def init_robots_txt(site: str) -> robotparser.RobotFileParser:
     ts = datetime.now().timestamp()
-    robots_url = f"{url}/robots.txt?ts={ts}"
+    robots_url = f"{site}/robots.txt?ts={ts}"
     rp = robotparser.RobotFileParser()
     rp.set_url(robots_url)
     rp.read()
     return rp
 
-def list_pages_for_site(site):
-  rp = None
-  try:
-    rp = init_robots_txt(site)
-  except:
-    logger.warning("Failed to load robots.txt")
 
-  tree = sitemap_tree_for_homepage(site)
+def list_pages_for_site(site: str) -> list[str]:
+    rp: robotparser.RobotFileParser | None = None
+    try:
+        rp = init_robots_txt(site)
+    except Exception:
+        logger.warning("Failed to load robots.txt")
 
-  pages = [page.url for page in tree.all_pages() if test_url(rp, page)]
-  pages = list(dict.fromkeys(pages))
+    tree = sitemap_tree_for_homepage(site)
 
-  return(pages)
+    pages = [page.url for page in tree.all_pages() if test_url(rp, page.url)]
+    pages = list(dict.fromkeys(pages))
 
+    return pages