diff --git a/repo-template/node-based-repo/src/exports/callerUtils.ts b/repo-template/node-based-repo/src/exports/callerUtils.ts
index d7b0d8d..fb69233 100644
--- a/repo-template/node-based-repo/src/exports/callerUtils.ts
+++ b/repo-template/node-based-repo/src/exports/callerUtils.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ export abstract class BaseCaller {
    * Makes the request after prefixing the apiUrl to the request path
    * https://visionmedia.github.io/superagent/#get-requests
    */
-  protected agent: SuperAgent<request.SuperAgentRequest>;
-
+  protected agent: SuperAgent<request.SuperAgentRequest> & request.Request;
   /**
    * base API url
    */