diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 99e2cbc..ce60cf2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ build/
 .mypy_cache
 .pytest_cache
 __pycache__
+.pyre
+.pytype
diff --git a/.mypy.ini b/.mypy.ini
index 1e6851f..7d2c387 100644
--- a/.mypy.ini
+++ b/.mypy.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [mypy]
 strict = true
 disable_error_code = import-untyped,import-not-found
-ignore_missing_imports = True
\ No newline at end of file
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+warn_unused_ignores = False
diff --git a/catcli/noder.py b/catcli/noder.py
index 6009262..57ef430 100644
--- a/catcli/noder.py
+++ b/catcli/noder.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class Noder:
                  quiet: bool = False) -> Optional[NodeAny]:
         """get the node by internal tree path"""
         resolv = anytree.resolver.Resolver('name')
+        bpath = ''
         try:
             bpath = os.path.basename(path)
             the_node = resolv.get(top, bpath)