diff --git a/src/redux/createAsyncThunkWithTypes.ts b/src/redux/createAsyncThunkWithTypes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cecaa5091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/redux/createAsyncThunkWithTypes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { createAsyncThunk } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";
+import { AppDispatch, RootState } from "./store";
+
+/**
+ * Use instead of createAsyncThunk to provide basic typing to all async thunks
+ *
+ * Thematically this belongs in `store.ts`. However, this causes
+ * "Cannot access 'createAsyncThunk' before initialization",
+ * so this has to be moved into it's own file.
+ */
+export const createAppAsyncThunk = createAsyncThunk.withTypes<{
+  state: RootState
+  dispatch: AppDispatch
+}>();
diff --git a/src/redux/metadataSlice.ts b/src/redux/metadataSlice.ts
index fe0424385..26cac6484 100644
--- a/src/redux/metadataSlice.ts
+++ b/src/redux/metadataSlice.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import { createSlice, createAsyncThunk, PayloadAction } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";
+import { createSlice, PayloadAction } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";
 import { client } from "../util/client";
 
 import { httpRequestState } from "../types";
 import { settings } from "../config";
+import { createAppAsyncThunk } from "./createAsyncThunkWithTypes";
 
 export interface Catalog {
   fields: MetadataField[],
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ const initialState: metadata & httpRequestState = {
   errorReason: "unknown",
 };
 
-export const fetchMetadata = createAsyncThunk("metadata/fetchMetadata", async () => {
+export const fetchMetadata = createAppAsyncThunk("metadata/fetchMetadata", async () => {
   if (!settings.id) {
     throw new Error("Missing media package identifier");
   }
diff --git a/src/redux/subtitleSlice.ts b/src/redux/subtitleSlice.ts
index 770edbe7a..f25269282 100644
--- a/src/redux/subtitleSlice.ts
+++ b/src/redux/subtitleSlice.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Segment, SubtitleCue, SubtitlesInEditor } from "./../types";
-import { createAsyncThunk, createSlice, nanoid, PayloadAction } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";
+import { createSlice, nanoid, PayloadAction } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";
 import { roundToDecimalPlace } from "../util/utilityFunctions";
-import { video } from "./videoSlice";
+import { createAppAsyncThunk } from "./createAsyncThunkWithTypes";
 
 export interface subtitle {
   isDisplayEditView: boolean;    // Should the edit view be displayed
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export const {
  * Will grab the state from videoState to skip past deleted segment if preview
  * mode is active.
  */
-export const setCurrentlyAtAndTriggerPreview = createAsyncThunk("subtitleState/setCurrentlyAtAndTriggerPreview",
+export const setCurrentlyAtAndTriggerPreview = createAppAsyncThunk("subtitleState/setCurrentlyAtAndTriggerPreview",
   async (milliseconds: number, { getState, dispatch }) => {
     milliseconds = roundToDecimalPlace(milliseconds, 0);
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ export const setCurrentlyAtAndTriggerPreview = createAsyncThunk("subtitleState/s
       milliseconds = 0;
     }
 
-    const allStates = getState() as { videoState: video, subtitleState: subtitle; };
+    const allStates = getState();
     const segments: Segment[] = allStates.videoState.segments;
     let triggered = false;
 
diff --git a/src/redux/videoSlice.ts b/src/redux/videoSlice.ts
index b7ff287be..abd040880 100644
--- a/src/redux/videoSlice.ts
+++ b/src/redux/videoSlice.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { clamp } from "lodash";
-import { createSlice, nanoid, createAsyncThunk, PayloadAction, createSelector } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";
+import { createSlice, nanoid, PayloadAction, createSelector } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";
 import { client } from "../util/client";
 
 import { Segment, httpRequestState, Track, Workflow, SubtitlesFromOpencast } from "../types";
 import { roundToDecimalPlace } from "../util/utilityFunctions";
 import { settings } from "../config";
+import { createAppAsyncThunk } from "./createAsyncThunkWithTypes";
 
 export interface video {
   isPlaying: boolean,             // Are videos currently playing?
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ export const initialState: video & httpRequestState = {
   errorReason: "unknown",
 };
 
-export const fetchVideoInformation = createAsyncThunk("video/fetchVideoInformation", async () => {
+export const fetchVideoInformation = createAppAsyncThunk("video/fetchVideoInformation", async () => {
   if (!settings.id) {
     throw new Error("Missing media package identifier");
   }
diff --git a/src/redux/workflowPostSlice.ts b/src/redux/workflowPostSlice.ts
index a86291646..c1ec1ec6d 100644
--- a/src/redux/workflowPostSlice.ts
+++ b/src/redux/workflowPostSlice.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { createSlice, createAsyncThunk } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";
+import { createSlice } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";
 import { client } from "../util/client";
 import { Segment, PostEditArgument, httpRequestState } from "../types";
 import { settings } from "../config";
+import { createAppAsyncThunk } from "./createAsyncThunkWithTypes";
 
 const initialState: httpRequestState = {
   status: "idle",
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ const initialState: httpRequestState = {
 };
 
 export const postVideoInformation =
-  createAsyncThunk("video/postVideoInformation", async (argument: PostEditArgument) => {
+  createAppAsyncThunk("video/postVideoInformation", async (argument: PostEditArgument) => {
     if (!settings.id) {
       throw new Error("Missing media package id");
     }