diff --git a/ext-src/KanbnStatusBarItem.ts b/ext-src/KanbnStatusBarItem.ts
index c597b5f..fb8bdb9 100644
--- a/ext-src/KanbnStatusBarItem.ts
+++ b/ext-src/KanbnStatusBarItem.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { status } from '@basementuniverse/kanbn/src/main';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 
 export default class KanbnStatusBarItem {
@@ -18,7 +19,12 @@ export default class KanbnStatusBarItem {
       return;
     }
     if (await this._kanbn.initialised()) {
-      const status = await this._kanbn.status(true);
+      const status = (await this._kanbn.status(true)) as {
+        tasks: number,
+        columnTasks: Record<string, number>,
+        startedTasks?: number,
+        completedTasks?: number
+      };
       const text = [
         `$(project) ${status.tasks}`
       ];
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d2c0c56..59ec129 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1352,9 +1352,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@basementuniverse/kanbn": {
-      "version": "0.7.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@basementuniverse/kanbn/-/kanbn-0.7.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Y8o35A2YNDcNiMTo1XwV8BKS1UKR3IsBZZgRArIMiMuR+QQsh76V7LIuSo7QfvcdwDjS21HuI1p3w9tzvMF02g==",
+      "version": "0.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@basementuniverse/kanbn/-/kanbn-0.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NaDhXS7mAw2t3CWqBHNYRTxadvGq8zF5M+4FN2O7ZwjE4wl7z4eMPOcUhBgGIG93oM3Mtw1nFAnbM+Hxt9I3EQ==",
       "requires": {
         "asciichart": "^1.5.25",
         "auto-load": "^3.0.4",
@@ -1375,7 +1375,6 @@
         "marked": "^1.2.7",
         "marked-terminal": "^4.1.1",
         "minimist": "^1.2.5",
-        "param-case": "^3.0.4",
         "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
         "terminal-kit": "^1.44.0",
         "yamljs": "^0.3.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 933f47e..b494194 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@basementuniverse/kanbn": "^0.7.1",
+    "@basementuniverse/kanbn": "^0.8.0",
     "dateformat": "^4.5.1",
     "formik": "^2.2.6",
     "git-user-name": "^2.0.0",