diff --git a/doc/changelog.md b/doc/changelog.md
index a1bca3ade..8ffc73c5e 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.md
+++ b/doc/changelog.md
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ Detailed Notes
   ([SmartSim-PR738](https://github.com/CrayLabs/SmartSim/pull/738))
 - Removes an undocumented and unused dependency from the testing suite.
   ([SmartSim-PR792](https://github.com/CrayLabs/SmartSim/pull/792))
+- Address potential type errors in SmartSim.
+  ([SmartSim-PR798](https://github.com/CrayLabs/SmartSim/pull/798))
 
 
 ### 0.8.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d5e797d42..19925ab9a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ module = [
   "keras",
   "torch",
   "smartsim.ml.torch.*",            # must solve/ignore inheritance issues
-  "watchdog",
   "dragon.*",
 ]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
diff --git a/smartsim/entity/model.py b/smartsim/entity/model.py
index 0cd37b6a8..93ed9f3c5 100644
--- a/smartsim/entity/model.py
+++ b/smartsim/entity/model.py
@@ -460,8 +460,8 @@ def _stringify_id(_id: int) -> str:
             return ",".join(_stringify_id(i) for i in range(cpus))
         if not pin_ids:
             return None
-        pin_ids = ((x,) if isinstance(x, int) else x for x in pin_ids)
-        to_fmt = itertools.chain.from_iterable(pin_ids)
+        pin_ids_ = ((x,) if isinstance(x, int) else x for x in pin_ids)
+        to_fmt = itertools.chain.from_iterable(pin_ids_)
         return ",".join(sorted({_stringify_id(x) for x in to_fmt}))
 
     def params_to_args(self) -> None: