diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/pyproject.toml b/spiffworkflow-backend/pyproject.toml
index 4c0a1844..b0009160 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -156,6 +156,17 @@ implicit_reexport = true
 namespace_packages = true
 explicit_package_bases = false
 
+[tool.pyright]
+reportMissingModuleSource = false
+reportMissingImports = false
+reportUnusedVariable = false
+typeCheckingMode = "off"
+reportUnusedFunction = false
+reportUnusedClass = false
+# it appears that: Pyright: "hey" is not accessed
+# may relate to: https://github.com/microsoft/pyright/discussions/3929#discussioncomment-5434231
+# "Those are not warnings" and cannot be turned off in the same way.
+
 [tool.ruff]
 select = [
   "B",   # flake8-bugbear