diff --git a/client/src/components/VimeoEmbed.tsx b/client/src/components/VimeoEmbed.tsx
index 450f93e..2860688 100644
--- a/client/src/components/VimeoEmbed.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/VimeoEmbed.tsx
@@ -14,14 +14,16 @@ declare global {
       Player: new (
         el: HTMLIFrameElement | HTMLElement,
         opts?: { id?: string | number; url?: string }
-      ) => {
-        on: (event: string, cb: (data?: unknown) => void) => void;
-        destroy: () => void;
-      };
+      ) => VimeoPlayerInstance;
     };
   }
 }
 
+type VimeoPlayerInstance = {
+  on: (event: string, cb: (data?: unknown) => void) => void;
+  destroy: () => void;
+};
+
 let playerSdkPromise: Promise<void> | null = null;
 
 function loadVimeoSdk(): Promise<void> {
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ export function VimeoEmbed({ videoId, title, watchUrl, poster }: Props) {
   const embedSrc = `https://player.vimeo.com/video/${videoId}?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0`;
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    let player: { destroy: () => void } | null = null;
+    let player: VimeoPlayerInstance | null = null;
     let cancelled = false;
 
     setBlocked(false);
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ export function VimeoEmbed({ videoId, title, watchUrl, poster }: Props) {
       .then(() => {
         if (cancelled || !iframeRef.current || !window.Vimeo?.Player) return;
         player = new window.Vimeo.Player(iframeRef.current);
-        player.on("error", (data: unknown) => {
+        player.on("error", (data?: unknown) => {
           // Privacy / password / unavailable — leave site only as last resort
           console.warn("Vimeo player error", data);
           if (!cancelled) setBlocked(true);