diff --git a/client/scripts/rendering/character_visual.gd b/client/scripts/rendering/character_visual.gd
index 2b504ef97..57ed2e96c 100644
--- a/client/scripts/rendering/character_visual.gd
+++ b/client/scripts/rendering/character_visual.gd
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ func _read_coverage(path: String) -> Dictionary:
 	var file := FileAccess.open(path, FileAccess.READ)
 	if file == null:
 		return {}
-	var parsed := JSON.parse_string(file.get_as_text())
+	var parsed: Variant = JSON.parse_string(file.get_as_text())
 	file.close()
 	if parsed is Dictionary:
 		return parsed