diff --git a/salve_ipc/__init__.py b/salve_ipc/__init__.py
index 6df9924..8c37e40 100644
--- a/salve_ipc/__init__.py
+++ b/salve_ipc/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from beartype.claw import beartype_this_package
+
 from .ipc import IPC  # noqa: F401
 from .misc import COMMANDS, Response  # noqa: F401
 from .server_functions import (  # noqa: F401
@@ -5,3 +7,5 @@
     generic_tokens,
     is_unicode_letter,
 )
+
+beartype_this_package()
diff --git a/salve_ipc/ipc.py b/salve_ipc/ipc.py
index d162baa..b8cc0ac 100644
--- a/salve_ipc/ipc.py
+++ b/salve_ipc/ipc.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from random import randint
 
-from beartype import beartype
-
 from .misc import COMMANDS, Notification, Request, Response
 from .server import Server
 
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@ class IPC:
     - IPC.kill_IPC()
     """
 
-    @beartype
     def __init__(self, id_max: int = 15_000) -> None:
         self.all_ids: list[int] = []
         self.id_max = id_max
@@ -55,7 +52,6 @@ def create_server(self) -> None:
         for filename, data in files_copy.items():
             self.update_file(filename, data)
 
-    @beartype
     def create_message(self, type: str, **kwargs) -> None:
         """Creates a Message based on the args and kwawrgs provided. Highly flexible. - internal API"""
         id = randint(1, self.id_max)  # 0 is reserved for the empty case
@@ -95,7 +91,6 @@ def create_message(self, type: str, **kwargs) -> None:
                 }
                 self.requests_queue.put(notification)
 
-    @beartype
     def request(
         self,
         command: str,
@@ -130,7 +125,6 @@ def request(
             definition_starters=definition_starters,
         )
 
-    @beartype
     def cancel_request(self, command: str):
         """Cancels a request of type command - external API"""
         if command not in COMMANDS:
@@ -141,7 +135,6 @@ def cancel_request(self, command: str):
 
         self.current_ids[command] = 0
 
-    @beartype
     def parse_response(self, res: Response) -> None:
         """Parses main_server output line and discards useless responses - internal API"""
         id = res["id"]
@@ -162,7 +155,6 @@ def check_responses(self) -> None:
         while not self.response_queue.empty():
             self.parse_response(self.response_queue.get())
 
-    @beartype
     def get_response(self, command: str) -> Response | None:
         """Runs IPC.check_responses() and returns the current response of type command if it has been returned - external API"""
         if command not in COMMANDS:
@@ -176,7 +168,6 @@ def get_response(self, command: str) -> Response | None:
         self.newest_responses[command] = None
         return response
 
-    @beartype
     def update_file(self, filename: str, current_state: str) -> None:
         """Updates files in the system - external API"""
 
@@ -186,7 +177,6 @@ def update_file(self, filename: str, current_state: str) -> None:
             "notification", filename=filename, contents=current_state
         )
 
-    @beartype
     def remove_file(self, filename: str) -> None:
         """Removes a file from the main_server - external API"""
         if filename not in list(self.files.keys()):
diff --git a/salve_ipc/server.py b/salve_ipc/server.py
index 3593ed5..f7506c9 100644
--- a/salve_ipc/server.py
+++ b/salve_ipc/server.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from multiprocessing.queues import Queue as GenericClassQueue
 from time import sleep
 
-from beartype import beartype
 from pyeditorconfig import get_config
 
 from .misc import COMMANDS, Notification, Request, Response
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@
 class Server:
     """Handles input from the user and returns output from special functions designed to make the job easy. Not an external API."""
 
-    @beartype
     def __init__(
         self,
         server_end: Connection,
@@ -41,7 +39,6 @@ def __init__(
             self.run_tasks()
             sleep(0.0025)
 
-    @beartype
     def simple_id_response(self, id: int, cancelled: bool = True) -> None:
         response: Response = {
             "id": id,
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@ def simple_id_response(self, id: int, cancelled: bool = True) -> None:
         }
         self.response_queue.put(response)
 
-    @beartype
     def parse_line(self, message: Request | Notification) -> None:
         id: int = message["id"]
         match message["type"]:
@@ -83,7 +79,6 @@ def cancel_all_ids_except_newest(self) -> None:
 
         self.all_ids = []
 
-    @beartype
     def handle_request(self, request: Request) -> None:
         command: str = request["command"]
         id: int = self.newest_ids[command]
diff --git a/salve_ipc/server_functions.py b/salve_ipc/server_functions.py
index eea0e88..a4d7de3 100644
--- a/salve_ipc/server_functions.py
+++ b/salve_ipc/server_functions.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from re import Match, Pattern, compile
 from unicodedata import category
 
-from beartype import beartype
 from pygments import lex
 from pygments.lexer import Lexer
 from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_by_name
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@
 Token = tuple[tuple[int, int], int, str]
 
 
-@beartype
 def get_new_token_type(old_token: str) -> str:
     """Turns pygments token types into a generic predefined Token"""
     new_type: str = generic_tokens[0]
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ def get_new_token_type(old_token: str) -> str:
 url_regex: Pattern = compile(r"(ftp|http|https):\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9_-]")
 
 
-@beartype
 def get_urls(lines: list[str], start_line: int = 1) -> list[Token]:
     start_pos: tuple[int, int] = (start_line, 0)
     url_toks: list[Token] = []
@@ -149,7 +146,6 @@ def get_urls(lines: list[str], start_line: int = 1) -> list[Token]:
 }
 
 
-@beartype
 def find_hidden_chars(lines: list[str], start_line: int = 1) -> list[Token]:
     hidden_char_indexes: list[tuple[tuple[int, int], str]] = [
         ((line_index + start_line, char_index), char)
@@ -163,7 +159,6 @@ def find_hidden_chars(lines: list[str], start_line: int = 1) -> list[Token]:
     return tok_list
 
 
-@beartype
 def get_highlights(
     full_text: str,
     language: str = "text",
@@ -205,13 +200,11 @@ def get_highlights(
     return new_tokens
 
 
-@beartype
 def is_unicode_letter(char: str) -> bool:
     """Returns a boolean value of whether a given unicode char is a letter or not (includes "_" for code completion reasons)"""
     return char == "_" or category(char).startswith("L")
 
 
-@beartype
 def find_words(full_text: str) -> list[str]:
     """Returns a list of all words in a given piece of text"""
     words_list = []
@@ -237,7 +230,6 @@ def find_words(full_text: str) -> list[str]:
     return words_list
 
 
-@beartype
 def find_autocompletions(
     full_text: str, expected_keywords: list[str], current_word: str
 ) -> list[str]:
@@ -271,7 +263,6 @@ def find_autocompletions(
     return autocomplete_matches
 
 
-@beartype
 def get_replacements(
     full_text: str, expected_keywords: list[str], replaceable_word: str
 ) -> list[str]:
@@ -306,7 +297,6 @@ def get_replacements(
     return ranked_matches
 
 
-@beartype
 def get_definition(
     full_text: str,
     definition_starters: list[tuple[str, str]],