diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 03be593b..bfaf7e2b 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@
         "@typescript-eslint/ban-types": "off",
         "no-shadow": "off",
         "@typescript-eslint/no-shadow": ["error"],
-        "@typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises": "off",
         "@typescript-eslint/no-misused-promises": "off",
         "@typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-assertion": "off",
         "@typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment": "off",
diff --git a/app/commands.ts b/app/commands.ts
index 0ee59668..e285b163 100644
--- a/app/commands.ts
+++ b/app/commands.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const commands: Record<string, (focusedWindow?: BrowserWindow) => void> = {
     focusedWindow?.rpc.emit('termgroup close req');
   },
   'window:preferences': () => {
-    openConfig();
+    void openConfig();
   },
   'editor:clearBuffer': (focusedWindow) => {
     focusedWindow?.rpc.emit('session clear req');
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ const commands: Record<string, (focusedWindow?: BrowserWindow) => void> = {
     focusedWindow?.rpc.emit('session search close');
   },
   'cli:install': () => {
-    installCLI(true);
+    void installCLI(true);
   },
   'window:hamburgerMenu': () => {
     if (process.platform !== 'darwin' && ['', true].includes(getConfig().showHamburgerMenu)) {
diff --git a/app/config.ts b/app/config.ts
index 564b96ae..6f8919dd 100644
--- a/app/config.ts
+++ b/app/config.ts
@@ -59,9 +59,14 @@ const _watch = () => {
   app.on('before-quit', (e) => {
     if (Object.keys(_watcher.getWatched()).length > 0) {
       e.preventDefault();
-      _watcher.close().then(() => {
-        app.quit();
-      });
+      _watcher
+        .close()
+        .catch((err) => {
+          console.warn(err);
+        })
+        .finally(() => {
+          app.quit();
+        });
     }
   });
 };
diff --git a/app/index.ts b/app/index.ts
index d0317864..f9b2e7ad 100644
--- a/app/index.ts
+++ b/app/index.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ app.on('ready', () =>
 
         const hwin = newWindow({width, height, x: startX, y: startY}, cfg, fn);
         windowSet.add(hwin);
-        hwin.loadURL(url);
+        void hwin.loadURL(url);
 
         // the window can be closed by the browser process itself
         hwin.on('close', () => {
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ app.on('ready', () =>
           console.log('Removing Hyper from default client for ssh:// protocol');
           app.removeAsDefaultProtocolClient('ssh');
         }
-        installCLI(false);
+        void installCLI(false);
       }
     })
     .catch((err) => {
diff --git a/app/menus/menu.ts b/app/menus/menu.ts
index a924f15e..47c5fc47 100644
--- a/app/menus/menu.ts
+++ b/app/menus/menu.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export const createMenu = (
       .map(([type, count]) => type + (count > 1 ? ` (${count})` : ''))
       .join(', ');
 
-    dialog.showMessageBox({
+    void dialog.showMessageBox({
       title: `About ${appName}`,
       message: `${appName} ${appVersion} (${updateChannel})`,
       detail: `Renderers: ${renderers}\nPlugins: ${pluginList}\n\nCreated by Guillermo Rauch\nCopyright © 2020 Vercel, Inc.`,
diff --git a/app/menus/menus/help.ts b/app/menus/menus/help.ts
index f06e2145..c0d95644 100644
--- a/app/menus/menus/help.ts
+++ b/app/menus/menus/help.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export default (commands: Record<string, string>, showAbout: () => void): MenuIt
     {
       label: `${app.name} Website`,
       click() {
-        shell.openExternal('https://hyper.is');
+        void shell.openExternal('https://hyper.is');
       }
     },
     {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ ${JSON.stringify(getPlugins(), null, 2)}
         const issueURL = `https://github.com/vercel/hyper/issues/new?body=${encodeURIComponent(body)}`;
         const copyAndSend = () => {
           clipboard.writeText(body);
-          shell.openExternal(
+          void shell.openExternal(
             `https://github.com/vercel/hyper/issues/new?body=${encodeURIComponent(
               '<!-- We have written the needed data into your clipboard because it was too large to send. ' +
                 'Please paste. -->\n'
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ ${JSON.stringify(getPlugins(), null, 2)}
         if (!focusedWindow) {
           copyAndSend();
         } else if (issueURL.length > 6144) {
-          dialog
+          void dialog
             .showMessageBox(focusedWindow, {
               message:
                 'There is too much data to send to GitHub directly. The data will be copied to the clipboard, ' +
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ ${JSON.stringify(getPlugins(), null, 2)}
               }
             });
         } else {
-          shell.openExternal(issueURL);
+          void shell.openExternal(issueURL);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/app/plugins.ts b/app/plugins.ts
index 67ea13ea..514f0685 100644
--- a/app/plugins.ts
+++ b/app/plugins.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ function syncPackageJSON() {
 }
 
 function alert(message: string) {
-  dialog.showMessageBox({
+  void dialog.showMessageBox({
     message,
     buttons: ['Ok']
   });
diff --git a/app/ui/window.ts b/app/ui/window.ts
index 3eeb0cf3..f9cdf857 100644
--- a/app/ui/window.ts
+++ b/app/ui/window.ts
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export function newWindow(
     setRendererType(uid, type);
   });
   rpc.on('open external', ({url}) => {
-    shell.openExternal(url);
+    void shell.openExternal(url);
   });
   rpc.on('open context menu', (selection) => {
     const {createWindow} = app;
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ export function newWindow(
     const protocol = typeof url === 'string' && parseUrl(url).protocol;
     if (protocol === 'http:' || protocol === 'https:') {
       event.preventDefault();
-      shell.openExternal(url);
+      void shell.openExternal(url);
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/app/updater.ts b/app/updater.ts
index e0f55fbc..5b50665f 100644
--- a/app/updater.ts
+++ b/app/updater.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ async function init() {
 
 export default (win: BrowserWindow) => {
   if (!isInit) {
-    init();
+    void init();
   }
 
   const {rpc} = win;
diff --git a/cli/index.ts b/cli/index.ts
index f329a7d2..b0158b7c 100644
--- a/cli/index.ts
+++ b/cli/index.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ args.command(
   (name, args_) => {
     const pluginName = args_[0];
     assertPluginName(pluginName);
-    open(`http://ghub.io/${pluginName}`, {wait: false});
+    void open(`http://ghub.io/${pluginName}`, {wait: false});
     process.exit(0);
   },
   ['d', 'h', 'home']
diff --git a/lib/components/notifications.tsx b/lib/components/notifications.tsx
index 1456f7bf..4a7b00bd 100644
--- a/lib/components/notifications.tsx
+++ b/lib/components/notifications.tsx
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export default class Notifications extends React.PureComponent<NotificationsProp
                     key="link"
                     style={{color: '#fff'}}
                     onClick={(ev) => {
-                      window.require('electron').shell.openExternal(ev.currentTarget.href);
+                      void window.require('electron').shell.openExternal(ev.currentTarget.href);
                       ev.preventDefault();
                     }}
                     href={this.props.messageURL}
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export default class Notifications extends React.PureComponent<NotificationsProp
             <a
               style={{color: '#000'}}
               onClick={(ev) => {
-                window.require('electron').shell.openExternal(ev.currentTarget.href);
+                void window.require('electron').shell.openExternal(ev.currentTarget.href);
                 ev.preventDefault();
               }}
               href={`https://github.com/vercel/hyper/releases/tag/${this.props.updateVersion}`}
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export default class Notifications extends React.PureComponent<NotificationsProp
                   fontWeight: 'bold'
                 }}
                 onClick={(ev) => {
-                  window.require('electron').shell.openExternal(ev.currentTarget.href);
+                  void window.require('electron').shell.openExternal(ev.currentTarget.href);
                   ev.preventDefault();
                 }}
                 href={this.props.updateReleaseUrl!}
diff --git a/lib/components/term.tsx b/lib/components/term.tsx
index 5e48570f..55174917 100644
--- a/lib/components/term.tsx
+++ b/lib/components/term.tsx
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export default class Term extends React.PureComponent<TermProps> {
       this.term.loadAddon(
         new WebLinksAddon(
           (event: MouseEvent | undefined, uri: string) => {
-            if (shallActivateWebLink(event)) shell.openExternal(uri);
+            if (shallActivateWebLink(event)) void shell.openExternal(uri);
           },
           {
             // prevent default electron link handling to allow selection, e.g. via double-click
diff --git a/lib/index.tsx b/lib/index.tsx
index 26d6192a..5d31ef04 100644
--- a/lib/index.tsx
+++ b/lib/index.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const fetchFileData = (configData: configOptions) => {
     return;
   }
 
-  getBase64FileData(configInfo.bellSoundURL).then((base64FileData) => {
+  void getBase64FileData(configInfo.bellSoundURL).then((base64FileData) => {
     // prepend "base64," to the result of this method in order for this to work properly within xterm.js
     const bellSound = !base64FileData ? null : 'base64,' + base64FileData;
     configInfo.bellSound = bellSound;