diff --git a/client/src/api/actions.ts b/client/src/api/actions.ts
index 003ad2bc..3edbaeef 100644
--- a/client/src/api/actions.ts
+++ b/client/src/api/actions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import Game from "./game";
+import { Game } from "./liberationApi";
 import { createAction } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";
 
 export const gameLoaded = createAction<Game>("game/loaded");
diff --git a/client/src/api/game.ts b/client/src/api/game.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 63c88285..00000000
--- a/client/src/api/game.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  ControlPoint,
-  Flight,
-  FrontLine,
-  NavMeshes,
-  SupplyRoute,
-  Tgo,
-  ThreatZoneContainer,
-} from "./liberationApi";
-import { LatLngLiteral } from "leaflet";
-
-export default interface Game {
-  control_points: ControlPoint[];
-  tgos: Tgo[];
-  supply_routes: SupplyRoute[];
-  front_lines: FrontLine[];
-  flights: Flight[];
-  threat_zones: ThreatZoneContainer;
-  navmeshes: NavMeshes;
-  map_center: LatLngLiteral | null;
-}
diff --git a/client/src/api/gamestate.ts b/client/src/api/gamestate.ts
index 25fe3f48..84937f0e 100644
--- a/client/src/api/gamestate.ts
+++ b/client/src/api/gamestate.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { AppDispatch } from "../app/store";
 import { gameLoaded, gameUnloaded } from "./actions";
 import backend from "./backend";
-import Game from "./game";
+import { Game } from "./liberationApi";
 
 export default function reloadGameState(
   dispatch: AppDispatch,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default function reloadGameState(
       }
       const game = response.data as Game;
       if (ignoreRecenter) {
-        game.map_center = null;
+        game.map_center = undefined;
       }
       dispatch(gameLoaded(game));
     });
diff --git a/client/src/api/liberationApi.ts b/client/src/api/liberationApi.ts
index cef3113d..295554ab 100644
--- a/client/src/api/liberationApi.ts
+++ b/client/src/api/liberationApi.ts
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ export type Game = {
   flights: Flight[];
   threat_zones: ThreatZoneContainer;
   navmeshes: NavMeshes;
-  map_center: LatLng;
+  map_center?: LatLng;
 };
 export type MapZones = {
   inclusion: LatLng[][];
diff --git a/game/server/game/models.py b/game/server/game/models.py
index 3ac7ad36..ec7c0e47 100644
--- a/game/server/game/models.py
+++ b/game/server/game/models.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class GameJs(BaseModel):
     flights: list[FlightJs]
     threat_zones: ThreatZoneContainerJs
     navmeshes: NavMeshesJs
-    map_center: LeafletPoint
+    map_center: LeafletPoint | None
 
     class Config:
         title = "Game"