diff --git a/django_choices_field/fields.py b/django_choices_field/fields.py
index 9bc3d27..c9b5ac1 100644
--- a/django_choices_field/fields.py
+++ b/django_choices_field/fields.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from typing import Optional, Type
+
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.db import models
 
@@ -8,7 +10,13 @@ class ChoicesField(models.CharField):
         "invalid": "“%(value)s” must be a subclass of %(enum)s.",
     }
 
-    def __init__(self, verbose_name=None, name=None, choices_enum=None, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        choices_enum: Type[models.TextChoices],
+        verbose_name: Optional[str] = None,
+        name: Optional[str] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
         self.choices_enum = choices_enum
         kwargs["choices"] = choices_enum.choices
         kwargs.setdefault("max_length", max(len(c.value) for c in choices_enum))
@@ -20,7 +28,6 @@ def deconstruct(self):
         return name, path, args, kwargs
 
     def to_python(self, value):
-        print(1, value, type(value))
         if value is None:
             return None
 
diff --git a/django_choices_field/fields.pyi b/django_choices_field/fields.pyi
index f79485c..7e560ba 100644
--- a/django_choices_field/fields.pyi
+++ b/django_choices_field/fields.pyi
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from typing import (
     Dict,
     Generic,
     Iterable,
+    Literal,
     Optional,
     Tuple,
     Type,
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ class ChoicesField(Generic[_C], Field[_C, _C]):
     def __get__(self: ChoicesField[_C], instance: Any, owner: Any) -> _C: ...
     @overload
     def __get__(self: ChoicesField[Optional[_C]], instance: Any, owner: Any) -> Optional[_C]: ...
-    @overload
-    def __set__(self, instance: ChoicesField[_C], value: _C) -> None: ...
-    @overload
-    def __set__(self, instance: ChoicesField[Optional[_C]], value: Optional[_C]) -> None: ...
+    # @overload
+    # def __set__(self, instance: ChoicesField[_C], value: _C) -> None: ...
+    # @overload
+    # def __set__(self, instance: ChoicesField[Optional[_C]], value: Optional[_C]) -> None: ...
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1500538..a971404 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ multi_line_output = 3
 force_sort_within_sections = true
 
 [tool.pyright]
-pythonVersion = "3.7"
+pythonVersion = "3.8"
 useLibraryCodeForTypes = true
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
diff --git a/tests/test_fields.py b/tests/test_fields.py
index 542f590..05dfc78 100644
--- a/tests/test_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_fields.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def test_set_none(db):
 def test_set_wrong_value(db):
     m = MyModel()
     with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc:
-        m.c_field = 1
+        m.c_field = 1  # type:ignore (we really want the error here)
         m.save()
 
     assert list(exc.value) == ["“1” must be a subclass of <enum 'MyEnum'>."]