diff --git a/code/addons/backgrounds/src/containers/BackgroundSelector.tsx b/code/addons/backgrounds/src/containers/BackgroundSelector.tsx
index 078a2752a5e3..d941f178b788 100644
--- a/code/addons/backgrounds/src/containers/BackgroundSelector.tsx
+++ b/code/addons/backgrounds/src/containers/BackgroundSelector.tsx
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ import { getBackgroundColorByName } from '../helpers';
 
 const createBackgroundSelectorItem = memoize(1000)(
   (
-    id: string,
+    id: string | null,
     name: string,
     value: string,
-    hasSwatch: boolean,
+    hasSwatch: boolean | null,
     change: (arg: { selected: string; name: string }) => void,
     active: boolean
   ): BackgroundSelectorItem => ({
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export const BackgroundSelector: FC = memo(function BackgroundSelector() {
   }
 
   const onBackgroundChange = useCallback(
-    (value: string) => {
+    (value: string | undefined) => {
       updateGlobals({ [BACKGROUNDS_PARAM_KEY]: { ...globals[BACKGROUNDS_PARAM_KEY], value } });
     },
     [backgroundsConfig, globals, updateGlobals]
diff --git a/code/addons/backgrounds/src/helpers/index.ts b/code/addons/backgrounds/src/helpers/index.ts
index 39065eec6648..c1af13cde407 100644
--- a/code/addons/backgrounds/src/helpers/index.ts
+++ b/code/addons/backgrounds/src/helpers/index.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export const isReduceMotionEnabled = () => {
 export const getBackgroundColorByName = (
   currentSelectedValue: string,
   backgrounds: Background[] = [],
-  defaultName: string
+  defaultName: string | null | undefined
 ): string => {
   if (currentSelectedValue === 'transparent') {
     return 'transparent';
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export const clearStyles = (selector: string | string[]) => {
 const clearStyle = (selector: string) => {
   const element = document.getElementById(selector) as HTMLElement;
   if (element) {
-    element.parentElement.removeChild(element);
+    element.parentElement?.removeChild(element);
   }
 };
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export const addGridStyle = (selector: string, css: string) => {
   }
 };
 
-export const addBackgroundStyle = (selector: string, css: string, storyId: string) => {
+export const addBackgroundStyle = (selector: string, css: string, storyId: string | null) => {
   const existingStyle = document.getElementById(selector) as HTMLElement;
   if (existingStyle) {
     if (existingStyle.innerHTML !== css) {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export const addBackgroundStyle = (selector: string, css: string, storyId: strin
     // If grids already exist, we want to add the style tag BEFORE it so the background doesn't override grid
     const existingGridStyle = document.getElementById(gridStyleSelector) as HTMLElement;
     if (existingGridStyle) {
-      existingGridStyle.parentElement.insertBefore(style, existingGridStyle);
+      existingGridStyle.parentElement?.insertBefore(style, existingGridStyle);
     } else {
       document.head.appendChild(style);
     }
diff --git a/code/addons/backgrounds/src/types/index.ts b/code/addons/backgrounds/src/types/index.ts
index f1f0285ac319..1439f4cd1329 100644
--- a/code/addons/backgrounds/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/code/addons/backgrounds/src/types/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export interface Background {
 }
 
 export interface BackgroundsParameter {
-  default?: string;
+  default?: string | null;
   disable?: boolean;
   values: Background[];
 }
diff --git a/code/addons/backgrounds/tsconfig.json b/code/addons/backgrounds/tsconfig.json
index 4c6f20a1be4d..b5a2f9a70918 100644
--- a/code/addons/backgrounds/tsconfig.json
+++ b/code/addons/backgrounds/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
   "include": ["src/**/*"],
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "strict": false
+    "strict": true
   }
 }