diff --git a/src/renderer/api/utils.ts b/src/renderer/api/utils.ts
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+import { AxiosHeaders } from 'axios';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+// Since ts-rest client returns a strict response type, we need to add the headers to the body object
+export const resultWithHeaders = <ItemType extends z.ZodTypeAny>(itemSchema: ItemType) => {
+  return z.object({
+    data: itemSchema,
+    headers: z.instanceof(AxiosHeaders),
+  });
+};