diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 53bd1287..fbe0b672 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -28,5 +28,8 @@
         ],
         "comma-dangle": 0,
         "no-trailing-spaces" :"warn"
+    },
+    "parserOptions": {
+        "ecmaVersion": 2020
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/ansi_escape_parser.js b/core/ansi_escape_parser.js
index 73c4f377..c8101267 100644
--- a/core/ansi_escape_parser.js
+++ b/core/ansi_escape_parser.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function ANSIEscapeParser(options) {
     this.scrollBack         = 0;
     this.graphicRendition   = {};
 
-    if(!_.isNil(options.startRow)) {
+    if(!_.isNil(options?.startRow)) {
         this.row = options.startRow;
     }
     else {
diff --git a/core/menu_module.js b/core/menu_module.js
index 94331e6d..7669c2ee 100644
--- a/core/menu_module.js
+++ b/core/menu_module.js
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ exports.MenuModule = class MenuModule extends PluginModule {
 
                     const options = self.menuConfig.config;
 
-                    if(!_.isNil(artData) && _.isNumber(artData.height)) {
+                    if(_.isNumber(artData?.height)) {
                         options.startRow = artData.height + 1;
                     }
 
diff --git a/core/theme.js b/core/theme.js
index 52ce243c..7b6d7940 100644
--- a/core/theme.js
+++ b/core/theme.js
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ function displayThemedPrompt(name, client, options, cb) {
                     return callback(null, promptConfig, artInfo);
                 }
 
-                if(!_.isNil(options) && !_.isNil(options.position) && !_.isNil(options.position.row)) {
+                if(!_.isNil(options?.position?.row)) {
                     artInfo.startRow = options.position.row;
                     if(client.term.termHeight > 0 && artInfo.startRow + artInfo.height > client.term.termHeight) {
                         // in this case, we will have scrolled
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c828edc4..b577acce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "enigma-bbs",
-  "version": "0.0.12-beta",
+  "version": "0.0.14-beta",
   "description": "ENiGMA½ Bulletin Board System",
   "author": "Bryan Ashby <bryan@l33t.codes>",
   "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@
     "yazl": "^2.5.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "eslint": "7.19.0"
+    "eslint": "8.12.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=12"
+    "node": ">=14"
   }
 }