diff --git a/Classes/MenuService/ServiceInterface.php b/Classes/MenuService/ServiceInterface.php
index cedac82..f72e77a 100644
--- a/Classes/MenuService/ServiceInterface.php
+++ b/Classes/MenuService/ServiceInterface.php
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ namespace DigiComp\Menu\MenuService;
 interface ServiceInterface
 {
     /**
-     * @param mixed $forPath
+     * @param string|null $forPath
      *
      * @return array|\Iterator
      */
-    public function getItems($forPath = null);
+    public function getItems(string $forPath = null): array;
 }
diff --git a/Classes/MenuService/SettingsService.php b/Classes/MenuService/SettingsService.php
index f01427e..5e3c814 100644
--- a/Classes/MenuService/SettingsService.php
+++ b/Classes/MenuService/SettingsService.php
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ namespace DigiComp\Menu\MenuService;
  */
 
 use Neos\Flow\Annotations as Flow;
-use Neos\Flow\Configuration\ConfigurationManager;
 
 /**
  * @package DigiComp\Menu\Menu
@@ -23,33 +22,24 @@ use Neos\Flow\Configuration\ConfigurationManager;
 class SettingsService implements ServiceInterface
 {
     /**
-     * @var \Neos\Flow\Configuration\ConfigurationManager
+     * @Flow\InjectConfiguration(type="Menu")
+     * @var array
      */
-    protected $configurationManager;
-    public function injectConfigurationManager(ConfigurationManager $configurationManager)
-    {
-        $this->configurationManager = $configurationManager;
-        $this->menuConfiguration = $this->configurationManager->getConfiguration('Menu');
-    }
+    protected array $menuConfiguration;
 
     /**
      * @var array
      */
-    protected $menuConfiguration;
+    protected array $items = array();
 
     /**
-     * @var array
-     */
-    protected $items = array();
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $forMenu
+     * @param string|null $forPath
      * @return array
      */
-    public function getItems($forMenu = null)
+    public function getItems(string $forPath = null): array
     {
-        if ($forMenu) {
-            $items = &$this->menuConfiguration[$forMenu];
+        if ($forPath) {
+            $items = &$this->menuConfiguration[$forPath];
         } else {
             $items = &$this->menuConfiguration;
         }
diff --git a/Classes/ViewHelpers/ItemsViewHelper.php b/Classes/ViewHelpers/ItemsViewHelper.php
index 59c1160..12ed9a9 100644
--- a/Classes/ViewHelpers/ItemsViewHelper.php
+++ b/Classes/ViewHelpers/ItemsViewHelper.php
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ namespace DigiComp\Menu\ViewHelpers;
  * source code.
  */
 
+use DigiComp\Menu\MenuService\ServiceInterface;
 use Neos\Flow\Annotations as Flow;
 use Neos\FluidAdaptor\Core\ViewHelper\AbstractViewHelper;
+use Neos\FluidAdaptor\Core\ViewHelper\Exception;
 
 /**
  * Just adds the return of MenuService
@@ -24,11 +26,14 @@ class ItemsViewHelper extends AbstractViewHelper
     protected $escapeOutput = false;
 
     /**
-     * @var \DigiComp\Menu\MenuService\ServiceInterface
      * @Flow\Inject
+     * @var ServiceInterface
      */
     protected $menuService;
 
+    /**
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
     public function initializeArguments(): void
     {
         $this->registerArgument('for', 'string', 'path in Menu.yaml', false);
@@ -36,9 +41,9 @@ class ItemsViewHelper extends AbstractViewHelper
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return string
+     * @return mixed
      */
-    public function render(): string
+    public function render()
     {
         $this->templateVariableContainer->add(
             $this->arguments['as'],
diff --git a/Classes/ViewHelpers/ProgressViewHelper.php b/Classes/ViewHelpers/ProgressViewHelper.php
index ce5f7e4..33a7e01 100644
--- a/Classes/ViewHelpers/ProgressViewHelper.php
+++ b/Classes/ViewHelpers/ProgressViewHelper.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace DigiComp\Menu\ViewHelpers;
  */
 
 use Neos\FluidAdaptor\Core\ViewHelper\AbstractViewHelper;
+use Neos\FluidAdaptor\Core\ViewHelper\Exception;
 
 /**
  * Helps to get useful template variables for process menus
@@ -22,32 +23,37 @@ class ProgressViewHelper extends AbstractViewHelper
     protected $escapeOutput = false;
 
     /**
-     * TODO: initializeArguments
-     * @param array  $links
-     * @param int    $activeStep
-     * @param bool   $returnable
-     * @param string $stepsAs
-     * @param string $backLinkAs
-     * @param string $activeStepAs
-     * @param string $linksAs
-     * @param string $activeStepLinkAs
-     * @param int $offset
-     * @param int $linkCount if given overrides count($links)
-     *
-     * @return string
+     * @throws Exception
      */
-    public function render(
-        array $links,
-        $activeStep = 1,
-        $returnable = true,
-        $stepsAs = 'steps',
-        $backLinkAs = 'backLink',
-        $activeStepAs = 'activeStep',
-        $linksAs = 'links',
-        $activeStepLinkAs = 'activeStepLink',
-        $offset = 1,
-        $linkCount = null
-    ) {
+    public function initializeArguments(): void
+    {
+        $this->registerArgument('for', 'string', 'path in Menu.yaml', false);
+        $this->registerArgument('as', 'string', 'Name in Frontend', false);
+        $this->registerArgument('links', 'array', 'links to show', true);
+        $this->registerArgument('activeStep', 'int', 'current active link index', false, 1);
+        $this->registerArgument('returnable', 'bool', 'can you go back to the last index', false, true);
+        $this->registerArgument('stepsAs', 'string', 'variable name of a single step', false, 'steps');
+        $this->registerArgument('backLinkAs', 'string', 'variable name of a backlink', false, 'backLink');
+        $this->registerArgument('linksAs', 'string', 'variable name of the links array', false, 'links');
+        $this->registerArgument(
+            'activeStepLinkAs',
+            'string',
+            'variable name of the active step link',
+            false,
+            'activeStepLink'
+        );
+        $this->registerArgument('offset', 'int', 'offset to start with', false, 1);
+        $this->registerArgument('linkCount', 'int', 'force this number of steps', false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function render()
+    {
+        $links = $activeStep = $returnable = $stepsAs = $backLinkAs = $activeStepAs = $linksAs =
+            $activeStepLinkAs = $offset = $linkCount = null;
+        extract($this->arguments);
         //handling famous off by one
         $activeStep -= $offset;
         //make sure our array index is numeric