diff --git a/TypeScript/app/constants.ts b/TypeScript/app/constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a14863a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TypeScript/app/constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+/*
+  A const to hold the names of the items
+*/
+const ItemNames = {
+  AGED_BRIE: "Aged Brie",
+  BACKSTAGE_PASSES: "Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert",
+  SULFURAS: "Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros",
+};
+
+export { ItemNames };
diff --git a/TypeScript/app/gilded-rose.ts b/TypeScript/app/gilded-rose.ts
index eefe023e..dcfb43ef 100644
--- a/TypeScript/app/gilded-rose.ts
+++ b/TypeScript/app/gilded-rose.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { ItemNames } from "./constants";
+
+
 export class Item {
   name: string;
   sellIn: number;
@@ -19,46 +22,49 @@ export class GildedRose {
 
   updateQuality() {
     for (const item of this.items) {
-      if (item.name != 'Aged Brie' && item.name != 'Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert') {
+      if (
+        item.name != ItemNames.AGED_BRIE &&
+        item.name != ItemNames.BACKSTAGE_PASSES
+      ) {
         if (item.quality > 0) {
-          if (item.name != 'Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros') {
-            item.quality = item.quality - 1
+          if (item.name != ItemNames.SULFURAS) {
+            item.quality = item.quality - 1;
           }
         }
       } else {
         if (item.quality < 50) {
-          item.quality = item.quality + 1
-          if (item.name == 'Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert') {
+          item.quality = item.quality + 1;
+          if (item.name == ItemNames.BACKSTAGE_PASSES) {
             if (item.sellIn < 11) {
               if (item.quality < 50) {
-                item.quality = item.quality + 1
+                item.quality = item.quality + 1;
               }
             }
             if (item.sellIn < 6) {
               if (item.quality < 50) {
-                item.quality = item.quality + 1
+                item.quality = item.quality + 1;
               }
             }
           }
         }
       }
-      if (item.name != 'Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros') {
+      if (item.name != ItemNames.SULFURAS) {
         item.sellIn = item.sellIn - 1;
       }
       if (item.sellIn < 0) {
-        if (item.name != 'Aged Brie') {
-          if (item.name != 'Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert') {
+        if (item.name != ItemNames.AGED_BRIE) {
+          if (item.name != ItemNames.BACKSTAGE_PASSES) {
             if (item.quality > 0) {
-              if (item.name != 'Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros') {
-                item.quality = item.quality - 1
+              if (item.name != ItemNames.SULFURAS) {
+                item.quality = item.quality - 1;
               }
             }
           } else {
-            item.quality = item.quality - item.quality
+            item.quality = item.quality - item.quality;
           }
         } else {
           if (item.quality < 50) {
-            item.quality = item.quality + 1
+            item.quality = item.quality + 1;
           }
         }
       }