diff --git a/packages/cdktf-cli/lib/get/generator/provider-schema.ts b/packages/cdktf-cli/lib/get/generator/provider-schema.ts
index b32ac6ffd1..771bbbe8c0 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf-cli/lib/get/generator/provider-schema.ts
+++ b/packages/cdktf-cli/lib/get/generator/provider-schema.ts
@@ -82,10 +82,11 @@ const transformVariables = (variables: any) => {
     if (variable.hasOwnProperty('type') == false && variable.hasOwnProperty('default') == true) {
       switch (typeof variable['default']) {
         case "boolean": variableType = 'bool' ; break;
+        case "number": variableType = 'number' ; break;
         default: variableType = 'any';
       }
     } else {
-      const matched = (variable['type'] as string).match(/\$\{(.*)\}/)
+      const matched = (variable['type'] as string)?.match(/\$\{(.*)\}/)
       variableType = matched ? matched[1] : 'any'
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/generator/__snapshots__/module-generator.test.ts.snap b/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/generator/__snapshots__/module-generator.test.ts.snap
index 48fb99eaf9..9fbb38e536 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/generator/__snapshots__/module-generator.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/generator/__snapshots__/module-generator.test.ts.snap
@@ -709,3 +709,47 @@ export class Module extends TerraformModule {
 }
 "
 `;
+
+exports[`typeless variables 1`] = `
+"// generated by cdktf get
+// ./module
+import { TerraformModule } from 'cdktf';
+import { Construct } from 'constructs';
+export interface ModuleOptions {
+  /**
+   * My example var without type set, but with default
+   * @default 1
+   */
+  readonly myDefaultTypevar?: number;
+  /**
+   * My example var without type set
+   */
+  readonly myTypelessVar: any;
+}
+export class Module extends TerraformModule {
+  private readonly inputs: { [name: string]: any } = { }
+  public constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, options: ModuleOptions) {
+    super(scope, id, {
+      source: './module',
+    });
+    this.myDefaultTypevar = options.myDefaultTypevar;
+    this.myTypelessVar = options.myTypelessVar;
+  }
+  public get myDefaultTypevar(): number | undefined {
+    return this.inputs['my_default_typevar'] as number | undefined;
+  }
+  public set myDefaultTypevar(value: number | undefined) {
+    this.inputs['my_default_typevar'] = value;
+  }
+  public get myTypelessVar(): any {
+    return this.inputs['my_typeless_var'] as any;
+  }
+  public set myTypelessVar(value: any) {
+    this.inputs['my_typeless_var'] = value;
+  }
+  protected synthesizeAttributes() {
+    return this.inputs;
+  }
+}
+"
+`;
diff --git a/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/generator/fixtures/module-no-variable-type.test.fixture.tf b/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/generator/fixtures/module-no-variable-type.test.fixture.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4923d5735a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/generator/fixtures/module-no-variable-type.test.fixture.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+variable "my_typeless_var" {
+  description = "My example var without type set"
+}
+
+variable "my_default_typevar" {
+  description = "My example var without type set, but with default"
+  default = 1
+}
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diff --git a/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/generator/module-generator.test.ts b/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/generator/module-generator.test.ts
index 878f6846a5..b8240e0040 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/generator/module-generator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/generator/module-generator.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { ConstructsMaker, Language } from '../../../lib/get/constructs-maker'
 import { TerraformModuleConstraint  } from '../../../lib/config'
-import { withTempDir } from '../../../lib/util';
+import { expectModuleToMatchSnapshot } from '../util';
 
 test('generate some modules', async () => {
   jest.setTimeout(20000)
@@ -18,25 +18,6 @@ test('generate some modules', async () => {
   expect(output).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
 
-test('no module outputs', async () => {
-  await withTempDir('no-output-module.test', async () => {
-    const curdir = process.cwd();
-    fs.mkdirSync('module');
-    fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'module-no-outputs.test.fixture.tf'), path.join(curdir, 'module', 'main.tf'));
+expectModuleToMatchSnapshot('no module outputs', 'generator', 'module-no-outputs.test.fixture.tf');
 
-    const constraint = new TerraformModuleConstraint({
-      source: './module',
-      name: 'module',
-      fqn: 'module'
-    });
-
-    fs.mkdirSync('work');
-    const workdir = path.join(curdir, 'work');
-  
-    const maker = new ConstructsMaker({codeMakerOutput: workdir, targetLanguage: Language.TYPESCRIPT}, [constraint])
-    await maker.generate();
-  
-    const output = fs.readFileSync(path.join(workdir, 'modules/module.ts'), 'utf-8');
-    expect(output).toMatchSnapshot();
-  });
-});
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+expectModuleToMatchSnapshot('typeless variables', 'generator', 'module-no-variable-type.test.fixture.tf');
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diff --git a/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/util.ts b/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/util.ts
index ef5e1a828d..5ed24367a2 100644
--- a/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/util.ts
+++ b/packages/cdktf-cli/test/get/util.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
-import { mkdtemp } from "../../lib/util";
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import { mkdtemp, withTempDir } from "../../lib/util";
 import { Language, ConstructsMaker } from "../../lib/get/constructs-maker";
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { TerraformDependencyConstraint } from '../../lib/config';
+import { TerraformDependencyConstraint, TerraformModuleConstraint } from '../../lib/config';
 
 export function expectImportMatchSnapshot(constraint: TerraformDependencyConstraint) {
   jest.setTimeout(60_000);
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export function expectImportMatchSnapshot(constraint: TerraformDependencyConstra
 
       await maker.generate()
 
-      const manifest = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(jsiiPath, 'utf-8'));
+      const manifest = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(jsiiPath, 'utf-8'));
 
       // patch cdktf version in manifest because it's not stable
       manifest.dependencies.cdktf = '999.999.999';
@@ -28,4 +28,29 @@ export function expectImportMatchSnapshot(constraint: TerraformDependencyConstra
       expect(manifest).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
   });
+}
+
+export function expectModuleToMatchSnapshot(testName: string, testCategory: string, fixtureName: string) {
+  test(testName, async () => {
+    await withTempDir(`${testName.replace(/\s*/, '-')}.test`, async () => {
+      const curdir = process.cwd();
+      fs.mkdirSync('module');
+      fs.copyFileSync(path.join(__dirname, testCategory, 'fixtures', fixtureName), path.join(curdir, 'module', 'main.tf'));
+  
+      const constraint = new TerraformModuleConstraint({
+        source: './module',
+        name: 'module',
+        fqn: 'module'
+      });
+  
+      fs.mkdirSync('work');
+      const workdir = path.join(curdir, 'work');
+    
+      const maker = new ConstructsMaker({codeMakerOutput: workdir, targetLanguage: Language.TYPESCRIPT}, [constraint])
+      await maker.generate();
+    
+      const output = fs.readFileSync(path.join(workdir, 'modules/module.ts'), 'utf-8');
+      expect(output).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+  });
 }
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