diff --git a/chalk/chalk-tests.ts b/chalk/chalk-tests.ts
index 208709e5b..e159d3476 100644
--- a/chalk/chalk-tests.ts
+++ b/chalk/chalk-tests.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import chalk = require('chalk');
 
 var str: string;
 var bool: boolean;
+var chain: chalk.ChalkChain;
 
 chalk.enabled = bool;
 str = chalk.stripColor(str);
@@ -28,3 +29,9 @@ console.log(  chalk.red('Hello', chalk.underline.bgBlue('world') + '!')  );
 
 // nest styles of the same type even (color, underline, background)
 console.log(  chalk.green('I am a green line ' + chalk.blue('with a blue substring') + ' that becomes green again!')  );
+
+chain = chalk.green;
+chain = chain.underline;
+str = chain('someString');
+
+chalk.enabled = chalk.supportsColor = bool;
diff --git a/chalk/chalk.d.ts b/chalk/chalk.d.ts
index ede294775..387ab3f5c 100644
--- a/chalk/chalk.d.ts
+++ b/chalk/chalk.d.ts
@@ -1,93 +1,122 @@
 // Type definitions for chalk v0.4.0
 // Project: https://github.com/sindresorhus/chalk
-// Definitions by: Diullei Gomes <https://github.com/Diullei>, Bart van der Schoor <https://github.com/Bartvds>
+// Definitions by: Diullei Gomes <https://github.com/Diullei>, Bart van der Schoor <https://github.com/Bartvds>, Nico Jansen <https://github.com/nicojs
 // Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
 
 declare module Chalk {
-	export interface ChalkModule extends ChalkStyle {
-		enabled: boolean;
-		supportsColor: boolean;
-		styles: ChalkStyleMap;
 
-		stripColor(value: string): any;
-		hasColor(str:  string): boolean;
-	}
+    export var enabled: boolean;
+    export var supportsColor: boolean;
+    export var styles: ChalkStyleMap;
 
-	export interface ChalkChain extends ChalkStyle {
-		(...text: string[]): ChalkChain;
-	}
+    export function stripColor(value: string): any;
+    export function hasColor(str: string): boolean;
 
-	export interface ChalkStyleElement {
-		open: string;
-		close: string;
-	}
+    export interface ChalkChain extends ChalkStyle {
+        (...text: string[]): string;
+    }
 
-	export interface ChalkStyle {
-		// General
-		reset: ChalkChain;
-		bold: ChalkChain;
-		italic: ChalkChain;
-		underline: ChalkChain;
-		inverse: ChalkChain;
-		strikethrough: ChalkChain;
+    export interface ChalkStyleElement {
+        open: string;
+        close: string;
+    }
 
-		// Text colors
-		black: ChalkChain;
-		red: ChalkChain;
-		green: ChalkChain;
-		yellow: ChalkChain;
-		blue: ChalkChain;
-		magenta: ChalkChain;
-		cyan: ChalkChain;
-		white: ChalkChain;
-		gray: ChalkChain;
-		grey: ChalkChain;
+    // General
+    export var reset: ChalkChain;
+    export var bold: ChalkChain;
+    export var italic: ChalkChain;
+    export var underline: ChalkChain;
+    export var inverse: ChalkChain;
+    export var strikethrough: ChalkChain;
 
-		// Background colors
-		bgBlack: ChalkChain;
-		bgRed: ChalkChain;
-		bgGreen: ChalkChain;
-		bgYellow: ChalkChain;
-		bgBlue: ChalkChain;
-		bgMagenta: ChalkChain;
-		bgCyan: ChalkChain;
-		bgWhite: ChalkChain;
-	}
+    // Text colors
+    export var black: ChalkChain;
+    export var red: ChalkChain;
+    export var green: ChalkChain;
+    export var yellow: ChalkChain;
+    export var blue: ChalkChain;
+    export var magenta: ChalkChain;
+    export var cyan: ChalkChain;
+    export var white: ChalkChain;
+    export var gray: ChalkChain;
+    export var grey: ChalkChain;
 
-	export interface ChalkStyleMap {
-		// General
-		reset: ChalkStyleElement;
-		bold: ChalkStyleElement;
-		italic: ChalkStyleElement;
-		underline: ChalkStyleElement;
-		inverse: ChalkStyleElement;
-		strikethrough: ChalkStyleElement;
+    // Background colors
+    export var bgBlack: ChalkChain;
+    export var bgRed: ChalkChain;
+    export var bgGreen: ChalkChain;
+    export var bgYellow: ChalkChain;
+    export var bgBlue: ChalkChain;
+    export var bgMagenta: ChalkChain;
+    export var bgCyan: ChalkChain;
+    export var bgWhite: ChalkChain;
 
-		// Text colors
-		black: ChalkStyleElement;
-		red: ChalkStyleElement;
-		green: ChalkStyleElement;
-		yellow: ChalkStyleElement;
-		blue: ChalkStyleElement;
-		magenta: ChalkStyleElement;
-		cyan: ChalkStyleElement;
-		white: ChalkStyleElement;
-		gray: ChalkStyleElement;
 
-		// Background colors
-		bgBlack: ChalkStyleElement;
-		bgRed: ChalkStyleElement;
-		bgGreen: ChalkStyleElement;
-		bgYellow: ChalkStyleElement;
-		bgBlue: ChalkStyleElement;
-		bgMagenta: ChalkStyleElement;
-		bgCyan: ChalkStyleElement;
-		bgWhite: ChalkStyleElement;
-	}
+    export interface ChalkStyle {
+        // General
+        reset: ChalkChain;
+        bold: ChalkChain;
+        italic: ChalkChain;
+        underline: ChalkChain;
+        inverse: ChalkChain;
+        strikethrough: ChalkChain;
+
+        // Text colors
+        black: ChalkChain;
+        red: ChalkChain;
+        green: ChalkChain;
+        yellow: ChalkChain;
+        blue: ChalkChain;
+        magenta: ChalkChain;
+        cyan: ChalkChain;
+        white: ChalkChain;
+        gray: ChalkChain;
+        grey: ChalkChain;
+
+        // Background colors
+        bgBlack: ChalkChain;
+        bgRed: ChalkChain;
+        bgGreen: ChalkChain;
+        bgYellow: ChalkChain;
+        bgBlue: ChalkChain;
+        bgMagenta: ChalkChain;
+        bgCyan: ChalkChain;
+        bgWhite: ChalkChain;
+    }
+
+    export interface ChalkStyleMap {
+        // General
+        reset: ChalkStyleElement;
+        bold: ChalkStyleElement;
+        italic: ChalkStyleElement;
+        underline: ChalkStyleElement;
+        inverse: ChalkStyleElement;
+        strikethrough: ChalkStyleElement;
+
+        // Text colors
+        black: ChalkStyleElement;
+        red: ChalkStyleElement;
+        green: ChalkStyleElement;
+        yellow: ChalkStyleElement;
+        blue: ChalkStyleElement;
+        magenta: ChalkStyleElement;
+        cyan: ChalkStyleElement;
+        white: ChalkStyleElement;
+        gray: ChalkStyleElement;
+
+        // Background colors
+        bgBlack: ChalkStyleElement;
+        bgRed: ChalkStyleElement;
+        bgGreen: ChalkStyleElement;
+        bgYellow: ChalkStyleElement;
+        bgBlue: ChalkStyleElement;
+        bgMagenta: ChalkStyleElement;
+        bgCyan: ChalkStyleElement;
+        bgWhite: ChalkStyleElement;
+    }
 }
 
 declare module "chalk" {
-	var ch: Chalk.ChalkModule;
-	export = ch;
+    export = Chalk;
 }