diff --git a/applicationinsights/applicationinsights-tests.ts b/applicationinsights/applicationinsights-tests.ts
index 2a4613b01..eb9d5e701 100644
--- a/applicationinsights/applicationinsights-tests.ts
+++ b/applicationinsights/applicationinsights-tests.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ///<reference path='applicationinsights.d.ts' />
-import appInsights = require("applicationinsights");
+import * as appInsights from "applicationinsights";
 
 // basic use
 appInsights.setup("<instrumentation_key>").start();
diff --git a/applicationinsights/applicationinsights.d.ts b/applicationinsights/applicationinsights.d.ts
index f5ea9d413..d5c895466 100644
--- a/applicationinsights/applicationinsights.d.ts
+++ b/applicationinsights/applicationinsights.d.ts
@@ -409,66 +409,58 @@ interface Sender {
  * The singleton meta interface for the default client of the client. This interface is used to setup/start and configure
  * the auto-collection behavior of the application insights module.
  */
-declare class ApplicationInsights {
-    static client: Client;
-    private static _isConsole;
-    private static _isExceptions;
-    private static _isPerformance;
-    private static _isRequests;
-    private static _console;
-    private static _exceptions;
-    private static _performance;
-    private static _requests;
-    private static _isStarted;
+interface ApplicationInsights {
+    client: Client;
     /**
      * Initializes a client with the given instrumentation key, if this is not specified, the value will be
      * read from the environment variable APPINSIGHTS_INSTRUMENTATIONKEY
      * @returns {ApplicationInsights/Client} a new client
      */
-    static getClient(instrumentationKey?: string): Client;
+    getClient(instrumentationKey?: string): Client;
     /**
      * Initializes the default client of the client and sets the default configuration
      * @param instrumentationKey the instrumentation key to use. Optional, if this is not specified, the value will be
      * read from the environment variable APPINSIGHTS_INSTRUMENTATIONKEY
      * @returns {ApplicationInsights} this interface
      */
-    static setup(instrumentationKey?: string): typeof ApplicationInsights;
+    setup(instrumentationKey?: string): ApplicationInsights;
     /**
      * Starts automatic collection of telemetry. Prior to calling start no telemetry will be collected
      * @returns {ApplicationInsights} this interface
      */
-    static start(): typeof ApplicationInsights;
+    start(): ApplicationInsights;
     /**
      * Sets the state of console tracking (enabled by default)
      * @param value if true console activity will be sent to Application Insights
      * @returns {ApplicationInsights} this interface
      */
-    static setAutoCollectConsole(value: boolean): typeof ApplicationInsights;
+    setAutoCollectConsole(value: boolean): ApplicationInsights;
     /**
      * Sets the state of exception tracking (enabled by default)
      * @param value if true uncaught exceptions will be sent to Application Insights
      * @returns {ApplicationInsights} this interface
      */
-    static setAutoCollectExceptions(value: boolean): typeof ApplicationInsights;
+    setAutoCollectExceptions(value: boolean): ApplicationInsights;
     /**
      * Sets the state of performance tracking (enabled by default)
      * @param value if true performance counters will be collected every second and sent to Application Insights
      * @returns {ApplicationInsights} this interface
      */
-    static setAutoCollectPerformance(value: boolean): typeof ApplicationInsights;
+    setAutoCollectPerformance(value: boolean): ApplicationInsights;
     /**
      * Sets the state of request tracking (enabled by default)
      * @param value if true requests will be sent to Application Insights
      * @returns {ApplicationInsights} this interface
      */
-    static setAutoCollectRequests(value: boolean): typeof ApplicationInsights;
+    setAutoCollectRequests(value: boolean): ApplicationInsights;
     /**
      * Enables verbose debug logging
      * @returns {ApplicationInsights} this interface
      */
-    static enableVerboseLogging(): typeof ApplicationInsights;
+    enableVerboseLogging(): ApplicationInsights;
 }
 
 declare module "applicationinsights" {
-    export = ApplicationInsights;
+    const applicationinsights: ApplicationInsights;
+    export = applicationinsights;
 }
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