diff --git a/browser-sync/browser-sync-tests.ts b/browser-sync/browser-sync-tests.ts
index 4b2c0bb54..50042410f 100644
--- a/browser-sync/browser-sync-tests.ts
+++ b/browser-sync/browser-sync-tests.ts
@@ -79,9 +79,11 @@ bs.init({
 
 bs.reload();
 
-function browserSyncInit(): typeof browserSync {
+function browserSyncInit() {
     var browser = browserSync.create();
     browser.init();
+    console.log(browser.name);
+    console.log(browserSync.name);
     return browser;
 }
 var browser = browserSyncInit();
diff --git a/browser-sync/browser-sync.d.ts b/browser-sync/browser-sync.d.ts
index f189f4ac0..03b751fab 100644
--- a/browser-sync/browser-sync.d.ts
+++ b/browser-sync/browser-sync.d.ts
@@ -316,24 +316,32 @@ declare module "browser-sync" {
         fn: (match: string) => string;
     }
 
-    
-    interface BrowserSync {
-        (config?: Options, callback?: (err: Error, bs: Object) => any): void;
-        /**
-        * Create a Browsersync instance
-        * @param name an identifier that can used for retrieval later
-        */
-        create(name?: string): BrowserSync;
-        /**
-        * Get a single instance by name. This is useful if you have your build scripts in separate files
-        * @param name the identifier used for retrieval
-        */
-        get(name: string): BrowserSync;
+    interface BrowserSyncStatic extends BrowserSyncInstance {
         /**
          * Start the Browsersync service. This will launch a server, proxy or start the snippet mode 
          * depending on your use-case.
          */
-        init(config?: Options, callback?: (err: Error, bs: Object) => any): void;
+        (config?: Options, callback?: (err: Error, bs: Object) => any): BrowserSyncInstance;
+        /**
+        * Create a Browsersync instance
+        * @param name an identifier that can used for retrieval later
+        */
+        create(name?: string): BrowserSyncInstance;
+        /**
+        * Get a single instance by name. This is useful if you have your build scripts in separate files
+        * @param name the identifier used for retrieval
+        */
+        get(name: string): BrowserSyncInstance;
+    }
+
+    interface BrowserSyncInstance {
+        /** the name of this instance of browser-sync */
+        name: string;
+        /**
+         * Start the Browsersync service. This will launch a server, proxy or start the snippet mode 
+         * depending on your use-case.
+         */
+        init(config?: Options, callback?: (err: Error, bs: Object) => any): BrowserSyncInstance;
         /**
          * Reload the browser
          * The reload method will inform all browsers about changed files and will either cause the browser 
@@ -400,7 +408,7 @@ declare module "browser-sync" {
         paused: boolean;
     }
 
-    const browserSync: BrowserSync;
+    const browserSync: BrowserSyncStatic;
 
     export = browserSync;
 }