diff --git a/angularjs/angular-tests.ts b/angularjs/angular-tests.ts
index 6354e188c..3ea1371f4 100644
--- a/angularjs/angular-tests.ts
+++ b/angularjs/angular-tests.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ module HttpAndRegularPromiseTests {
 // Test for AngularJS Syntac
 
 module My.Namespace {
-
+    export var x; // need to export something for module to kick in    
 }
 
 // IModule Registering Test
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ var mod = angular.module('tests',[]);
 mod.controller('name', function($scope : ng.IScope) {})
 mod.controller('name', ['$scope', <any>function($scope : ng.IScope) {}])
 mod.controller(My.Namespace);
-mod.directive('name', function($scope : ng.IScope) {})
+mod.directive('name', <any>function ($scope: ng.IScope) {})
 mod.directive('name', ['$scope', <any>function($scope : ng.IScope) {}])
 mod.directive(My.Namespace);
 mod.factory('name', function($scope : ng.IScope) {})
diff --git a/chai/chai-assert.d.ts b/chai/chai-assert.d.ts
index b31b7bde5..ab1a23d14 100644
--- a/chai/chai-assert.d.ts
+++ b/chai/chai-assert.d.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ declare module chai
 		ifError(val:any, msg?:string);
 	}
 	//node module
-	declare var assert:Assert;
+	var assert:Assert;
 }
 //browser global
 declare var assert:chai.Assert;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/chai/chai.d.ts b/chai/chai.d.ts
index df9e12382..5034b8153 100644
--- a/chai/chai.d.ts
+++ b/chai/chai.d.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ declare module chai {
 
     interface TypeComparison { 
         (type: string, message?: string): bool;
-         instanceof(type: Object, ): bool;
+         instanceof(type: Object): bool;
     }
 
     interface NumericComparison {