diff --git a/rivets/rivets-tests.ts b/rivets/rivets-tests.ts
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+/// <reference path="rivets.d.ts" />
+
+Rivets.configure({
+		  // Attribute prefix in templates
+		  prefix: 'rv',
+		  // Preload templates with initial data on bind
+		  preloadData: true,
+		  // Root sightglass interface for keypaths
+		  rootInterface: '.',
+		  // Template delimiters for text bindings
+		  templateDelimiters: ['[[', ']]'],
+		  // Augment the event handler of the on-* binder
+		  handler: function(target:any, event:any, binding:any) {
+		    this.call(target, event, binding.view.models)
+		  }
+		})
+var t = {test: ["hello", "one", "two"]}
+Rivets.bind(document.getElementById("para1"), t)
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diff --git a/rivets/rivets.d.ts b/rivets/rivets.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for rivets
+// Project: http://rivetsjs.com/
+// Definitions by: Trevor Baron <https://github.com/TrevorDev>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+interface FinchStatic {
+    configure(options?: {
+        /**
+         * Attribute prefix in templates
+         */
+        prefix?: string;
+        /**
+         * Preload templates with initial data on bind
+         */
+        preloadData?: boolean;
+        /**
+         * Root sightglass interface for keypaths
+         */
+        rootInterface?: string;
+        /**
+         * Template delimiters for text bindings
+         */
+        templateDelimiters?: Array<string>
+        /**
+         * Augment the event handler of the on-* binder
+         */
+        handler?: Function;
+    }):void;
+    bind(element:any, template:any):void;
+}
+
+declare var Rivets: FinchStatic;
+declare module "rivets" {
+    export = Rivets;
+}