diff --git a/pouchDB/pouch-tests.ts b/pouchDB/pouch-tests.ts
index 8cca2ed710..5534ca3672 100644
--- a/pouchDB/pouch-tests.ts
+++ b/pouchDB/pouch-tests.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 /// <reference path="pouch.d.ts" />
 
-declare var $: any;
-
-window.alert = function(thing?: string) {
-	$('body').append('<div>' + thing + '</div>');
+window.alert = function (thing?: string) {    
+    var div = document.createElement('div');
+    div.appendChild(document.createTextNode(thing));
+    document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(div);
 }
 
-var pouch: Pouch;
+var pouch: PouchDB;
 
 function pouchTests() {
-	Pouch('idb://testdb', function (err: PouchError, res: Pouch) {
+    PouchDB('testdb', function (err: PouchError, res: PouchDB) {
 		if (err) {
 			alert('Error ' + err.status + ' occurred ' + err.error + ' - ' + err.reason);
 		}
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function deleteDb() {
 	alert('deleteDb');
 	if (pouch) {
 		pouch = null;
-		Pouch.destroy('idb://testdb', function (err: PouchError) {
+		PouchDB.destroy('testdb', function (err: PouchError) {
 			if (err) {
 				alert('Error ' + err.status + ' occurred ' + err.error + ' - ' + err.reason);
 			}
diff --git a/pouchDB/pouch.d.ts b/pouchDB/pouch.d.ts
index 661c7b686b..47ffcad606 100644
--- a/pouchDB/pouch.d.ts
+++ b/pouchDB/pouch.d.ts
@@ -209,13 +209,14 @@ interface PouchOptions {
 	adapter?: string;
 }
 
-interface Pouch extends PouchApi {
-	(name: string, opts: PouchOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: Pouch) => void ): Pouch;
-	(name: string, callback: (err: PouchError, res: Pouch) => void ): Pouch;
+interface PouchDB extends PouchApi {
+    new (name: string, opts: PouchOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchDB) => void): PouchDB;
+    new (name: string, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchDB) => void): PouchDB;
+    new (name: string): PouchDB;
 	destroy(name: string, callback: (err: PouchError) => void): void;
 }
 
-declare var Pouch: Pouch;
+declare var PouchDB: PouchDB;
 //
 // emit is the function that the PouchFilter.map function should call in order to add a particular item to
 // a filter view.