diff --git a/luaparse/luaparse-tests.ts b/luaparse/luaparse-tests.ts
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+/// <reference path="luaparse.d.ts" />
+
+import luaparse = require('luaparse');
+
+var luacode: string = '-- this is hello world in lua.\nprint(\'hello world\')';
+var ast: Object = luaparse.parse(luacode);
+console.log(JSON.stringify(ast));
+
+ast = luaparse.parse(luacode, {comments: false});
+console.log(JSON.stringify(ast));
diff --git a/luaparse/luaparse.d.ts b/luaparse/luaparse.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for luaparse
+// Project: https://github.com/oxyc/luaparse
+// Definitions by: Sam Saint-Pettersen <https://github.com/stpettersens>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare module "luaparse" {
+	export function parse(code: string, options?: Object): Object;
+}