diff --git a/countdown/countdown-tests.ts b/countdown/countdown-tests.ts
index c803f1acc2..3ad8890aab 100644
--- a/countdown/countdown-tests.ts
+++ b/countdown/countdown-tests.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 /// <reference path="countdown.d.ts" />
 
-import { countdown, Timespan, CountdownStatic, Format } from 'countdown';
+import * as countdown from 'countdown';
 
-let ts: Timespan;
+let ts: countdown.Timespan;
 let interval: number;
 
-ts = <Timespan>countdown(new Date());
-ts = <Timespan>countdown(150);
+ts = <countdown.Timespan>countdown(new Date());
+ts = <countdown.Timespan>countdown(150);
 
 interval = <number>countdown(new Date(),
-    function (ts: Timespan) {
+    function (ts: countdown.Timespan) {
         document.getElementById('pageTimer').innerHTML = ts.toHTML('strong');
     },
     countdown.HOURS | countdown.MINUTES | countdown.SECONDS,
diff --git a/countdown/countdown.d.ts b/countdown/countdown.d.ts
index 5b40541dd0..bcb0d07976 100644
--- a/countdown/countdown.d.ts
+++ b/countdown/countdown.d.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 // Definitions by: Gabriel Juchault <https://github.com/gjuchault>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
-declare module 'countdown' {
-  export type DateFunction = (timespan: Timespan) => void;
-  export type DateTime = number | Date | DateFunction;
+declare namespace countdown {
+  type DateFunction = (timespan: Timespan) => void;
+  type DateTime = number | Date | DateFunction;
 
-  export interface Timespan {
+  interface Timespan {
       start?: Date;
       end?: Date;
       units?: number;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ declare module 'countdown' {
       toHTML(tagName?: string, label?: string): string;
   }
 
-  export interface Format {
+  interface Format {
     singular?: string | Array<string>;
     plural?: string | Array<string>;
     last?: string;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ declare module 'countdown' {
     formatter?(value: number, unit: number): string;
   }
 
-  export interface CountdownStatic {
+  interface CountdownStatic {
       (start: DateTime, end?: DateTime, units?: number, max?: number, digits?: number): Timespan | number;
       MILLENNIA: number;
       CENTURIES: number;
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ declare module 'countdown' {
       resetFormat(): void;
       setFormat(format: Format): void;
   }
-
-  export let countdown: CountdownStatic;
+}
+
+declare module 'countdown' {
+  let countdown: countdown.CountdownStatic;
+  export = countdown;
 }