diff --git a/ora/index.d.ts b/ora/index.d.ts
index a31d2bd5c1..e45a585442 100644
--- a/ora/index.d.ts
+++ b/ora/index.d.ts
@@ -1,36 +1,34 @@
 // Type definitions for ora v0.3.0
 // Project: https://github.com/sindresorhus/ora
-// Definitions by: Basarat Ali Syed <https://github.com/basarat/>
+// Definitions by: Basarat Ali Syed <https://github.com/basarat/>, Christian Rackerseder <https://www.echooff.de/>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
 /// <reference types="node" />
 
-
 type Color = 'black' | 'red' | 'green' | 'yellow' | 'blue' | 'magenta' | 'cyan' | 'white' | 'gray';
-type Text = string;
 interface Options {
-    text?: Text;
-        spinner?: string | Spinner;
+    text?: string;
+    spinner?: string | Spinner;
     color?: Color;
-        interval?: number;
-        stream?: NodeJS.WritableStream;
-        enabled?: boolean;
-    }
-    interface Spinner {
-        interval?: number;
-        frames: string[];
+    interval?: number;
+    stream?: NodeJS.WritableStream;
+    enabled?: boolean;
+}
+interface Spinner {
+    interval?: number;
+    frames: string[];
 }
 interface Instance {
-        start(): Instance;
-        stop(): Instance;
-        succeed(): Instance;
-        fail(): Instance;
-        stopAndPersist(symbol?: string): Instance;
-        clear(): Instance;
-        render(): Instance;
-        frame(): Instance;
-        text: string;
+    start(): Instance;
+    stop(): Instance;
+    succeed(): Instance;
+    fail(): Instance;
+    stopAndPersist(symbol?: string): Instance;
+    clear(): Instance;
+    render(): Instance;
+    frame(): Instance;
+    text: string;
     color: Color;
 }
-declare function ora(options: Options | Text): Instance;
+declare function ora(options: Options | string): Instance;
 export = ora;
diff --git a/ora/ora-tests.ts b/ora/ora-tests.ts
index 067edd8678..b6e2a671dc 100644
--- a/ora/ora-tests.ts
+++ b/ora/ora-tests.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import ora = require('ora');
-const spinner = ora('Loading unicorns');
 
-spinner.start();
+const spinner = ora('Loading unicorns').start();
 
 setTimeout(() => {
     spinner.color = 'yellow';