diff --git a/jquery.gridster/gridster-tests.ts b/jquery.gridster/gridster-tests.ts
index 1521b205da..72c90a6f08 100644
--- a/jquery.gridster/gridster-tests.ts
+++ b/jquery.gridster/gridster-tests.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 /// <reference path="gridster.d.ts" />
 
-var el: HTMLElement = new HTMLElement();
-
 interface SerializeData {
 	x?: number;
 	y?: number;
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ var options: GridsterOptions = {
 	}
 };
 
-var gridster = <Gridster>$('.gridster ul').gridster(el, options).data('grister');
+var gridster = <Gridster>$('.gridster ul').gridster(options).data('grister');
 gridster.add_widget('<li class="new">The HTML of the widget...</li>', 2, 1);
 gridster.remove_widget($('gridster li').eq(3).get(0));
 var json = gridster.serialize<SerializeData>();
diff --git a/jquery.gridster/gridster.d.ts b/jquery.gridster/gridster.d.ts
index b293dcb2fa..53f26704e3 100644
--- a/jquery.gridster/gridster.d.ts
+++ b/jquery.gridster/gridster.d.ts
@@ -160,11 +160,10 @@ interface JQuery {
 
 	/**
 	* Gridster
-	* @param el The HTMLElement that contains all the widgets.
 	* @param options An object with all the gridster options you want to overwrite.
 	* @return Gridster jQuery instance.
 	**/
-	gridster(el: HTMLElement, options?: GridsterOptions): JQuery;
+	gridster(options?: GridsterOptions): JQuery;
 }
 
 interface Gridster {