diff --git a/types/decode-entities/decode-entities-tests.ts b/types/decode-entities/decode-entities-tests.ts
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+import decodeEntities = require('decode-entities');
+
+// $ExpectType string
+decodeEntities('!'); 
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diff --git a/types/decode-entities/index.d.ts b/types/decode-entities/index.d.ts
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+// Type definition for decode-entities v1.0.4
+// Project: https://github.com/waspothegreat/decode-entities#readme
+// Definitions by: waspothegreat <https://github.com/waspothegreat/>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+declare function decode(encodedString: string): string;
+
+export = decode;
diff --git a/types/decode-entities/tsconfig.json b/types/decode-entities/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": [
+            "es6"
+        ],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": [
+            "../"
+        ],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": [
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "decode-entities-tests.ts"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/types/decode-entities/tslint.json b/types/decode-entities/tslint.json
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+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
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