diff --git a/localForage/localForage-tests.ts b/localForage/localForage-tests.ts
index bb824b7312..6f162e8c4b 100644
--- a/localForage/localForage-tests.ts
+++ b/localForage/localForage-tests.ts
@@ -52,4 +52,14 @@ declare var localForage: LocalForage;
 
     localForage.removeItem("key").then(() => {
     });
+    
+    var config = localForage.config({
+        name: "testyo",
+        driver: localForage.LOCALSTORAGE
+    });
+    
+    var store = localForage.createInstance({
+        name: "da instance",
+        driver: localForage.LOCALSTORAGE
+    });
 }
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diff --git a/localForage/localForage.d.ts b/localForage/localForage.d.ts
index d169d01e3f..cd12bb4f32 100644
--- a/localForage/localForage.d.ts
+++ b/localForage/localForage.d.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /// <reference path="../es6-promise/es6-promise.d.ts" />
 
 interface LocalForageOptions {
-    driver?: LocalForageDriver | LocalForageDriver[];
+    driver?: string | LocalForageDriver | LocalForageDriver[];
     
     name?: string;
     
@@ -46,9 +46,19 @@ interface LocalForage {
     WEBSQL: string;
     INDEXEDDB: string;
     
-    config(options: LocalForageOptions): void;
+    /**
+    * Set and persist localForage options. This must be called before any other calls to localForage are made, but can be called after localForage is loaded. 
+    * If you set any config values with this method they will persist after driver changes, so you can call config() then setDriver()
+    * @param {ILocalForageConfig} options?
+    */
+    config(options: LocalForageOptions): boolean;
+    createInstance(options: LocalForageOptions): LocalForage;
     
     driver(): LocalForageDriver;
+    /**
+    * Force usage of a particular driver or drivers, if available.
+    * @param {string} driver
+    */
     setDriver(driver: string | string[]): Promise<void>;
     setDriver(driver: string | string[], callback: () => void, errorCallback: (error: any) => void): void;
     defineDriver(driver: LocalForageDriver): Promise<void>;
@@ -79,3 +89,8 @@ interface LocalForage {
     iterate(iteratee: (value: any, key: string, iterationNumber: number) => any,
             callback: (err: any, result: any) => void): void;
 }
+
+declare module "localforage" {
+    var localforage: LocalForage;
+    export default localforage;
+}
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