diff --git a/types/node-static/node-static-tests.ts b/types/node-static/node-static-tests.ts
index 38abd8238d..3d68473e02 100644
--- a/types/node-static/node-static-tests.ts
+++ b/types/node-static/node-static-tests.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ import { Server, version, mime } from 'node-static';
 
 const server = new Server(__dirname);
 const pathname = server.resolve('./tsconfig.json');
-const mimetype = mime.lookup(pathname, '');
+const mimetype = mime.getType(pathname);
 const versionNum = version.join('.');
 console.log(`The node-static server constructed an instance of itself, fetched the mimetype of ${pathname} (${mimetype}), and has a version of ${versionNum}! The package is working.`);