diff --git a/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpConnection.ts b/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpConnection.ts
index 747a453e3c..8d1cd751f1 100644
--- a/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpConnection.ts
+++ b/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpConnection.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class HttpConnection implements IConnection {
 
     private async startInternal(): Promise<void> {
         try {
-            let negotiatePayload = await this.httpClient.options(this.url);  
+            let negotiatePayload = await this.httpClient.options(this.url);
             let negotiateResponse: INegotiateResponse = JSON.parse(negotiatePayload);
             this.connectionId = negotiateResponse.connectionId;
 
diff --git a/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Test.Server/wwwroot/js/connectionTests.js b/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Test.Server/wwwroot/js/connectionTests.js
index 13a1a21011..314ce39614 100644
--- a/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Test.Server/wwwroot/js/connectionTests.js
+++ b/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Test.Server/wwwroot/js/connectionTests.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 describe('connection', () => {
     it(`can connect to the server without specifying transport explicitly`, done => {
         const message = "Hello World!";
-        let connection = new signalR.Connection(ECHOENDPOINT_URL);
+        let connection = new signalR.HttpConnection(ECHOENDPOINT_URL);
 
         let received = "";
         connection.onDataReceived = data => {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('connection', () => {
     eachTransport(transportType => {
         it(`over ${signalR.TransportType[transportType]} can send and receive messages`, done => {
             const message = "Hello World!";
-            let connection = new signalR.Connection(ECHOENDPOINT_URL);
+            let connection = new signalR.HttpConnection(ECHOENDPOINT_URL, { transport: transportType });
 
             let received = "";
             connection.onDataReceived = data => {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe('connection', () => {
                 done();
             }
 
-            connection.start(transportType)
+            connection.start()
                 .then(() => {
                     connection.send(message);
                 })
diff --git a/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Test.Server/wwwroot/js/hubConnectionTests.js b/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Test.Server/wwwroot/js/hubConnectionTests.js
index 6e8df4cbf2..242fdf20be 100644
--- a/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Test.Server/wwwroot/js/hubConnectionTests.js
+++ b/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Test.Server/wwwroot/js/hubConnectionTests.js
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ describe('hubConnection', () => {
         describe(`${signalR.TransportType[transportType]} transport`, () => {
             it(`can invoke server method and receive result`, done => {
                 const message = "Hi";
-                let hubConnection = new signalR.HubConnection(TESTHUBENDPOINT_URL, 'formatType=json&format=text');
+                let hubConnection = new signalR.HubConnection(new signalR.HttpConnection(TESTHUBENDPOINT_URL, { transport: transportType }), 'formatType=json&format=text');
                 hubConnection.onClosed = error => {
                     expect(error).toBe(undefined);
                     done();
                 }
 
-                hubConnection.start(transportType)
+                hubConnection.start()
                     .then(() => {
                         hubConnection.invoke('Echo', message)
                             .then(result => {
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ describe('hubConnection', () => {
             });
 
             it(`can stream server method and receive result`, done => {
-                let hubConnection = new signalR.HubConnection(TESTHUBENDPOINT_URL, 'formatType=json&format=text');
+                let hubConnection = new signalR.HubConnection(new signalR.HttpConnection(TESTHUBENDPOINT_URL, { transport: transportType }), 'formatType=json&format=text');
                 hubConnection.onClosed = error => {
                     expect(error).toBe(undefined);
                     done();
                 }
 
                 let received = [];
-                hubConnection.start(transportType)
+                hubConnection.start()
                     .then(() => {
                         hubConnection.stream('Stream')
                             .subscribe({
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ describe('hubConnection', () => {
 
             it(`rethrows an exception from the server when invoking`, done => {
                 const errorMessage = "An error occurred.";
-                let hubConnection = new signalR.HubConnection(TESTHUBENDPOINT_URL, 'formatType=json&format=text');
+                let hubConnection = new signalR.HubConnection(new signalR.HttpConnection(TESTHUBENDPOINT_URL, { transport: transportType }), 'formatType=json&format=text');
 
-                hubConnection.start(transportType)
+                hubConnection.start()
                     .then(() => {
                         hubConnection.invoke('ThrowException', errorMessage)
                             .then(() => {
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ describe('hubConnection', () => {
 
             it(`rethrows an exception from the server when streaming`, done => {
                 const errorMessage = "An error occurred.";
-                let hubConnection = new signalR.HubConnection(TESTHUBENDPOINT_URL, 'formatType=json&format=text');
+                let hubConnection = new signalR.HubConnection(new signalR.HttpConnection(TESTHUBENDPOINT_URL, { transport: transportType }), 'formatType=json&format=text');
 
-                hubConnection.start(transportType)
+                hubConnection.start()
                     .then(() => {
                         hubConnection.stream('ThrowException', errorMessage)
                             .subscribe({
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ describe('hubConnection', () => {
             });
 
             it(`can receive server calls`, done => {
-                let client = new signalR.HubConnection(TESTHUBENDPOINT_URL, 'formatType=json&format=text');
+                let client = new signalR.HubConnection(new signalR.HttpConnection(TESTHUBENDPOINT_URL, { transport: transportType }), 'formatType=json&format=text');
                 const message = "Hello SignalR";
 
                 let callbackPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ describe('hubConnection', () => {
                     });
                 });
 
-                client.start(transportType)
+                client.start()
                     .then(() => {
                         return Promise.all([client.invoke('InvokeWithString', message), callbackPromise]);
                     })
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ describe('hubConnection', () => {
                 ServerSentEvents: "Error occurred"
             };
 
-            let hubConnection = new signalR.HubConnection(`http://${document.location.host}/uncreatable`, 'formatType=json&format=text');
+            let hubConnection = new signalR.HubConnection(new signalR.HttpConnection(`http://${document.location.host}/uncreatable`, { transport: transportType }), 'formatType=json&format=text');
 
             hubConnection.onClosed = error => {
                 expect(error).toMatch(errorRegex[signalR.TransportType[transportType]]);
                 done();
             }
-            hubConnection.start(transportType)
+            hubConnection.start();
         });
     });
 });