diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/Connection.ts b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/Connection.ts
index 112bddb045..39d89f4867 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/Connection.ts
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/Connection.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export class Connection {
         this.connectionState = ConnectionState.Disconnected;
     }
 
-    start(transportName: string = 'webSockets'): Promise<void> {
+    async start(transportName: string = 'webSockets'): Promise<void> {
         if (this.connectionState != ConnectionState.Disconnected) {
             throw new Error("Cannot start a connection that is not in the 'Disconnected' state");
         }
@@ -31,21 +31,18 @@ export class Connection {
         this.transport.onDataReceived = this.dataReceivedCallback;
         this.transport.onError = e => this.stopConnection();
 
-        return new HttpClient().get(`${this.url}/getid?${this.queryString}`)
-            .then(connectionId => {
-                this.connectionId = connectionId;
-                this.queryString = `id=${connectionId}&${this.connectionId}`;
-                return this.transport.connect(this.url, this.queryString);
-            })
-            .then(() => {
-                this.connectionState = ConnectionState.Connected;
-            })
-            .catch(e => {
-                console.log("Failed to start the connection.")
-                this.connectionState = ConnectionState.Disconnected;
-                this.transport = null;
-                throw e;
-            });
+        try {
+            this.connectionId = await new HttpClient().get(`${this.url}/getid?${this.queryString}`);
+            this.queryString = `id=${this.connectionId}`;
+            await this.transport.connect(this.url, this.queryString);
+            this.connectionState = ConnectionState.Connected;
+        }
+        catch(e) {
+            console.log("Failed to start the connection.")
+            this.connectionState = ConnectionState.Disconnected;
+            this.transport = null;
+            throw e;
+        };
     }
 
     private createTransport(transportName: string): ITransport {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpClient.ts b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpClient.ts
index 31fef741e0..dbb7cc6a85 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpClient.ts
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpClient.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export class HttpClient {
     }
 
     private xhr(method: string, url: string, content?: string): Promise<string> {
-        return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
             let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
             xhr.open(method, url, true);
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HubConnection.ts b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HubConnection.ts
index 803481afee..0cad611f23 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HubConnection.ts
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HubConnection.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ export { Connection } from "./Connection"
 
 export class HubConnection {
     private connection: Connection;
-    private callbacks: Map<string, (any) => void>;
-    private methods: Map<string, (...args:any[]) => void>;
+    private callbacks: Map<string, (invocationDescriptor: InvocationResultDescriptor) => void>;
+    private methods: Map<string, (...args: any[]) => void>;
     private id: number;
 
     constructor(url: string, queryString?: string) {
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ export class HubConnection {
             thisHubConnection.dataReceived(data);
         };
 
-        this.callbacks = new Map<string, (any) => void>();
-        this.methods = new Map<string, (...args:any[]) => void>();
+        this.callbacks = new Map<string, (InvocationResultDescriptor) => void>();
+        this.methods = new Map<string, (...args: any[]) => void>();
         this.id = 0;
     }
 
     private dataReceived(data: any) {
-        //TODO: separate JSON parsing
+        // TODO: separate JSON parsing
         // Can happen if a poll request was cancelled
         if (!data) {
             return;
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ export class HubConnection {
     set connectionClosed(callback: ConnectionClosed) {
         this.connection.connectionClosed = callback;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/Transports.ts b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/Transports.ts
index 4ea8c87f1f..f5082b363a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/Transports.ts
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/Transports.ts
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ export class ServerSentEventsTransport implements ITransport {
         });
     }
 
-    send(data: any): Promise<void> {
-        return new HttpClient().post(this.url + "/send?" + this.queryString, data);
+    async send(data: any): Promise<void> {
+        await new HttpClient().post(this.url + "/send?" + this.queryString, data);
     }
 
     stop(): void {
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ export class LongPollingTransport implements ITransport {
         this.pollXhr.send();
     }
 
-    send(data: any): Promise<void> {
-        return new HttpClient().post(this.url + "/send?" + this.queryString, data);
+    async send(data: any): Promise<void> {
+        await new HttpClient().post(this.url + "/send?" + this.queryString, data);
     }
 
     stop(): void {