diff --git a/src/lib/Components/Commands/exports/Command.ts b/src/lib/Components/Commands/exports/Command.ts
index 19025a3..2c8cb3c 100644
--- a/src/lib/Components/Commands/exports/Command.ts
+++ b/src/lib/Components/Commands/exports/Command.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import { Generable } from '../../index';
 import { StringParameter } from '../../Parameters/types';
-import {
-  CommandParameters,
-  CommandShape,
-  CommandShorthandShape,
-} from '../types/Command.types';
+import { AnyCommandShape, CommandParameters } from '../types/Command.types';
 
 /**
  * Abstract - A generic Command
@@ -22,5 +18,5 @@ export interface Command extends Generable {
    * Generate the JSON shape for the Command.
    * @param flatten - If true, short hand will be attempted.
    */
-  generate(flatten?: boolean): CommandShape | CommandShorthandShape;
+  generate(flatten?: boolean): AnyCommandShape;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/Components/Commands/exports/Native/Checkout.ts b/src/lib/Components/Commands/exports/Native/Checkout.ts
index d2c9798..004d744 100644
--- a/src/lib/Components/Commands/exports/Native/Checkout.ts
+++ b/src/lib/Components/Commands/exports/Native/Checkout.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { GenerableType } from '../../../../Config/exports/Mapping';
 import { StringParameter } from '../../../Parameters/types';
-import { CommandParameters, CommandShape } from '../../types/Command.types';
+import {
+  BodylessCommand,
+  CommandParameters,
+  CommandShape,
+} from '../../types/Command.types';
 import { Command } from '../Command';
 
 /**
@@ -17,7 +21,11 @@ export class Checkout implements Command {
    * Generate Checkout Command shape.
    * @returns The generated JSON for the Checkout Command.
    */
-  generate(): CheckoutCommandShape {
+  generate(): CheckoutCommandShape | BodylessCommand {
+    if (this.parameters === undefined) {
+      return this.name;
+    }
+
     return {
       checkout: { ...this.parameters },
     };
diff --git a/src/lib/Components/Commands/exports/Reusable/ReusedCommand.ts b/src/lib/Components/Commands/exports/Reusable/ReusedCommand.ts
index 0c92833..64aea79 100644
--- a/src/lib/Components/Commands/exports/Reusable/ReusedCommand.ts
+++ b/src/lib/Components/Commands/exports/Reusable/ReusedCommand.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ export class ReusedCommand implements Command {
   /**
    * @returns JSON representation of the reusable command being called
    */
-  generate(): CommandShape {
+  generate(): CommandShape | string {
+    if (this.parameters === undefined) {
+      return this.name;
+    }
+
     return {
       [this.name]: this.generateContents(),
     };
diff --git a/src/lib/Components/Commands/types/Command.types.ts b/src/lib/Components/Commands/types/Command.types.ts
index ead9eff..5aecf5e 100644
--- a/src/lib/Components/Commands/types/Command.types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/Components/Commands/types/Command.types.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,14 @@ export type CommandParameters = ComponentParameter<CommandParameterTypes>;
 
 export type CommandShape = Record<string, CommandParameters>;
 
+export type BodylessCommand = string;
+
 export type CommandShorthandShape = Record<string, string>;
 
-export type AnyCommandShape = CommandShape | CommandShorthandShape;
+export type AnyCommandShape =
+  | CommandShape
+  | CommandShorthandShape
+  | BodylessCommand;
 
 export type ReusableCommandBodyShape = {
   parameters?: CustomParametersListShape;
diff --git a/tests/Commands.test.ts b/tests/Commands.test.ts
index 9d9e62b..e27ddcb 100644
--- a/tests/Commands.test.ts
+++ b/tests/Commands.test.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ describe('Instantiate a Run step', () => {
 
 describe('Instantiate a Checkout step', () => {
   const checkout = new CircleCI.commands.Checkout();
-  const checkoutBasicResult = { checkout: {} };
 
   it('Should produce checkout string', () => {
-    expect(checkout.generate()).toEqual(checkoutBasicResult);
+    expect(checkout.generate()).toEqual('checkout');
   });
 
   const checkoutWithPathResult = {
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 1f12ad6..c6322c0 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
-    "resolveJsonModule": true
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "lib": [
+      "es2017"
+    ]
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*.ts"],
   "exclude": ["node_modules", "**/*.d.ts", "**/*.test.ts"],