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@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ web3.eth.getAccounts()
 
 ### Usage with TypeScript
 
-We do support types within the repo itself. Please open an issue here if you find any wrong types.
+We support types within the repo itself. Please open an issue here if you find any wrong types.
 
 You can use `web3.js` as follows:
 
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ import Web3 from 'web3';
 const web3 = new Web3("ws://localhost:8546");
 ```
 
+If you are using the types in a `commonjs` module like for example a node app you just have to enable `esModuleInterop` in your `tsconfig` compile option, also enable `allowSyntheticDefaultImports` for typesystem compatibility:
+
+```js
+"compilerOptions": {
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    ....
+```
+
 ## Documentation
 
 Documentation can be found at [read the docs][docs]