diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 1c0b4cf0..3f34fb53 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-interface TwemojiOptions {
+declare interface TwemojiOptions {
   /**
    * Default: MaxCDN
    */
@@ -29,13 +29,12 @@ interface TwemojiOptions {
   attributes?(): void;
 }
 
-const twemoji: {
+export const twemoji: {
   convert: {
     fromCodePoint(hexCodePoint: string): string;
     toCodePoint(utf16surrogatePairs: string): string;
   };
-  parse(node: HTMLElement | string, options?: TwemojiOptions): void;
+  parse(node: HTMLElement | string, options?: TwemojiOptions): string;
 };
 
-export default twemoji;
-
+export default twemoji;
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