diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index ed85ca7..ac486c9 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export default function() {
 function runServer(options) {
   
   // get all installed providers
-  let providers:Array<Provider> = Provider.installed();
+  let providers = Provider.installed(); // array of Provider
   
   // load and validate providers - check for valid package.json, etc.
   try {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function listInstalledProviders(options) {
 
 // Encapsulates configuring a provider via the command line.
 class CliProviderSetup {
-  constructor(providerName: string, options:object) {
+  constructor(providerName, options) {
     
     // if you didn't specify a provider, print help
     if (!providerName) {
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ class CliProviderSetup {
           console.log('');
           
           // apply configuration values entered by the user
-          for (let key:string in result) {
-            let value:object = result[key];
+          for (let key in result) {
+            let value = result[key];
             
             User.config.set(`${this.providerName}.${key}`, value);
           }
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ class CliProviderSetup {
   }
   
   // builds a "schema" obejct for the prompt lib based on the provider's config spec
-  buildPromptSchema(): object {
+  buildPromptSchema() {
     let properties = {};
     
-    for (let key:string in this.providerModule.config) {
-      let spec:object = this.providerModule.config[key];
+    for (let key in this.providerModule.config) {
+      let spec = this.providerModule.config[key];
       
       // do we have a value for this config key currently?
       let currentValue = User.config.get(`${this.providerName}.${key}`);
diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index 4258c69..a7c13fa 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 
 export class Config {
   
-  constructor(path:string, data:object = {}) {
+  constructor(path, data = {}) {
     this.path = path;
     this.data = data;
   }
   
-  get(key:string) {
+  get(key) {
     this.validateKey(key);
     let [providerName, keyName] = key.split(".");
     return this.data[providerName] && this.data[providerName][keyName];
   }
   
-  set(key:string, value:object) {
+  set(key, value) {
     this.validateKey(key);
     let [providerName, keyName] = key.split(".");
     this.data[providerName] = this.data[providerName] || {};
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ export class Config {
     this.save();
   }
   
-  validateKey(key:string) {
+  validateKey(key) {
     if (key.split(".").length != 2)
       throw new Error(`The config key '${key}' is invalid. Configuration keys must be in the form [my-provider].[myKey]`);
   }
   
-  static load(configPath: string): Config {
+  static load(configPath) {
     // load up the previous config if found
     if (fs.existsSync(configPath))
       return new Config(configPath, JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(configPath)));
diff --git a/lib/homebridge.js b/lib/homebridge.js
index 8c5ec54..04c822d 100644
--- a/lib/homebridge.js
+++ b/lib/homebridge.js
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ import { Logger } from './logger';
 export const HOMEBRIDGE_VERSION = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('package.json')).version;
 
 // HomeBridge API
-export let config = User.config;
-export let logger = Logger.forProvider;
\ No newline at end of file
+export let config = User.config; // instance of Config
+export let logger = Logger.forProvider; // logger('provider-name') -> instance of Logger
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/logger.js b/lib/logger.js
index 0874a6a..fa290bb 100644
--- a/lib/logger.js
+++ b/lib/logger.js
@@ -12,28 +12,28 @@ let loggerCache = {};
 
 export class Logger {
   
-  constructor(providerName: string) {
+  constructor(providerName) {
     this.providerName = providerName;
   }
 
-  debug(msg: string) {
+  debug(msg) {
     if (DEBUG_ENABLED)
       this.log('debug', msg);
   }
   
-  info(msg: string) {
+  info(msg) {
     this.log('info', msg);
   }
 
-  warn(msg: string) {
+  warn(msg) {
     this.log('warn', msg);
   }
 
-  error(msg: string) {
+  error(msg) {
     this.log('error', msg);
   }
   
-  log(level: string, msg: string) {
+  log(level, msg) {
     
     if (level == 'debug')
       msg = chalk.gray(msg);
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export class Logger {
     console.log(msg);
   }
   
-  static forProvider(providerName: string): Logger {
+  static forProvider(providerName) {
     return loggerCache[providerName] || (loggerCache[providerName] = new Logger(providerName));
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/provider.js b/lib/provider.js
index 964b333..6fb13e3 100644
--- a/lib/provider.js
+++ b/lib/provider.js
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ import { HOMEBRIDGE_VERSION } from './homebridge';
 // This class represents a HomeBridge Provider that may or may not be installed.
 export class Provider {
   
-  constructor(name:string) {
+  constructor(name) {
     this.name = name;
   }
   
-  get path():string {
+  get path() {
     return path.join(User.providersPath, this.name);
   }
   
-  load(options:object = {}):object {
+  load(options = {}) {
     
     // does this provider exist at all?
     if (!fs.existsSync(this.path)) {
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ export class Provider {
     }
     
     // check for a package.json
-    let pjsonPath:string = path.join(this.path, "package.json");
-    let pjson:object = null;
+    let pjsonPath = path.join(this.path, "package.json");
+    let pjson = null;
     
     if (!fs.existsSync(pjsonPath)) {
       throw new Error(`Provider ${this.name} does not contain a package.json.`);
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class Provider {
       throw new Error(`Provider ${this.name} does not contain a valid HomeBridge version requirement.`);
     }
     
-    let versionRequired:string = pjson.engines.homebridge;
+    let versionRequired = pjson.engines.homebridge;
 
     // make sure the version is satisfied by the currently running version of HomeBridge
     if (!semver.satisfies(HOMEBRIDGE_VERSION, versionRequired)) {
@@ -51,21 +51,21 @@ export class Provider {
     }
     
     // figure out the main module - index.js unless otherwise specified
-    let main:string = pjson.main || "./index.js";
+    let main = pjson.main || "./index.js";
 
-    let mainPath:string = path.join(this.path, main);
+    let mainPath = path.join(this.path, main);
     
     // try to require() it
-    let loadedProvider:object = require(mainPath);
+    let loadedProvider = require(mainPath);
     
     // pull out the configuration data, if any
     let providerConfig = loadedProvider.config;
     
     // verify that all required values are present
     if (providerConfig && !options.skipConfigCheck) {
-      for (let key:string in providerConfig) {
+      for (let key in providerConfig) {
         
-        let configParams:object = providerConfig[key];
+        let configParams = providerConfig[key];
         
         if (configParams.required && !User.config.get(`${this.name}-${key}`)) {
           throw new Error(`Provider ${this.name} requires the config value ${key} to be set.`);
@@ -77,15 +77,15 @@ export class Provider {
   }
 
   // Gets all providers installed on the local system
-  static installed():Array<Provider> {
+  static installed() {
 
-    let providers:Array<Provider> = [];
-    let names:Array<string> = fs.readdirSync(User.providersPath);
+    let providers = [];
+    let names = fs.readdirSync(User.providersPath);
     
-    for (let name:string of names) {
+    for (let name of names) {
 
       // reconstruct full path
-      let fullPath:string = path.join(User.providersPath, name);
+      let fullPath = path.join(User.providersPath, name);
 
       // we only care about directories
       if (!fs.statSync(fullPath).isDirectory()) continue;
diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index 52a98e1..f7655b0 100644
--- a/lib/server.js
+++ b/lib/server.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { User, Config } from './user';
 
 export class Server {
 
-  constructor(providers:object) {
+  constructor(providers) {
     this.providers = providers; // providers[name] = loaded provider JS module
   }
   
diff --git a/lib/user.js b/lib/user.js
index 82101bb..5616b75 100644
--- a/lib/user.js
+++ b/lib/user.js
@@ -7,24 +7,24 @@ import { Config } from './config';
 //
 
 // global cached config
-let config:Config;
+let config;
 
 export class User {
   
-  static get config():Config {
+  static get config() {
     return config || (config = Config.load(User.configPath));
   }
   
-  static get storagePath():string {
+  static get storagePath() {
     let home = process.env.HOME || process.env.HOMEPATH || process.env.USERPROFILE;
     return path.join(home, ".homebridge");
   }
   
-  static get configPath():string {
+  static get configPath() {
     return path.join(User.storagePath, "config.json");
   }
   
-  static get providersPath():string {
+  static get providersPath() {
     return path.join(User.storagePath, "providers");
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index ae4e64c..ccd60e2 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 // Converts "accessToken" to "Access Token"
-export function camelCaseToRegularForm(camelCase: string): string {
+export function camelCaseToRegularForm(camelCase) {
   return camelCase
     // insert a space before all caps
     .replace(/([A-Z])/g, ' $1')