diff --git a/lib/nodets/test/client.ts b/lib/nodets/test/client.ts
index a95567f..c2666bc 100644
--- a/lib/nodets/test/client.ts
+++ b/lib/nodets/test/client.ts
@@ -25,17 +25,18 @@
 import ThriftTestDriver = test_driver.ThriftTestDriver;
 import ThriftTestDriverPromise = test_driver.ThriftTestDriverPromise;
 
-// var program = require("commander");
-import * as program from "commander";
+import { program } from "commander";
 
 program
-  .option("--port <port>", "Set thrift server port number to connect", 9090)
+  .option("--port <port>", "Set thrift server port number to connect", Number.parseInt, 9090)
   .option("--promise", "test with promise style functions")
   .option("--protocol", "Set thrift protocol (binary) [protocol]")
   .parse(process.argv);
 
-var port: number = program.port;
-var promise = program.promise;
+
+var opts = program.opts();
+var port: number = opts.port;
+var promise = opts.promise;
 
 var options = {
   transport: Thrift.TBufferedTransport,