diff --git a/tests/app/testRunner.ts b/tests/app/testRunner.ts
index 5acdb9032..ca2b102e1 100644
--- a/tests/app/testRunner.ts
+++ b/tests/app/testRunner.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ var testsWithLongDelay = {
     testLoadUpperCaseSrc: 10000 * 5,
     test_SettingImageSrc: 30 * 1000,
     test_ChainingAnimations: 30 * 1000,
-    test_AnimatingProperties: 30 * 1000
+    test_AnimatingProperties: 30 * 1000,
+    test_AnimateBackgroundColor_FromString: 10 * 1000
 }
 
 var startTime;
diff --git a/tns-platform-declarations/README.md b/tns-platform-declarations/README.md
index d238db815..a02095764 100644
--- a/tns-platform-declarations/README.md
+++ b/tns-platform-declarations/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+This plugin contains type information about the native platforms as exposed by the NativeScript framework.
+
 Offically supported entry points:
  - `android.d.ts` - For android SDK and runtime types.
  - `ios.d.ts` - For iOS SDK and runtime types.
+
+Using the declarations may conflict with DOM typings,
+Consider the following settings in your `tsconfig.json`:
+```
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "target": "es5",
+        "experimentalDecorators": true,
+        "lib": [
+            "es2016"
+        ]
+    }
+}
+```
+
+And add to the reference.d.ts:
+```
+/// <reference path="./node_modules/tns-platform-declarations/ios.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="./node_modules/tns-platform-declarations/android.d.ts" />
+```
diff --git a/tns-platform-declarations/package.json b/tns-platform-declarations/package.json
index 6f90090fa..140443088 100644
--- a/tns-platform-declarations/package.json
+++ b/tns-platform-declarations/package.json
@@ -29,5 +29,8 @@
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues"
   },
-  "homepage": "https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript#readme"
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript#readme",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "typescript": "^2.0.3"
+  }
 }