diff --git a/tests/samples/codefiles/typescript.ts b/tests/samples/codefiles/typescript.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..157017f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/samples/codefiles/typescript.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/**
+ * A Comment
+ */
diff --git a/tests/test_languages.py b/tests/test_languages.py
index 530a5c9..5fe1d3e 100644
--- a/tests/test_languages.py
+++ b/tests/test_languages.py
@@ -198,3 +198,19 @@ class LanguagesTestCase(utils.TestCase):
 
                 language = None
                 self.assertEqual(self.patched['wakatime.offlinequeue.Queue.push'].call_args[0][0].get('language'), language)
+
+    def test_typescript_detected_correctly(self):
+        response = Response()
+        response.status_code = 500
+        self.patched['wakatime.packages.requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter.send'].return_value = response
+
+        now = u(int(time.time()))
+        config = 'tests/samples/configs/good_config.cfg'
+        entity = 'tests/samples/codefiles/typescript.ts'
+        args = ['--file', entity, '--config', config, '--time', now]
+
+        retval = execute(args)
+        self.assertEquals(retval, 102)
+
+        language = u('TypeScript')
+        self.assertEqual(self.patched['wakatime.offlinequeue.Queue.push'].call_args[0][0].get('language'), language)
diff --git a/wakatime/packages/__init__.py b/wakatime/packages/__init__.py
index d02f693..e69de29 100644
--- a/wakatime/packages/__init__.py
+++ b/wakatime/packages/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-import tzlocal
-from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_by_name, guess_lexer_for_filename
-from pygments.modeline import get_filetype_from_buffer
-from pygments.util import ClassNotFound
diff --git a/wakatime/packages/pygments/lexers/javascript.py b/wakatime/packages/pygments/lexers/javascript.py
index 862535c..554ec47 100644
--- a/wakatime/packages/pygments/lexers/javascript.py
+++ b/wakatime/packages/pygments/lexers/javascript.py
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ class TypeScriptLexer(RegexLexer):
     aliases = ['ts', 'typescript']
     filenames = ['*.ts', '*.tsx']
     mimetypes = ['text/x-typescript']
+    priority = 0.11
 
     flags = re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE
 
diff --git a/wakatime/stats.py b/wakatime/stats.py
index 252261c..1fa8df7 100644
--- a/wakatime/stats.py
+++ b/wakatime/stats.py
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ import sys
 from .compat import u, open
 from .dependencies import DependencyParser
 
-from .packages import (
+from .packages.pygments.lexers import (
+    ClassNotFound,
     get_lexer_by_name,
     guess_lexer_for_filename,
-    get_filetype_from_buffer,
 )
-from .packages.pygments.lexers import ClassNotFound
+from .packages.pygments.modeline import get_filetype_from_buffer
 
 try:
     from .packages import simplejson as json  # pragma: nocover
@@ -32,6 +32,32 @@ except (ImportError, SyntaxError):  # pragma: nocover
 log = logging.getLogger('WakaTime')
 
 
+def get_file_stats(file_name, entity_type='file', lineno=None, cursorpos=None,
+                   plugin=None, alternate_language=None):
+    if entity_type != 'file':
+        stats = {
+            'language': None,
+            'dependencies': [],
+            'lines': None,
+            'lineno': lineno,
+            'cursorpos': cursorpos,
+        }
+    else:
+        language, lexer = guess_language(file_name)
+        parser = DependencyParser(file_name, lexer)
+        dependencies = parser.parse()
+        if language is None and alternate_language:
+            language = standardize_language(alternate_language, plugin)
+        stats = {
+            'language': language,
+            'dependencies': dependencies,
+            'lines': number_lines_in_file(file_name),
+            'lineno': lineno,
+            'cursorpos': cursorpos,
+        }
+    return stats
+
+
 def guess_language(file_name):
     """Guess lexer and language for a file.
 
@@ -79,13 +105,13 @@ def guess_lexer_using_filename(file_name, text):
 
     try:
         lexer = guess_lexer_for_filename(file_name, text)
-    except:  # pragma: nocover
+    except:
         pass
 
     if lexer is not None:
         try:
             accuracy = lexer.analyse_text(text)
-        except:  # pragma: nocover
+        except:
             pass
 
     return lexer, accuracy
@@ -159,32 +185,6 @@ def number_lines_in_file(file_name):
     return lines
 
 
-def get_file_stats(file_name, entity_type='file', lineno=None, cursorpos=None,
-                   plugin=None, alternate_language=None):
-    if entity_type != 'file':
-        stats = {
-            'language': None,
-            'dependencies': [],
-            'lines': None,
-            'lineno': lineno,
-            'cursorpos': cursorpos,
-        }
-    else:
-        language, lexer = guess_language(file_name)
-        parser = DependencyParser(file_name, lexer)
-        dependencies = parser.parse()
-        if language is None and alternate_language:
-            language = standardize_language(alternate_language, plugin)
-        stats = {
-            'language': language,
-            'dependencies': dependencies,
-            'lines': number_lines_in_file(file_name),
-            'lineno': lineno,
-            'cursorpos': cursorpos,
-        }
-    return stats
-
-
 def standardize_language(language, plugin):
     """Maps a string to the equivalent Pygments language."""