diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8531e023..db727672 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ bower_components
 
 # IDEs and editors
 .idea
+.vscode/symbols.json
 
 # misc
 .sass-cache
diff --git a/lib/angular2/index.js b/lib/angular2/index.js
index 6d96a23c..7d0c3dd8 100644
--- a/lib/angular2/index.js
+++ b/lib/angular2/index.js
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ module.exports = function generate(ctx) {
       let relationType = buildRelationType( model, relation );
       let defaultTypeValue = !isInterface && ctx.defaultValue === 'enabled' && relationType.indexOf('Array') >= 0 ? ' = []' : '';
       defaultTypeValue = !isInterface && ctx.defaultValue === 'enabled' && relationType.indexOf('Array') === -1 ? ' = null' : defaultTypeValue;
-      output.push( `  ${relation}${isInterface ? '?' : ''}: ${relationType}${defaultTypeValue};` );
+      output.push( `  ${relation}${isInterface ? '?' : '?'}: ${relationType}${defaultTypeValue};` );
     });
     return output.join('\n');
   }
diff --git a/lib/angular2/shared/sockets/socket.browser.ts b/lib/angular2/shared/sockets/socket.browser.ts
index 73b57ba2..59069fea 100644
--- a/lib/angular2/shared/sockets/socket.browser.ts
+++ b/lib/angular2/shared/sockets/socket.browser.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 /* tslint:disable */
-import * as io from 'socket.io-client';
+// add this to compilerOptions in tsconfig.json:
+//    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+//    "esModuleInterop": true 
+import io from 'socket.io-client'; 
 /**
 * @author Jonathan Casarrubias <twitter:@johncasarrubias> <github:@mean-expert-official>
 * @module SocketBrowser
diff --git a/lib/angular2/shared/sockets/socket.node.ts b/lib/angular2/shared/sockets/socket.node.ts
index b27bcad4..251c51d5 100644
--- a/lib/angular2/shared/sockets/socket.node.ts
+++ b/lib/angular2/shared/sockets/socket.node.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 /* tslint:disable */
-import * as io from 'socket.io-client';
+// add this to compilerOptions in tsconfig.json:
+//    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+//    "esModuleInterop": true 
+import io from 'socket.io-client'; 
 /**
 * @author Jonathan Casarrubias <twitter:@johncasarrubias> <github:@mean-expert-official>
 * @module SocketNode
diff --git a/lib/helpers/index.js b/lib/helpers/index.js
index fc105a25..2a8dc095 100644
--- a/lib/helpers/index.js
+++ b/lib/helpers/index.js
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ exports.buildSquema = (ctx) => {
       let relationType = buildRelationType(model, relation);
       let defaultTypeValue = !isInterface && ctx.defaultValue === 'enabled' && relationType.indexOf('Array') >= 0 ? ' = []' : '';
       defaultTypeValue = !isInterface && ctx.defaultValue === 'enabled' && relationType.indexOf('Array') === -1 ? ' = null' : defaultTypeValue;
-      output.push(`  ${relation}${isInterface ? '?' : ''}${isTyped ? ':' + relationType + defaultTypeValue + ';' : ';'}`);
+      output.push(`  ${relation}${isInterface ? '?' : '?'}${isTyped ? ':' + relationType + defaultTypeValue + ';' : ';'}`);
     });
     return output.join('\n');
   }
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 2cea4836..eebb71da 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ exports.describeModels = function describeModels(app) {
       c.sharedClass.ctor.settings
     );
     c.sharedClass.ctor.settings.sdk = Object.assign(
-      {enabled: true},
+      { enabled: true },
       c.sharedClass.ctor.settings.sdk
     );
     // Tell SDK to blacklist specific methods
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ exports.describeModels = function describeModels(app) {
         method.accepts.forEach((param, index, arr) => {
           if (loaded[param.arg]) {
             arr.splice(index, 1);
-          } else  {
+          } else {
             loaded[param.arg] = true;
           }
         });
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ exports.describeModels = function describeModels(app) {
       if (!method.accepts) return;
       // Filter out parameters that are generated from the incoming request,
       // or generated by functions that use those resources.
-      method.accepts = method.accepts.filter(function(arg) {
+      method.accepts = method.accepts.filter(function (arg) {
         if (!arg.http) return true;
         // Don't show derived arguments.
         if (typeof arg.http === 'function') return false;
@@ -125,9 +125,29 @@ exports.describeModels = function describeModels(app) {
 
   buildScopes(models);
 
+  completeTargetClass(models)
+
   return models;
 };
 
+// adds the targetClass to all relations, also those that are not
+// used by a scope method. Otherwise type information will be missing
+// on related models.
+function completeTargetClass(models) {
+  for (var modelName in models) {
+    // Skip Account since otherwise Account Service gets a duplicate import statement
+    // for AccessToken
+    if (modelName !== 'PubAccount') {
+      var modelClass = models[modelName];
+      var relations = modelClass.sharedClass.ctor.relations;
+      Object.keys(relations).forEach(key => {
+        var relation = relations[key];
+        if (!relation.targetClass) relation.targetClass = relation.modelTo.name;
+      })
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 var SCOPE_METHOD_REGEX = /^prototype.__([^_]+)__(.+)$/;
 
 function buildScopes(models) {
diff --git a/tests/ng2web/src/app/room-ngrx/room-ngrx.list.component.ts b/tests/ng2web/src/app/room-ngrx/room-ngrx.list.component.ts
index 20a32af4..8e2650f6 100644
--- a/tests/ng2web/src/app/room-ngrx/room-ngrx.list.component.ts
+++ b/tests/ng2web/src/app/room-ngrx/room-ngrx.list.component.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { LoopBackConfig } from '../shared/sdk/lb.config';
 LoopBackConfig.setBaseURL('http://localhost:3000');
 
-import * as io from 'socket.io-client';
+// add this to compilerOptions in tsconfig.json:
+//    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+//    "esModuleInterop": true 
+import io from 'socket.io-client'; 
 
 import { Orm } from '../shared/sdk/orm';
 
diff --git a/tests/ng2web/src/app/room/room.list.component.ts b/tests/ng2web/src/app/room/room.list.component.ts
index b00484c2..92d926ec 100644
--- a/tests/ng2web/src/app/room/room.list.component.ts
+++ b/tests/ng2web/src/app/room/room.list.component.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import { LoopBackConfig } from '../shared/sdk/lb.config';
 LoopBackConfig.setBaseURL('http://localhost:3000');
 
-import * as io from 'socket.io-client';
+// add this to compilerOptions in tsconfig.json:
+//    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+//    "esModuleInterop": true 
+import io from 'socket.io-client'; 
+
 
 var i = 0;