diff --git a/packages/office-addin-mock/src/officeMockObject.ts b/packages/office-addin-mock/src/officeMockObject.ts
index 81267f6b9..d50b3fd13 100644
--- a/packages/office-addin-mock/src/officeMockObject.ts
+++ b/packages/office-addin-mock/src/officeMockObject.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class OfficeMockObject {
     }
     let properties: string[] = [];
 
-    if (propertyArgument === undefined) { 
+    if (propertyArgument === undefined) {
       // an empty load call mean load all properties
       properties = ["*"];
     } else if (typeof propertyArgument === "string") {
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ export class OfficeMockObject {
     properties.forEach((property: string) => {
       this.loadMultipleProperties(property);
     });
+
+    return this;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/office-addin-mock/test/officeMockObject.test.ts b/packages/office-addin-mock/test/officeMockObject.test.ts
index 19d870e21..9415cfdfd 100644
--- a/packages/office-addin-mock/test/officeMockObject.test.ts
+++ b/packages/office-addin-mock/test/officeMockObject.test.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ describe("Test OfficeMockObject class", function() {
 
       assert.strictEqual(officeMock.notAProperty, undefined);
     });
+    it("Load call with assignment", async function() {
+      const officeMock = new OfficeMockObject(testObject);
+
+      const range = officeMock.range.load("color");
+      await officeMock.sync();
+      assert.strictEqual(range.color, "blue");
+    });
     it("Missing load", async function() {
       const officeMock = new OfficeMockObject(testObject);
       assert.strictEqual(officeMock.range.color, "Error, property was not loaded");