diff --git a/lib/swagger-client.test.js b/lib/swagger-client.test.js
index 1c9a5fd0..0fa8e5e2 100644
--- a/lib/swagger-client.test.js
+++ b/lib/swagger-client.test.js
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ const expect = require('chai').expect
 const nock = require('nock')
 
 const Client = require('./swagger-client').Client
+const Request = require('./backends/request')
 
 const url = 'http://mock.kube.api'
+const config = { url }
 
 describe('lib.swagger-client', () => {
   describe('.Client', () => {
@@ -28,8 +30,8 @@ describe('lib.swagger-client', () => {
         })
 
         it('creates a dynamically generated client', done => {
-          const config = { url }
-          const client = new Client({ config })
+          const backend = new Request(config)
+          const client = new Client({ backend })
           client.loadSpec()
             .then(() => {
               expect(client.api.get).is.a('function')
@@ -59,8 +61,8 @@ describe('lib.swagger-client', () => {
         })
 
         it('creates a dynamically generated client', (done) => {
-          const config = { url }
-          const client = new Client({ config })
+          const backend = new Request(config)
+          const client = new Client({ backend })
           client.loadSpec()
             .then(() => {
               expect(client.api.get).is.a('function')
@@ -90,8 +92,8 @@ describe('lib.swagger-client', () => {
         })
 
         it('returns an error message with the status code', (done) => {
-          const config = { url }
-          const client = new Client({ config })
+          const backend = new Request(config)
+          const client = new Client({ backend })
           client.loadSpec()
             .then(() => {
               const err = new Error('This test should have caused an error')
@@ -124,8 +126,8 @@ describe('lib.swagger-client', () => {
         })
 
         it('returns an error message with the status code', (done) => {
-          const config = { url }
-          const client = new Client({ config })
+          const backend = new Request(config)
+          const client = new Client({ backend })
           client.loadSpec()
             .then(() => {
               const err = new Error('This test should have caused an error')
@@ -141,8 +143,8 @@ describe('lib.swagger-client', () => {
 
     describe('.constructor', () => {
       it('creates a dynamically generated client synchronously based on version', () => {
-        const options = { config: {}, version: '1.9' }
-        const client = new Client(options)
+        const backend = new Request(config)
+        const client = new Client({ backend, version: '1.9' })
         expect(client.api.get).is.a('function')
       })
 
diff --git a/scripts/typings.js b/scripts/typings.js
index 9902695b..a6a38299 100644
--- a/scripts/typings.js
+++ b/scripts/typings.js
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ function main (args) {
   }
   const interfaces = []
 
-  const client = new Client({ spec, config: {} })
+  const backend = {}
+  const client = new Client({ backend, spec })
   walk(client, interfaces)
 
   const templateOptions = {