diff --git a/src/cli/args.ts b/src/cli/args.ts
index 63948d28a2..ac5c2de8c0 100644
--- a/src/cli/args.ts
+++ b/src/cli/args.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function dashToCamelCase(dash) {
     : dash.replace(/-[a-z]/g, (m) => m[1].toUpperCase());
 }
 
-export default function args(processargv) {
+export function args(processargv) {
   // all arguments after a '--' are taken as is and passed to the next process
   // (see the snyk-mvn-plugin or snyk-gradle-plugin)
   // these agrs are split by spaces and sent as an array of strings
diff --git a/src/cli/copy.ts b/src/cli/copy.ts
index 72e37b5567..490c8ea338 100644
--- a/src/cli/copy.ts
+++ b/src/cli/copy.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ const program = {
   win32: 'clip',
 }[process.platform];
 
-export default function copy(str) {
+export function copy(str) {
   return execSync(program, {input: str});
 }
diff --git a/src/cli/index.ts b/src/cli/index.ts
index 5a00a2a312..ae7a394663 100755
--- a/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import * as runtime from './runtime';
 import * as analytics from '../lib/analytics';
 import * as alerts from '../lib/alerts';
 import * as sln from '../lib/sln';
-import argsLib from './args';
-import copy from './copy';
+import {args as argsLib} from './args';
+import {copy} from './copy';
 import spinner = require('../lib/spinner');
 import errors = require('../lib/error');
 import ansiEscapes = require('ansi-escapes');
diff --git a/test/args.test.js b/test/args.test.js
index 453c7a3605..e26898059f 100644
--- a/test/args.test.js
+++ b/test/args.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 var test = require('tap').test;
-var args = require('../src/cli/args').default;
+var args = require('../src/cli/args').args;
 
 test('test command line arguments', function(t) {
   t.plan(1);
diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
index ab2b6db7fa..4e790c06aa 100644
--- a/tslint.json
+++ b/tslint.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         "ordered-imports": false,
         "quotemark": [true, "single", "avoid-escape", "avoid-template"],
         "semicolon": [true, "always"],
-        "no-console": [false]
+        "no-console": [false],
+        "no-default-export": true
     }
 }