diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index ae31389..0159b31 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ export const Context = function(fn:ContextMutationFunction_T) : ContextMutation_
 
 
 
-export interface Interpreter_T {
+export interface Interpreter_T<C=any> {
   machine: Machine_T;
   state: string;
-  context: any;
+  context: C;
   eventQueue:Array<Event_T>;
   subscriptions: Record<string, SubscriptionCallbackFunction_T>;
   isTransitioning: boolean;
   isPaused: boolean;
-  start: ()=>Interpreter_T;
+  start: ()=>Interpreter_T<C>;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ export interface Interpreter_T {
  *
  * @export
  * @param {Machine_T} machine
- * @param {InitialContextFunction_T} initialContextFunction - in the form of a function rather than a direct value, so as to facilitate co-initialization of peer interpreters. Otherwise, the "parent" interpreter will start, but without a reference to a running child interpreter which it might expect to exist.
+ * @param {any} initialContext
  * @param {?string} [initialStateName]
  * @returns {Interpreter_T}
  */
-export function Interpreter(machine:Machine_T, initialContext:any, initialStateName?:string) : Interpreter_T{
+export function Interpreter<C>(machine:Machine_T, initialContext:any, initialStateName?:string) : Interpreter_T<C>{
   if(typeof initialStateName === 'undefined'){ initialStateName = machine.states[0].name; }
   //@ts-expect-error
-  const interpreter : Interpreter_T = {machine, state: initialStateName, context:initialContext, eventQueue:[], isTransitioning:false, subscriptions: {}, isPaused: true};
+  const interpreter : Interpreter_T<C> = {machine, state: initialStateName, context:initialContext, eventQueue:[], isTransitioning:false, subscriptions: {}, isPaused: true};
   interpreter.start = ()=>{ start(interpreter); return interpreter; }
   send(interpreter, ['entry', null] );
   return interpreter;