diff --git a/monorepo/actionstep-sandbox/src/endpoints/createActionParticipant.ts b/monorepo/actionstep-sandbox/src/endpoints/createActionParticipant.ts
index a761895..a010cd2 100644
--- a/monorepo/actionstep-sandbox/src/endpoints/createActionParticipant.ts
+++ b/monorepo/actionstep-sandbox/src/endpoints/createActionParticipant.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
-import { ActionStepTokenClient, actionStepClient } from '@dbc-tech/actionstep'
+import {
+  ActionStepClient,
+  ActionStepTokenClient,
+  actionStepClient,
+} from '@dbc-tech/actionstep'
 
 export const createActionParticipant = async (
   tokenClient: ActionStepTokenClient,
 ) => {
-  const { actionParticipants: client } = actionStepClient(tokenClient)
+  const client: ActionStepClient = actionStepClient(tokenClient)
 
   const testActionId = 68330 // or 84407
   const testParticipantId = 113702
   const testParticipantType = 71
 
-  const { data, error } = await client.createActionParticipant({
-    actionparticipants: {
-      links: {
-        action: testActionId,
-        participant: testParticipantId,
-        participantType: testParticipantType,
+  const { data, error } =
+    await client.actionParticipants.createActionParticipant({
+      actionparticipants: {
+        links: {
+          action: testActionId,
+          participant: testParticipantId,
+          participantType: testParticipantType,
+        },
       },
-    },
-  })
+    })
   if (error) console.error('error:', error)
   else {
     console.log('created action participant:', {
diff --git a/monorepo/actionstep/src/action-step-client.ts b/monorepo/actionstep/src/action-step-client.ts
index bb07537..3973d40 100644
--- a/monorepo/actionstep/src/action-step-client.ts
+++ b/monorepo/actionstep/src/action-step-client.ts
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ export const actionStepClient = (tokenClient: ActionStepTokenClient) => {
     participants: participantsClient(tokenClient),
   }
 }
+
+export type ActionStepClient = ReturnType<typeof actionStepClient>