diff --git a/server/src/RescriptEditorSupport.ts b/server/src/RescriptEditorSupport.ts
index bf5d2d654..0259ff055 100644
--- a/server/src/RescriptEditorSupport.ts
+++ b/server/src/RescriptEditorSupport.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 import { RequestMessage } from "vscode-languageserver";
+import { CompletionItem } from "vscode-languageserver-protocol";
 import * as utils from "./utils";
 import * as path from "path";
 import { execFileSync } from "child_process";
@@ -60,11 +61,11 @@ export function runDumpCommand(msg: RequestMessage): dumpCommandResult | null {
   }
 }
 
-type completionCommandResult = [{ label: string }];
+// TODO: the result will never be null soon when the updated binary syncs
 export function runCompletionCommand(
   msg: RequestMessage,
   code: string
-): completionCommandResult | null {
+): CompletionItem[] | null {
   let executable = findExecutable(msg.params.textDocument.uri);
   if (executable == null) {
     return null;
diff --git a/server/src/server.ts b/server/src/server.ts
index c93d23426..d7b0093ed 100644
--- a/server/src/server.ts
+++ b/server/src/server.ts
@@ -385,22 +385,13 @@ function onMessage(msg: m.Message) {
         send(emptyDefinitionResponse);
       }
     } else if (msg.method === p.CompletionRequest.method) {
-      let emptyCompletionResponse: m.ResponseMessage = {
+      let code = getOpenedFileContent(msg.params.textDocument.uri);
+      let completionResponse: m.ResponseMessage = {
         jsonrpc: c.jsonrpcVersion,
         id: msg.id,
-        result: null,
+        result: runCompletionCommand(msg, code),
       };
-      let code = getOpenedFileContent(msg.params.textDocument.uri);
-      let result = runCompletionCommand(msg, code);
-      if (result === null) {
-        send(emptyCompletionResponse);
-      } else {
-        let definitionResponse: m.ResponseMessage = {
-          ...emptyCompletionResponse,
-          result: result,
-        };
-        send(definitionResponse);
-      }
+      send(completionResponse);
     } else if (msg.method === p.DocumentFormattingRequest.method) {
       // technically, a formatting failure should reply with the error. Sadly
       // the LSP alert box for these error replies sucks (e.g. doesn't actually