diff --git a/sdk/typescript/examples/deno.ts b/sdk/typescript/examples/deno.ts
index 82f0ddd2d..4eb91e45d 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/examples/deno.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/examples/deno.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ serve(async (req: Request) => {
       stream.mergeFragments(
         `<div id="toMerge">Hello ${reader.signals.foo}</div>`,
       );
-      stream.close();
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/package.json b/sdk/typescript/package.json
index c4506b88f..f2942de36 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/package.json
+++ b/sdk/typescript/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "description": "TypeScript SDK for Datastar",
   "scripts": {
-    "tsc": "tsc"
+    "check": "deno lint && deno check src/node/node.ts && deno check src/web/deno.ts",
+    "serve-deno": "deno run -A src/web/deno.ts",
+    "serve-node": "deno run -A build.ts && node npm/esm/node/node.js"
   },
   "type": "module",
   "repository": {
@@ -17,11 +19,11 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/starfederation/datastar#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^22.10.2",
-    "deepmerge-ts": "^7.1.4",
-    "type-fest": "^4.32.0"
+    "deepmerge-ts": "^7.1.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "~5.6.2"
+    "typescript": "~5.6.2",
+    "@types/node": "^22.10.2",
+    "type-fest": "^4.32.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/src/abstractServerSentEventGenerator.ts b/sdk/typescript/src/abstractServerSentEventGenerator.ts
index 21f3e5ec0..c464e0e5a 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/src/abstractServerSentEventGenerator.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/src/abstractServerSentEventGenerator.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ import {
   MergeSignalsOptions,
 } from "./types.ts";
 
-import { DefaultExecuteScriptAttributes } from "./consts.ts";
-
-import { DefaultSseRetryDurationMs } from "./consts.ts";
+import {
+  DefaultExecuteScriptAttributes,
+  DefaultSseRetryDurationMs,
+} from "./consts.ts";
 
 import type { Jsonifiable } from "npm:type-fest";
 
@@ -78,10 +79,6 @@ export abstract class ServerSentEventGenerator {
   }
 
   private hasDefaultValue(key: string, val: unknown): boolean {
-    if (key === DefaultExecuteScriptAttributes.split(" ")[0]) {
-      return val === DefaultExecuteScriptAttributes.split(" ")[1];
-    }
-
     if (key in DefaultMapping) {
       return val === DefaultMapping[key as keyof typeof DefaultMapping];
     }
@@ -132,17 +129,19 @@ export abstract class ServerSentEventGenerator {
   /**
    * Sends a merge signals event.
    *
-   * @param data - Data object that will be merged into the client's signals.
-   * @param options - Additional options for merging.
+   * @param data - Data object or json string that will be merged into the client's signals.
+   * @param [options] - Additional options for merging.
    */
   public mergeSignals(
-    data: Record<string, Jsonifiable>,
+    data: Record<string, Jsonifiable> | string,
     options?: MergeSignalsOptions,
   ): ReturnType<typeof this.send> {
     const { eventId, retryDuration, ...eventOptions } = options ||
       {} as Partial<MergeSignalsOptions>;
+
+    const signals = typeof data === "string" ? data : JSON.stringify(data);
     const dataLines = this.eachOptionIsADataLine(eventOptions)
-      .concat(this.eachNewlineIsADataLine("signals", JSON.stringify(data)));
+      .concat(this.eachNewlineIsADataLine("signals", signals));
 
     return this.send("datastar-merge-signals", dataLines, {
       eventId,
@@ -153,17 +152,19 @@ export abstract class ServerSentEventGenerator {
   /**
    * Sends a remove signals event.
    *
-   * @param paths - Array of paths to remove from the client's signals
-   * @param options - Additional options for removing signals.
+   * @param paths - An array of paths or a string containing space separated paths.
+   * @param [options] - Additional options for removing signals.
    */
   public removeSignals(
-    paths: string[],
+    paths: string[] | string,
     options?: DatastarEventOptions,
   ): ReturnType<typeof this.send> {
     const eventOptions = options || {} as DatastarEventOptions;
-    const dataLines = paths.flatMap((path) => path.split(" ")).map((path) =>
-      `paths ${path}`
-    );
+    const pathsArray = typeof paths === "string"
+      ? paths.split(" ")
+      : paths.flatMap((path) => path.split(" "));
+
+    const dataLines = pathsArray.map((path) => `paths ${path}`);
 
     return this.send("datastar-remove-signals", dataLines, eventOptions);
   }
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ export abstract class ServerSentEventGenerator {
    * Executes a script on the client-side.
    *
    * @param script - Script code to execute.
-   * @param options - Additional options for execution.
+   * @param [options] - Additional options for execution.
    */
   public executeScript(
     script: string,
@@ -184,9 +185,18 @@ export abstract class ServerSentEventGenerator {
       attributes,
       ...eventOptions
     } = options || {} as Partial<ExecuteScriptOptions>;
-
-    const attributesDataLines = this.eachOptionIsADataLine(attributes ?? {})
-      .map((line) => `attributes ${line}`);
+    const attributesArray = attributes instanceof Array
+      ? attributes
+      : this.eachOptionIsADataLine(attributes ?? {});
+
+    const attributesDataLines = attributesArray.filter((line) => {
+      const parts = line.split(" ");
+      const defaultParts = DefaultExecuteScriptAttributes.split(" ");
+      if (parts[0] === defaultParts[0] && parts[1]) {
+        return parts[1] !== defaultParts[1];
+      }
+      return true;
+    }).map((line) => `attributes ${line}`);
 
     const dataLines = attributesDataLines.concat(
       this.eachOptionIsADataLine(eventOptions),
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/src/node/node.ts b/sdk/typescript/src/node/node.ts
index 2be165850..b06a5c016 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/src/node/node.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/src/node/node.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { VERSION } from "../consts.ts";
 import { createServer } from "node:http";
 import { ServerSentEventGenerator } from "./serverSentEventGenerator.ts";
 import type { Jsonifiable } from "npm:type-fest";
@@ -5,12 +6,13 @@ import type { Jsonifiable } from "npm:type-fest";
 const hostname = "127.0.0.1";
 const port = 3000;
 
+// This server is used for testing the node sdk
 const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
   if (req.url === "/") {
     const headers = new Headers({ "Content-Type": "text/html" });
     res.setHeaders(headers);
     res.end(
-      `<html><head><script type="module" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/starfederation/datastar@v1.0.0-beta.8/bundles/datastar.js"></script></head><body><div id="toMerge" data-signals-foo="'World'" data-on-load="@get('/merge')">Hello</div></body></html>`,
+      `<html><head><script type="module" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/starfederation/datastar@v${VERSION}/bundles/datastar.js"></script></head><body><div id="toMerge" data-signals-foo="'World'" data-on-load="@get('/merge')">Hello</div></body></html>`,
     );
   } else if (req.url?.includes("/test")) {
     const reader = await ServerSentEventGenerator.readSignals(req);
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/src/node/serverSentEventGenerator.ts b/sdk/typescript/src/node/serverSentEventGenerator.ts
index e9e170b38..ba1f638c1 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/src/node/serverSentEventGenerator.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/src/node/serverSentEventGenerator.ts
@@ -28,24 +28,20 @@ export class ServerSentEventGenerator extends AbstractSSEGenerator {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Closes the stream
-   */
-  public close() {
-    this.res.end();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Initializes the server-sent event generator and executes the streamFunc function.
+   * Initializes the server-sent event generator and executes the onStart callback.
    *
    * @param req - The NodeJS request object.
    * @param res - The NodeJS response object.
    * @param onStart - A function that will be passed the initialized ServerSentEventGenerator class as it's first parameter.
    * @param options? - An object that can contain onError and onCancel callbacks as well as a keepalive boolean.
    * The onAbort callback will be called whenever the request is aborted
+   *
    * The onError callback will be called whenever an error is met. If provided, the onAbort callback will also be executed.
    * If an onError callback is not provided, then the stream will be ended and the error will be thrown up.
-   * When keepalive is true (default is false), the stream will be kept open indefinitely,
-   * otherwise it will be closed when the onStart callback finishes.
+   *
+   * The stream is always closed after the onStart callback ends.
+   * If onStart is non blocking, but you still need the stream to stay open after it is called,
+   * then the keepalive option will maintain it open until the request is aborted by the client.
    */
   static async stream(
     req: IncomingMessage,
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/src/types.ts b/sdk/typescript/src/types.ts
index 2c1377ce0..7d96b3e44 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/src/types.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/src/types.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ type ScriptAttributes = {
 
 export interface ExecuteScriptOptions extends DatastarEventOptions {
   [DatastarDatalineAutoRemove]?: boolean;
-  [DatastarDatalineAttributes]?: ScriptAttributes;
+  [DatastarDatalineAttributes]?: ScriptAttributes | string[];
 }
 
 export interface ExecuteScriptEvent {
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/src/web/deno.ts b/sdk/typescript/src/web/deno.ts
index 3c8d1618a..b9a3cce9e 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/src/web/deno.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/src/web/deno.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
+import { VERSION } from "../consts.ts";
 import { serve } from "https://deno.land/std@0.140.0/http/server.ts";
 import { ServerSentEventGenerator } from "./serverSentEventGenerator.ts";
 import type { Jsonifiable } from "npm:type-fest";
 
+// This server is used for testing the web standard based sdk
 serve(async (req: Request) => {
   const url = new URL(req.url);
 
   if (url.pathname === "/") {
     return new Response(
-      `<html><head><script type="module" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/starfederation/datastar@v1.0.0-beta.8/bundles/datastar.js"></script></head><body><div id="toMerge" data-signals-foo="'World'" data-on-load="@get('/merge')">Hello</div></body></html>`,
+      `<html><head><script type="module" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/starfederation/datastar@v${VERSION}/bundles/datastar.js"></script></head><body><div id="toMerge" data-signals-foo="'World'" data-on-load="@get('/merge')">Hello</div></body></html>`,
       {
         headers: { "Content-Type": "text/html" },
       },
@@ -19,7 +21,6 @@ serve(async (req: Request) => {
       if (isEventArray(events)) {
         return ServerSentEventGenerator.stream((stream) => {
           testEvents(stream, events);
-          stream.close();
         });
       }
     }
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ serve(async (req: Request) => {
       stream.mergeFragments('<div id="toMerge">Merged</div>');
       await delay(5000);
       stream.mergeFragments('<div id="toMerge">After 5 seconds</div>');
-      stream.close();
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/src/web/serverSentEventGenerator.ts b/sdk/typescript/src/web/serverSentEventGenerator.ts
index b118b394f..79f47c309 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/src/web/serverSentEventGenerator.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/src/web/serverSentEventGenerator.ts
@@ -22,23 +22,20 @@ export class ServerSentEventGenerator extends AbstractSSEGenerator {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Closes the ReadableStream
-   */
-  public close() {
-    this.controller.close();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Initializes the server-sent event generator and executes the streamFunc function.
+   * Initializes the server-sent event generator and executes the onStart callback.
    *
    * @param onStart - A function that will be passed the initialized ServerSentEventGenerator class as it's first parameter.
    * @param options? - An object that can contain options for the Response constructor onError and onCancel callbacks and a keepalive boolean.
    * The onAbort callback will be called whenever the request is aborted or the stream is cancelled
+   *
    * The onError callback will be called whenever an error is met. If provided, the onAbort callback will also be executed.
    * If an onError callback is not provided, then the stream will be ended and the error will be thrown up.
+   *
    * If responseInit is provided, then it will be passed to the Response constructor along with the default headers.
-   * When keepalive is true (default is false), the stream will be kept open indefinitely,
-   * otherwise it will be closed when the onStart callback finishes.
+   *
+   * The stream is always closed after the onStart callback ends.
+   * If onStart is non blocking, but you still need the stream to stay open after it is called,
+   * then the keepalive option will maintain it open until the request is aborted by the client.
    *
    * @returns an HTTP Response
    */
@@ -58,7 +55,7 @@ export class ServerSentEventGenerator extends AbstractSSEGenerator {
         try {
           const stream = onStart(generator);
           if (stream instanceof Promise) await stream;
-          if (options?.keepalive) {
+          if (!options?.keepalive) {
             controller.close();
           }
         } catch (error) {