diff --git a/ts/backend/index.tests.ts b/ts/backend/index.tests.ts
index adb3e7d..79741da 100644
--- a/ts/backend/index.tests.ts
+++ b/ts/backend/index.tests.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ export class FakeStorageBackend extends StorageBackend {
 
         const id = this.config.idGenerator(collection, object, options)
         this.createOperations.push({ object, id })
-        return { object: { ...object, [pkIndex]: id } }
+        return {
+            pk: id,
+            object: options.incObject ? { ...object, [pkIndex]: id } : undefined,
+        }
     }
 
     async findObjects() {
@@ -43,11 +46,11 @@ export class FakeStorageBackend extends StorageBackend {
     }
 
     async updateObjects() {
-
+        return { count: 1 }
     }
 
     async deleteObjects() {
-
+        return { count: 1 }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ts/types/backend.ts b/ts/types/backend.ts
index 50b3a54..2649d11 100644
--- a/ts/types/backend.ts
+++ b/ts/types/backend.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ import StorageRegistry from "../registry"
 import { StorageBackendFeatureSupport } from "./backend-features";
 import { isRelationshipReference } from "./relationships";
 
-export type CreateSingleOptions = DBNameOptions
-export type CreateSingleResult = {object? : any}
+export type CreateSingleOptions = DBNameOptions & {incObject? : boolean}
+export type CreateSingleResult<PK, T> = {pk : PK, object? : T}
 export type FindSingleOptions = DBNameOptions & IgnoreCaseOptions & ReverseOptions & {fields?: string[]}
 export type FindManyOptions = FindSingleOptions & PaginationOptions & SortingOptions
 export type CountOptions = DBNameOptions & IgnoreCaseOptions
-export type UpdateManyOptions = DBNameOptions
-export type UpdateManyResult = any
 export type UpdateSingleOptions = DBNameOptions
-export type UpdateSingleResult = any
+export type UpdateSingleResult = {count? : number}
+export type UpdateManyOptions = DBNameOptions
+export type UpdateManyResult = UpdateSingleResult
 export type DeleteSingleOptions = DBNameOptions
-export type DeleteSingleResult = any
+export type DeleteSingleResult = {count? : number}
 export type DeleteManyOptions = DBNameOptions & {limit? : number}
 export type DeleteManyResult = any
 export type OperationBatch = Array<CreateObjectBatchOperation | UpdateObjectsBatchOperation | DeleteObjectsBatchOperation>
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ export abstract class StorageBackend {
     async cleanup() : Promise<any> {}
     async migrate({database} : {database?} = {}) : Promise<any> {}
 
-    abstract async createObject(collection : string, object, options? : CreateSingleOptions)
+    abstract async createObject<PK=string, T=any>(
+        collection : string,
+        object : T,
+        options? : CreateSingleOptions,
+    ) : Promise<CreateSingleResult<PK, T>>
 
     abstract findObjects<T>(collection : string, query, options? : FindManyOptions) : Promise<Array<T>>
     async findObject<T>(collection : string, query, options? : FindSingleOptions) : Promise<T | null> {
@@ -124,7 +128,12 @@ export abstract class StorageBackend {
     async deleteObject(collection : string, object, options? : DeleteSingleOptions) : Promise<DeleteSingleResult> {
         const definition = this.registry.collections[collection]
         if (typeof definition.pkIndex === 'string') {
-            await this.deleteObjects(collection, {[definition.pkIndex]: object[definition.pkIndex]}, {...(options || {}), limit: 1})
+            return this.deleteObjects(collection, {
+                [definition.pkIndex]: object[definition.pkIndex],
+            }, {
+                ...(options || {}),
+                limit: 1,
+            })
         } else {
             throw new Error('Updating single objects with compound pks is not supported yet')
         }
@@ -177,4 +186,4 @@ export function _validateOperationRegistration(identifier, backend : StorageBack
     }
 
     return true
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/ts/types/manager.ts b/ts/types/manager.ts
index e8c1b1e..8d8cf28 100644
--- a/ts/types/manager.ts
+++ b/ts/types/manager.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 } from './backend'
 
 export interface StorageCollection {
-    createObject(object, options?: CreateSingleOptions): Promise<CreateSingleResult>
+    createObject<PK=string, T=any>(object: T, options?: CreateSingleOptions): Promise<CreateSingleResult<PK, T>>
     findOneObject<T>(query, options?: FindSingleOptions): Promise<T | null>
     findObject<T>(query, options?: FindSingleOptions): Promise<T | null>
     findObjects<T>(query, options?: FindManyOptions): Promise<Array<T>>