diff --git a/packages/apm/src/hubextensions.ts b/packages/apm/src/hubextensions.ts
index b558d1f3cd56..9398f1814100 100644
--- a/packages/apm/src/hubextensions.ts
+++ b/packages/apm/src/hubextensions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getCurrentHub, getMainCarrier, Hub } from '@sentry/hub';
+import { getMainCarrier, Hub } from '@sentry/hub';
 import { SpanContext, TransactionContext } from '@sentry/types';
 import { logger } from '@sentry/utils';
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function startSpan(this: Hub, context: SpanContext): Transaction | Span {
   // We have the check of not undefined since we defined it's ok to start a transaction with an empty name
   // tslint:disable-next-line: strict-type-predicates
   if ((context as TransactionContext).name !== undefined) {
-    return getCurrentHub().startTransaction(context as TransactionContext);
+    return this.startTransaction(context as TransactionContext);
   }
 
   const scope = this.getScope();
diff --git a/packages/apm/test/hub.test.ts b/packages/apm/test/hub.test.ts
index b067ea77d46e..9104beb3bbc2 100644
--- a/packages/apm/test/hub.test.ts
+++ b/packages/apm/test/hub.test.ts
@@ -21,16 +21,19 @@ describe('Hub', () => {
       });
       test('set tracesSampleRate 0 on transaction', () => {
         const hub = new Hub(new BrowserClient({ tracesSampleRate: 0 }));
+        // @ts-ignore
         const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'foo' }) as any;
         expect(transaction.sampled).toBe(false);
       });
       test('set tracesSampleRate 1 on transaction', () => {
         const hub = new Hub(new BrowserClient({ tracesSampleRate: 1 }));
+        // @ts-ignore
         const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'foo' }) as any;
         expect(transaction.sampled).toBeTruthy();
       });
       test('set tracesSampleRate should be propergated to children', () => {
         const hub = new Hub(new BrowserClient({ tracesSampleRate: 0 }));
+        // @ts-ignore
         const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'foo' }) as any;
         const child = transaction.startChild({ op: 1 });
         expect(child.sampled).toBeFalsy();
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ describe('Hub', () => {
 
       test('simple standalone Transaction', () => {
         const hub = new Hub(new BrowserClient({ tracesSampleRate: 1 }));
+        // @ts-ignore
         const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'transaction' }) as Transaction;
         expect(transaction.spanId).toBeTruthy();
         // tslint:disable-next-line: no-unbound-method
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ describe('Hub', () => {
         hub.configureScope(scope => {
           scope.setSpan(parentSpan);
         });
+        // @ts-ignore
         const span = hub.startSpan({ name: 'test' }) as any;
         expect(span.trace_id).toEqual(parentSpan.trace_id);
       });
@@ -66,17 +71,18 @@ describe('Hub', () => {
       test('create a child if there is a Span already on the scope', () => {
         const myScope = new Scope();
         const hub = new Hub(new BrowserClient({ tracesSampleRate: 1 }), myScope);
+        // @ts-ignore
         const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'transaction' }) as Transaction;
         hub.configureScope(scope => {
           scope.setSpan(transaction);
         });
-        const span = hub.startSpan({}) as Span;
+        const span = hub.startSpan({});
         expect(span.traceId).toEqual(transaction.traceId);
         expect(span.parentSpanId).toEqual(transaction.spanId);
         hub.configureScope(scope => {
           scope.setSpan(span);
         });
-        const span2 = hub.startSpan({}) as Span;
+        const span2 = hub.startSpan({});
         expect(span2.traceId).toEqual(span.traceId);
         expect(span2.parentSpanId).toEqual(span.spanId);
       });
diff --git a/packages/apm/test/span.test.ts b/packages/apm/test/span.test.ts
index 06cfaa702d3c..0fb373174259 100644
--- a/packages/apm/test/span.test.ts
+++ b/packages/apm/test/span.test.ts
@@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ describe('Span', () => {
       expect(span.endTimestamp).toBeGreaterThan(1);
     });
 
-    describe('hub.startSpan', () => {
+    describe('hub.startTransaction', () => {
       test('finish a transaction', () => {
         const spy = jest.spyOn(hub as any, 'captureEvent') as any;
-        const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'test' });
+        const transaction = hub.startTransaction({ name: 'test' });
         transaction.finish();
         expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
         expect(spy.mock.calls[0][0].spans).toHaveLength(0);
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ describe('Span', () => {
 
       test('finish a transaction + child span', () => {
         const spy = jest.spyOn(hub as any, 'captureEvent') as any;
-        const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'test' });
+        const transaction = hub.startTransaction({ name: 'test' });
         const childSpan = transaction.startChild();
         childSpan.finish();
         transaction.finish();
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ describe('Span', () => {
 
       test("finish a child span shouldn't trigger captureEvent", () => {
         const spy = jest.spyOn(hub as any, 'captureEvent') as any;
-        const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'test' });
+        const transaction = hub.startTransaction({ name: 'test' });
         const childSpan = transaction.startChild();
         childSpan.finish();
         expect(spy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -213,8 +213,7 @@ describe('Span', () => {
 
       test("finish a span with another one on the scope shouldn't override contexts.trace", () => {
         const spy = jest.spyOn(hub as any, 'captureEvent') as any;
-
-        const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'test' });
+        const transaction = hub.startTransaction({ name: 'test' });
         const childSpanOne = transaction.startChild();
         childSpanOne.finish();
 
@@ -239,7 +238,7 @@ describe('Span', () => {
           }),
         );
         const spy = jest.spyOn(_hub as any, 'captureEvent') as any;
-        const transaction = _hub.startSpan({ name: 'test' });
+        const transaction = _hub.startTransaction({ name: 'test' });
         for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
           const child = transaction.startChild();
           child.finish();
@@ -255,7 +254,7 @@ describe('Span', () => {
           }),
         );
         const spy = jest.spyOn(_hub as any, 'captureEvent') as any;
-        const transaction = _hub.startSpan({ name: 'test' });
+        const transaction = _hub.startTransaction({ name: 'test' });
         for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
           const child = transaction.startChild();
           child.finish();
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ describe('Span', () => {
         );
         const spy = jest.spyOn(_hub as any, 'captureEvent') as any;
 
-        const transaction = _hub.startSpan({ name: 'test' });
+        const transaction = _hub.startTransaction({ name: 'test' });
         const childSpanOne = transaction.startChild({ op: '1' });
         childSpanOne.finish();
 
@@ -297,7 +296,7 @@ describe('Span', () => {
       test('tree structure of spans should be correct when mixing it with span on scope', () => {
         const spy = jest.spyOn(hub as any, 'captureEvent') as any;
 
-        const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'test' });
+        const transaction = hub.startTransaction({ name: 'test' });
         const childSpanOne = transaction.startChild();
 
         const childSpanTwo = childSpanOne.startChild();
@@ -321,6 +320,50 @@ describe('Span', () => {
         expect(spanTwo.toJSON().parent_span_id).toEqual(transaction.toJSON().span_id);
       });
     });
+
+    describe('hub.startSpan', () => {
+      test('finish a transaction', () => {
+        const spy = jest.spyOn(hub as any, 'captureEvent') as any;
+        // @ts-ignore
+        const transaction = hub.startSpan({ name: 'test' });
+        transaction.finish();
+        expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(spy.mock.calls[0][0].spans).toHaveLength(0);
+        expect(spy.mock.calls[0][0].timestamp).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(spy.mock.calls[0][0].start_timestamp).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(spy.mock.calls[0][0].contexts.trace).toEqual(transaction.getTraceContext());
+      });
+
+      test('finish a transaction (deprecated way)', () => {
+        const spy = jest.spyOn(hub as any, 'captureEvent') as any;
+        // @ts-ignore
+        const transaction = hub.startSpan({ transaction: 'test' });
+        transaction.finish();
+        expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(spy.mock.calls[0][0].spans).toHaveLength(0);
+        expect(spy.mock.calls[0][0].timestamp).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(spy.mock.calls[0][0].start_timestamp).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(spy.mock.calls[0][0].contexts.trace).toEqual(transaction.getTraceContext());
+      });
+
+      test('startSpan with Span on the Scope should be a child', () => {
+        const spy = jest.spyOn(hub as any, 'captureEvent') as any;
+        const transaction = hub.startTransaction({ name: 'test' });
+        const child1 = transaction.startChild();
+        hub.configureScope(scope => {
+          scope.setSpan(child1);
+        });
+
+        const child2 = hub.startSpan({});
+        child1.finish();
+        child2.finish();
+        transaction.finish();
+
+        expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(spy.mock.calls[0][0].spans).toHaveLength(2);
+        expect(child2.parentSpanId).toEqual(child1.spanId);
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('getTraceContext', () => {