diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 884f9e3..f7b1b5c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 SHELL := bash
 
 ts_files := $(wildcard src/*.ts src/test/integration/*.ts types/*.ts)
-fmt_files := $(shell echo examples/{worker,stream-detection}/*.{js,md} .github/workflows/*.yml *.js{,on} *.md src/*.js)
+fmt_files := $(shell echo examples/{worker/*.{mjs,md},stream-detection/*.{js,md}} .github/workflows/*.yml *.js{,on} *.md src/*.js)
 num_processors := $(shell nproc || printf "1")
 
 export EMCC_CFLAGS = -msimd128 -O2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c174d3..51ac206 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,21 +17,31 @@ provides accurate filetype detection with zero prod dependencies.
 npm install wasmagic
 ```
 
-Detect the mime and encoding of something:
+Detect the mime of something:
 
 ```javascript
-const { WASMagic, WASMagicFlags } = require("wasmagic");
+import { WASMagic } from "wasmagic";
+
+const magic = await WASMagic.create();
+
+const pngFile = Buffer.from("89504E470D0A1A0A0000000D49484452", "hex");
+console.log(magic.getMime(pngFile));
+// outputs: image/png
+```
+
+CommonJS version:
+
+```javascript
+const { WASMagic } = require("wasmagic");
 
 async function main() {
-  const magic = await WASMagic.create({
-    flags: WASMagicFlags.MIME_TYPE | WASMagicFlags.MIME_ENCODING,
-  });
+  const magic = await WASMagic.create();
   const pngFile = Buffer.from("89504E470D0A1A0A0000000D49484452", "hex");
   console.log(magic.getMime(pngFile));
 }
 
 main().catch((err) => console.error(err));
-// outputs: image/png; charset=binary
+// outputs: image/png
 ```
 
 ### Options
@@ -68,7 +78,19 @@ Default options:
 ##### `flags`
 
 `flags` control `libmagic` behavior. To use the flags, import the `enum` from
-the module, [per the example above](#usage).
+the module, and pass the desired combination of flags:
+
+```javascript
+import { WASMagic, WASMagicFlags } from "wasmagic";
+
+const magic = await WASMagic.create({
+  flags: WASMagicFlags.MIME_TYPE | WASMagicFlags.MIME_ENCODING,
+});
+
+const pngFile = Buffer.from("89504E470D0A1A0A0000000D49484452", "hex");
+console.log(magic.getMime(pngFile));
+// outputs: image/png; charset=binary
+```
 
 [Please refer to the code for the flag definitions](src/index.ts#L5)
 
@@ -94,7 +116,7 @@ As these are passed as `Uint8Array`s, custom definitions can be loaded from
 a file, or embedded directly in your code. For example:
 
 ```javascript
-const { WASMagic } = require("wasmagic");
+import { WASMagic } from "wasmagic";
 
 const foobarMagic = Buffer.from(
   `
@@ -103,24 +125,21 @@ const foobarMagic = Buffer.from(
 `,
 );
 
-async function main() {
-  const magic = await WASMagic.create({
-    magicFiles: [foobarMagic],
-  });
+const magic = await WASMagic.create({
+  magicFiles: [foobarMagic],
+});
 
-  console.log(
-    magic.getMime(
-      Buffer.from(
-        `FOOBARFILETYPE
+console.log(
+  magic.getMime(
+    Buffer.from(
+      `FOOBARFILETYPE
 
 Some made up stuff
 `,
-      ),
     ),
-  );
-}
+  ),
+);
 
-main().catch((err) => console.error(err));
 // outputs: foobarfiletype
 ```
 
@@ -154,8 +173,11 @@ If you want to offload processing to another thread (and in production workloads
 you probably should be), take a look at the [Async / Worker
 threads](examples/worker/) example.
 
+---
+
 If you aren't passing your instantiated dependencies down in your application,
-and are trying to use this as a global, try something like the following:
+and you aren't using Javascript modules (or Typescript), and are trying to use
+this as a global, try something like the following for a CommonJS style module:
 
 ```javascript
 const { WASMagic } = require("wasmagic");
@@ -185,21 +207,20 @@ To ensure that your application remains performant, either load only the head
 of the file you want to detect, or slice the head off of a file buffer:
 
 ```javascript
-const { WASMagic } = require("wasmagic");
-const fs = require("fs/promises");
+import { WASMagic } from "wasmagic";
+import * as fs from "fs/promises";
 
-async function main() {
-  const magic = await WASMagic.create();
-  const file = await fs.open("largeFile.mp4");
-  // Only read the first 1024 bytes of our large file
-  const { bytesRead, buffer } = await file.read({ buffer: Buffer.alloc(1024) });
-  // We're assuming that largeFile.mp4 is >= 1024 bytes in size and our buffer
-  // will only have the first 1024 bytes of largeFile.mp4 in it
-  console.log(magic.getMime(buffer));
-  await file.close();
-}
+const magic = await WASMagic.create();
+const file = await fs.open("largeFile.mp4");
+
+// Only read the first 1024 bytes of our large file
+const { bytesRead, buffer } = await file.read({ buffer: Buffer.alloc(1024) });
+
+// We're assuming that largeFile.mp4 is >= 1024 bytes in size and our buffer
+// will only have the first 1024 bytes of largeFile.mp4 in it
+console.log(magic.getMime(buffer));
+await file.close();
 
-main().catch((err) => console.error(err));
 // outputs: video/mp4
 ```
 
diff --git a/examples/worker/README.md b/examples/worker/README.md
index 7af8e04..b4e830d 100644
--- a/examples/worker/README.md
+++ b/examples/worker/README.md
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ npm install
 Run:
 
 ```bash
-node index.js
+node index.mjs
 ```
diff --git a/examples/worker/index.js b/examples/worker/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4093a7f..0000000
--- a/examples/worker/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-const fs = require("fs/promises");
-const assert = require("assert");
-const path = require("path");
-const os = require("os");
-const Piscina = require("piscina");
-
-const testCases = require("../../dist/test/integration/data.js").cases;
-
-const numCpus = os.cpus().length - 1;
-
-const wasmagicWorkerPool = new Piscina({
-  filename: "./worker.js",
-  minThreads: numCpus,
-  maxThreads: numCpus,
-  idleTimeout: 10000,
-});
-
-async function main() {
-  // Fill Buffers
-  for (const testCase of testCases) {
-    const file = await fs.open(path.join("..", "..", testCase[0]));
-    const stats = await file.stat();
-    // Copying directly into a SharedArrayBuffer is faster than copying
-    // the buffer to the worker.
-    // If you're loading from a file, you could just pass the file path
-    // instead of the Buffer, and load the file from the worker thread.
-    const sharedBuf = Buffer.from(new SharedArrayBuffer(stats.size));
-    const { bytesRead } = await file.read({ buffer: sharedBuf });
-    await file.close();
-    assert.equal(stats.size, bytesRead);
-    testCase.push(sharedBuf);
-  }
-
-  // Kick off the workers
-  for (const testCase of testCases) {
-    testCase.push(wasmagicWorkerPool.run(testCase[2]));
-  }
-
-  // Check results
-  for (const testCase of testCases) {
-    const result = await testCase[3];
-    assert.equal(result, testCase[1]);
-  }
-}
-
-main().catch((err) => {
-  console.error(err);
-  process.exit(1);
-});
diff --git a/examples/worker/index.mjs b/examples/worker/index.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..093e488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/worker/index.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import * as fs from "fs/promises";
+import * as assert from "assert";
+import * as path from "path";
+import * as os from "os";
+import { Piscina } from "piscina";
+
+import { cases as testCases } from "../../dist/test/integration/data.js";
+
+const numCpus = os.cpus().length - 1;
+
+const wasmagicWorkerPool = new Piscina({
+  filename: "./worker.mjs",
+  minThreads: numCpus,
+  maxThreads: numCpus,
+  idleTimeout: 10000,
+});
+
+// Fill Buffers
+for (const testCase of testCases) {
+  const file = await fs.open(path.join("..", "..", testCase[0]));
+  const stats = await file.stat();
+  // Copying directly into a SharedArrayBuffer is faster than copying
+  // the buffer to the worker.
+  // If you're loading from a file, you could just pass the file path
+  // instead of the Buffer, and load the file from the worker thread.
+  const sharedBuf = Buffer.from(new SharedArrayBuffer(stats.size));
+  const { bytesRead } = await file.read({ buffer: sharedBuf });
+  await file.close();
+  assert.equal(stats.size, bytesRead);
+  testCase.push(sharedBuf);
+}
+
+// Kick off the workers
+for (const testCase of testCases) {
+  testCase.push(wasmagicWorkerPool.run(testCase[3]));
+}
+
+// Check results
+for (const testCase of testCases) {
+  const result = await testCase[4];
+  assert.equal(result, testCase[1]);
+}
diff --git a/examples/worker/package.json b/examples/worker/package.json
index 891b057..c632853 100644
--- a/examples/worker/package.json
+++ b/examples/worker/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "wasmagic-worker-example",
   "version": "0.0.0-dev",
   "description": "Example using worker threads with WASMagic",
-  "main": "index.js",
+  "main": "index.mjs",
   "author": "Colin Kennedy <moshen.colin@gmail.com>",
   "private": true,
   "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
diff --git a/examples/worker/worker.js b/examples/worker/worker.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f7574d..0000000
--- a/examples/worker/worker.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-const { WASMagic } = require("../../");
-
-module.exports = (async function init() {
-  const magic = await WASMagic.create();
-  return (buf) => magic.getMime(buf);
-})();
diff --git a/examples/worker/worker.mjs b/examples/worker/worker.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13f86a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/worker/worker.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import { WASMagic } from "../../dist/index.js";
+const magic = await WASMagic.create();
+
+export default (buf) => magic.getMime(buf);