diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 4cef10e..9d2e516 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 The MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2013 Brian J. Brennan
+Copyright (c) 2013-2024 Brian J. Brennan
 
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in 
-the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, 
-copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the 
-Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, 
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
+Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
 subject to the following conditions:
 
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
 copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, 
-INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
+INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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 FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd4d49c..c53537a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ npm install buffer-crc32
 # example
 
 ```js
-var crc32 = require('buffer-crc32');
+const crc32 = require('buffer-crc32');
 // works with buffers
-var buf = Buffer([0x00, 0x73, 0x75, 0x70, 0x20, 0x62, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x00]);
+const buf = Buffer([0x00, 0x73, 0x75, 0x70, 0x20, 0x62, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x00]);
 crc32(buf); // -> <Buffer 94 5a ab 4a>
 
 // has convenience methods for getting signed or unsigned ints
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ crc32.unsigned(buf); // -> 2488970058
 crc32('自動販売機'); // -> <Buffer cb 03 1a c5>
 
 // and works in append mode too
-var partialCrc = crc32('hey');
-var partialCrc = crc32(' ', partialCrc);
-var partialCrc = crc32('sup', partialCrc);
-var partialCrc = crc32(' ', partialCrc);
-var finalCrc = crc32('bros', partialCrc); // -> <Buffer 47 fa 55 70>
+const partialCrc = crc32('hey');
+const partialCrc = crc32(' ', partialCrc);
+const partialCrc = crc32('sup', partialCrc);
+const partialCrc = crc32(' ', partialCrc);
+const finalCrc = crc32('bros', partialCrc); // -> <Buffer 47 fa 55 70>
 ```
 
 # tests
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dc29702..73cbe17 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Brian J. Brennan <brianloveswords@gmail.com>",
   "name": "buffer-crc32",
   "description": "A pure javascript CRC32 algorithm that plays nice with binary data",
-  "version": "0.2.13",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
   "licenses": [
     {
       "type": "MIT",