diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e5a6e5..c4c15a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+(
+just a repackaging so that it will work with npm
+
+```
+npm install cron-ui
+CronUI = require 'cron-ui'
+```
+)
+
 # Cron UI
 CronUI provides a simple easy-to-use form for users to specify recurrent events, translated to cron strings.
 
@@ -29,4 +38,4 @@ These are the possible combinations so far:
 - Every day    : ? ? * * *
 - Every week   : ? ? * * ?
 - Every month  : ? ? ? * *
-- Every year   : ? ? ? ? *
\ No newline at end of file
+- Every year   : ? ? ? ? *
diff --git a/lib/cron-ui.js b/lib/cron-ui.js
index 7eec5ee..c50b4d6 100644
--- a/lib/cron-ui.js
+++ b/lib/cron-ui.js
@@ -304,3 +304,4 @@ CronUI.getCronType = function(cronString) {
     return undefined;
 };
 
+module.exports = CronUI
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..761b6d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  "name": "cron-ui",
+  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "description": "CronUI provides a simple easy-to-use form for users to specify recurrent events, translated to cron strings.",
+  "main": "./lib/cron-ui.js",
+  "directories": {
+    "lib": "lib",
+    "test": "tests"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/mikeymckay/CronUI.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "cron",
+    "gui",
+    "scheduler",
+    "crontab",
+    "build"
+  ],
+  "author": "@shawnchin @snird @mikeymckay",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/mikeymckay/CronUI/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/mikeymckay/CronUI#readme"
+}