diff --git a/crel.js b/crel.js
index f2bf113..0da4e80 100644
--- a/crel.js
+++ b/crel.js
@@ -34,8 +34,16 @@
 
 */
 
-window.crel = (function(undefined){
-
+// if the module has no dependencies, the above pattern can be simplified to
+(function (root, factory) {
+    if (typeof exports === 'object') {
+        module.exports = factory();
+    } else if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
+        define(factory);
+    } else {
+        root.crel = factory();
+  }
+}(this, function () {
     // based on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/384286/javascript-isdom-how-do-you-check-if-a-javascript-object-is-a-dom-object
     var isNode = typeof Node === 'object'
         ? function (object) { return object instanceof Node }
@@ -108,4 +116,4 @@ window.crel = (function(undefined){
     crel["isNode"] = isNode;
     
     return crel;
-})();
+}));
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa6c7f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "name": "crel",
+  "description": "A small, simple, and fast DOM creation utility",
+  "author": "Kory Nunn <knunn187@gmail.com>",
+  "tags": [
+    "DOM"
+  ],
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "main": "crel.js",
+  "dependencies": {},
+  "devDependencies": {
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git://github.com/KoryNunn/crel.git"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "http://github.com/KoryNunn/crel/issues"
+  },
+  "contributors": []
+}
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