diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd399ac..735afc9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@ npm run build
 
 Then open `index.html` in a browser of choice. You're now ready to use your `level` database, backed by IndexedDB!
 
+In order to reduce bundle size, the webpack configuration at [`webpack.config.js`](./webpack.config.js) excludes the [`buffer`](https://github.com/feross/buffer) polyfill. To store binary data, either change the webpack configuration, or use Uint8Array instead of Buffer. For example:
+
+```js
+import { Level } from 'level'
+
+const db = new Level('webpack-starter', {
+  keyEncoding: 'view'
+})
+
+await db.put(new Uint8Array([1, 2]), 'example')
+const example = await db.get(new Uint8Array([1, 2]))
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
 [`Level/webpack-starter`](https://github.com/Level/webpack-starter) is an **OPEN Open Source Project**. This means that:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e790380..ddb5a04 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
     "test": "npm run build"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "assert": "^2.0.0",
-    "level": "^7.0.0",
-    "process": "^0.11.10",
+    "level": "^8.0.0",
     "webpack": "^5.2.0",
     "webpack-cli": "^4.1.0"
   },
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 072fc32..fceabfc 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import level from 'level'
+import { Level } from 'level'
 
 async function main () {
-  const db = level('webpack-starter')
+  const db = new Level('webpack-starter')
   const output = document.getElementById('output')
 
   await db.put('beep', 'boop')
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index cb21f8c..c2e9233 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,25 +1,16 @@
 const path = require('path')
-const webpack = require('webpack')
 
 module.exports = {
   entry: './src/main.js',
   output: {
     filename: 'main.js',
-    path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
+    path: path.join(__dirname, 'dist'),
   },
-  plugins: [
-    // Webpack 5 no longer polyfills 'process'
-    new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
-      process: 'process/browser',
-    }),
-  ],
+  mode: 'production',
   resolve: {
-    fallback: {
-      // BREAKING CHANGE: webpack < 5 used to include polyfills for
-      // node.js core modules by default. This is no longer the
-      // case.
-      'util': false,
-      'assert': false
+    alias: {
+      // Skip buffer dependency of abstract-level
+      buffer: false
     }
   }
 };