diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 284d003..137567d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ As a [Connect](http://github.com/extjs/Connect) filter:
         quip = require('quip'),
 
     Connect.createServer(
-        quip.filter(),
+        quip(),
         function(req, res, next){
             res.ok('test');
         }
diff --git a/lib/quip.js b/lib/quip.js
index 6102567..179790b 100644
--- a/lib/quip.js
+++ b/lib/quip.js
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+// filter for use with Connect
+var exports = module.exports = function(){
+    return function(req, res, next){
+        exports.update(res);
+        next();
+    };
+};
+
 exports.update = function(res){
 
     ///// default response settings /////
@@ -104,11 +112,3 @@ exports.update = function(res){
     return res;
 
 };
-
-// filter for use with Connect
-exports.filter = function(){
-    return function(req, res, next){
-        exports.update(res);
-        next();
-    };
-};
diff --git a/test/test-response.js b/test/test-response.js
index 0956b20..9762697 100644
--- a/test/test-response.js
+++ b/test/test-response.js
@@ -126,6 +126,22 @@ exports.rss = mimeTypeTest('application/rss+xml', 'rss');
 exports.javascript = mimeTypeTest('text/javascript', 'javascript');
 exports.json = mimeTypeTest('application/json', 'json');
 
+exports.jsonp = function(test){
+    test.expect(7);
+    var res = quip.update({});
+    res.send = function(data){
+        test.equals(data, 'mycallback({"some":"data"});');
+        test.equals(res._status, 200);
+        test.same(res._headers, {'Content-Type':'text/javascript'});
+    };
+    var r = res.jsonp('mycallback', {'some':'data'});
+    test.equals(r, null); //should not allow further chaining
+
+    // status code should be overridden
+    res.error().jsonp('mycallback', {'some':'data'});
+    test.done();
+};
+
 exports.send = function(test){
     test.expect(4);
     var res = quip.update({
@@ -208,26 +224,10 @@ exports.filter = function(test){
     quip.update = function(r){
         test.equals(r, res);
     };
-    quip.filter()(null, res, function(){
+    quip()(null, res, function(){
         test.ok(true, 'next called');
     });
 
     quip.update = _update;
     test.done();
 };
-
-exports.jsonp = function(test){
-    test.expect(7);
-    var res = quip.update({});
-    res.send = function(data){
-        test.equals(data, 'mycallback({"some":"data"});');
-        test.equals(res._status, 200);
-        test.same(res._headers, {'Content-Type':'text/javascript'});
-    };
-    var r = res.jsonp('mycallback', {'some':'data'});
-    test.equals(r, null); //should not allow further chaining
-
-    // status code should be overridden
-    res.error().jsonp('mycallback', {'some':'data'});
-    test.done();
-};