diff --git a/modules/pathkit/npm-wasm/README.md b/modules/pathkit/npm-wasm/README.md
index 571bcfa..815e417 100644
--- a/modules/pathkit/npm-wasm/README.md
+++ b/modules/pathkit/npm-wasm/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <script src="/node_modules/pathkit-wasm/bin/pathkit.js"></script>
     PathKitInit({
         locateFile: (file) => '/node_modules/pathkit-wasm/bin/'+file,
-    }).then((PathKit) => {
+    }).ready().then((PathKit) => {
         // Code goes here using PathKit
     });
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 is used to tell the JS loader where to find the .wasm file. By default, it will
 look for /pathkit.wasm, so if this is not the case, use `locateFile` to configure
 this properly.
-The `PathKit` object returned through the .then() callback is fully loaded and ready to use.
+The `PathKit` object returned upon resolution of the .ready() Promise is fully loaded and ready to use.
 
 See the [API page](https://skia.org/user/modules/pathkit) and
 [example.html](https://github.com/google/skia/blob/master/modules/pathkit/npm-wasm/example.html)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 In the JS code, use require():
 
     const PathKitInit = require('pathkit-wasm/bin/pathkit.js')
-    PathKitInit().then((PathKit) => {
+    PathKitInit().ready().then((PathKit) => {
         // Code goes here using PathKit
     })
 
diff --git a/modules/pathkit/npm-wasm/example.html b/modules/pathkit/npm-wasm/example.html
index 488f6ec..d7c2469 100644
--- a/modules/pathkit/npm-wasm/example.html
+++ b/modules/pathkit/npm-wasm/example.html
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
   PathKitInit({
     locateFile: (file) => '/node_modules/pathkit-wasm/bin/'+file,
-  }).then((PathKit) => {
+  }).ready().then((PathKit) => {
     window.PathKit = PathKit;
     OutputsExample(PathKit);
     Path2DExample(PathKit);
diff --git a/modules/pathkit/npm-wasm/package.json b/modules/pathkit/npm-wasm/package.json
index ef70741..a09c0b3 100644
--- a/modules/pathkit/npm-wasm/package.json
+++ b/modules/pathkit/npm-wasm/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pathkit-wasm",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "A WASM version of Skia's PathOps toolkit",
   "main": "bin/pathkit.js",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/google/skia/tree/master/modules/pathkit",