diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 89c17e4..409b8c3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export default {
 </template>
 
 <script>
-import { promistate } from 'promistate'
+import promistate from 'promistate'
 
 export default {
     data() {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export default {
 ## API
 
 ```javascript
-import { promistate } from 'promistate'
+import promistate from 'promistate'
 
 const userPromise = promistate(async function callback() {
     return fetchUser() // any promise
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ It immediately returns an object that has the following properties
 - ERROR
 - IGNORED (see configurations below)
 
-To avoid hardcoding these, you can import "Status" from the library:
+To avoid hardcoding these, you can import "PromistateStatus" from the library:
 
 ```javascript
-import { promistate, Status } from 'promistate'
+import promistate, { PromistateStatus } from 'promistate'
 
 const userPromise = promistate(async function callback() {
     return fetchUser() // any promise
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ await userPromise.load(1, 2)
 Pass configurations as the second argument
 
 ```javascript
-import { promistate } from 'promistate'
+import promistate from 'promistate'
 
 promistate(async function callback() {
     return somethingAsync()
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ promistate(async function callback() {
 To type the result of the promise you can make use of generics.
 
 ```typescript
-import { promistate } from 'promistate'
+import promistate from 'promistate'
 
 promistate<string>(async function callback() {
     return 'updated'
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ promistate<string>(async function callback() {
 As long as you don't use arrow functions you can access the state using `this`.
 
 ```javascript
-import { promistate } from 'promistate'
+import promistate from 'promistate'
 
 promistate(async function callback() {
     const result = await fetchItems(this.pageToken)
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 986cb7a..032808d 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ function promistate<T>(action: (...args: CallbackArgs) => Promise<T>, options: P
     }
 }
 
+export default promistate
+
 export {
-    promistate,
-    Status,
+    Status as PromistateStatus,
 }
diff --git a/test/promistate.spec.js b/test/promistate.spec.js
index f5cfbe9..c7b9b5e 100644
--- a/test/promistate.spec.js
+++ b/test/promistate.spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const test = require('japa')
-const { promistate, Status } = require('../dist/index')
+const { default: promistate, PromistateStatus } = require('../dist/index')
 
 test('can access default properties', (assert) => {
     const state = promistate(async () => 1)
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ test('can set value through loading', async (assert) => {
     const state = promistate(async () => 1)
     const status = await state.load()
 
-    assert.equal(status, Status.RESOLVED)
+    assert.equal(status, PromistateStatus.RESOLVED)
     assert.equal(state.value, 1)
     assert.isFalse(state.isPending)
     assert.isFalse(state.isEmpty)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ test('does not execute load function when state is still pending', async (assert
     ])
 
     assert.equal(state.value, 'load this')
-    assert.deepEqual(promises, [Status.RESOLVED, Status.IGNORED])
+    assert.deepEqual(promises, [PromistateStatus.RESOLVED, PromistateStatus.IGNORED])
 })
 
 test('catches errors', async (assert) => {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ test('catches errors', async (assert) => {
     assert.isFalse(state.isPending)
     assert.isTrue(state.isEmpty)
     assert.isNull(state.value)
-    assert.equal(status, Status.ERROR)
+    assert.equal(status, PromistateStatus.ERROR)
 })
 
 test('resets value when crashing', async (assert) => {