diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8a9a2c..cefd494 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,11 +86,10 @@ The basic structure of such a deobfuscator would be an array of deobfuscation mo
 Unsafe modules run code through `eval` (using [isolated-vm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/isolated-vm) to be on the safe side) while safe modules do not.
 
 ```javascript
+import {applyIteratively} from 'flast';
 import {safe, unsafe} from 'restringer';
 const {normalizeComputed} = safe;
 const {resolveDefiniteBinaryExpressions, resolveLocalCalls} = unsafe;
-import {utils} from 'flast';
-const {applyIteratively} = utils;
 let script = 'obfuscated JS here';
 const deobModules = [
   resolveDefiniteBinaryExpressions,
@@ -105,8 +104,7 @@ With the additional `candidateFilter` function argument, it's possible to narrow
 ```javascript
 import {unsafe} from 'restringer';
 const {resolveLocalCalls} = unsafe;
-import {utils} from 'flast';
-const {applyIteratively} = utils;
+import {applyIteratively} from 'flast';
 let script = 'obfuscated JS here';
 
 // It's better to define a function with a meaningful name that can show up in the log 
@@ -145,8 +143,7 @@ if (res.script !== code) {
 
 ### Boilerplate code for starting from scratch
 ```javascript
-import {utils} from 'flast';
-const {applyIteratively, treeModifier, logger} = utils;
+import {applyIteratively, treeModifier, logger} from 'flast';
 // Optional loading from file
 // import fs from 'node:fs';
 // const inputFilename = process.argv[2] || 'target.js';
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 174f8cd..c97a471 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "flast": "^2.0.0",
+        "flast": "^2.0.2",
         "isolated-vm": "^5.0.1",
         "jsdom": "^25.0.1",
-        "obfuscation-detector": "^2.0.0"
+        "obfuscation-detector": "^2.0.1"
       },
       "bin": {
         "restringer": "src/restringer.js"
@@ -1479,9 +1479,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/flast": {
-      "version": "2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/flast/-/flast-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-uIqjZuSi+8wTl3hvir9gMHulA65jmX8m7KHRFJCbwB2PkLQxOZNHjW+iXvIUhFeOEnlXiWaxL36k2SvKW4buEg==",
+      "version": "2.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/flast/-/flast-2.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-T5nDMjNysqlaoew7I9+QWcu/6kaDfNff8VpJs6PKBBQiJmliskZqF84QpAQuttfeYwq8j/knskCeCetqih/gVQ==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "escodegen": "^2.1.0",
@@ -2012,12 +2012,12 @@
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/obfuscation-detector": {
-      "version": "2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/obfuscation-detector/-/obfuscation-detector-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-9QzCTqa6zYD+hbw/Z3DQSrOFI/sfyKZ3pzSNGG0KFmcNLLuY5mTiVpQvdb6XcYuPcbt0chFVC1+30UCNyGiYSQ==",
+      "version": "2.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/obfuscation-detector/-/obfuscation-detector-2.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Rh7ik2w6yTiqXMlTiyF7ykBtmZ+ZAbvOMOazsIKJ817SqzSVAfrb70goVcgeqH6Ok1WqA8q4NGINR+AWg9vnGA==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "flast": "^2.0.0"
+        "flast": "^2.0.2"
       },
       "bin": {
         "obfuscation-detector": "bin/obfuscation-detector.js"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2a7264b..424c0fa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
     "test": "tests"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "flast": "^2.0.0",
+    "flast": "^2.0.2",
     "isolated-vm": "^5.0.1",
     "jsdom": "^25.0.1",
-    "obfuscation-detector": "^2.0.0"
+    "obfuscation-detector": "^2.0.1"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "node --test --trace-warnings --no-node-snapshot --experimental-json-modules",
-    "test:coverage": "node --test --trace-warnings --no-node-snapshot --experimental-json-modules --experimental-test-coverage"
+    "test": "node --test --trace-warnings --no-node-snapshot",
+    "test:coverage": "node --test --trace-warnings --no-node-snapshot --experimental-test-coverage"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "deobfuscate",
     "deobfuscation",
     "JS",
-    "javascript",
+    "javaScript",
     "AST"
   ],
   "author": "Ben Baryo (ben.baryo@humansecurity.com)",
diff --git a/src/modules/safe/replaceEvalCallsWithLiteralContent.js b/src/modules/safe/replaceEvalCallsWithLiteralContent.js
index cc1755d..59a8ac0 100644
--- a/src/modules/safe/replaceEvalCallsWithLiteralContent.js
+++ b/src/modules/safe/replaceEvalCallsWithLiteralContent.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import {getCache} from '../utils/getCache.js';
 import {generateHash} from '../utils/generateHash.js';
-import {generateFlatAST, utils} from 'flast';
-const {logger} = utils;
+import {generateFlatAST, logger} from 'flast';
 
 /**
  * Extract string values of eval call expressions, and replace calls with the actual code, without running it through eval.
diff --git a/src/modules/safe/replaceNewFuncCallsWithLiteralContent.js b/src/modules/safe/replaceNewFuncCallsWithLiteralContent.js
index e79f2db..4396ebb 100644
--- a/src/modules/safe/replaceNewFuncCallsWithLiteralContent.js
+++ b/src/modules/safe/replaceNewFuncCallsWithLiteralContent.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import {getCache} from '../utils/getCache.js';
 import {generateHash} from '../utils/generateHash.js';
-import {generateFlatAST, utils} from 'flast';
-const {logger} = utils;
+import {generateFlatAST, logger} from 'flast';
 
 /**
  * Extract string values of eval call expressions, and replace calls with the actual code, without running it through eval.
diff --git a/src/modules/safe/resolveMemberExpressionReferencesToArrayIndex.js b/src/modules/safe/resolveMemberExpressionReferencesToArrayIndex.js
index 2a45c17..04a50f4 100644
--- a/src/modules/safe/resolveMemberExpressionReferencesToArrayIndex.js
+++ b/src/modules/safe/resolveMemberExpressionReferencesToArrayIndex.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import {utils} from 'flast';
-const {logger} = utils;
+import {logger} from 'flast';
 
 const minArrayLength = 20;
 
diff --git a/src/modules/unsafe/resolveBuiltinCalls.js b/src/modules/unsafe/resolveBuiltinCalls.js
index 29789c1..550f734 100644
--- a/src/modules/unsafe/resolveBuiltinCalls.js
+++ b/src/modules/unsafe/resolveBuiltinCalls.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import {utils} from 'flast';
-const {logger} = utils;
+import {logger} from 'flast';
 import {badValue} from '../config.js';
 import {Sandbox} from '../utils/sandbox.js';
 import {evalInVm} from '../utils/evalInVm.js';
diff --git a/src/modules/unsafe/resolveInjectedPrototypeMethodCalls.js b/src/modules/unsafe/resolveInjectedPrototypeMethodCalls.js
index 282488f..b962867 100644
--- a/src/modules/unsafe/resolveInjectedPrototypeMethodCalls.js
+++ b/src/modules/unsafe/resolveInjectedPrototypeMethodCalls.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import {utils} from 'flast';
-const {logger} = utils;
+import {logger} from 'flast';
 import {badValue} from '../config.js';
 import {Sandbox} from '../utils/sandbox.js';
 import {evalInVm} from '../utils/evalInVm.js';
diff --git a/src/modules/utils/createNewNode.js b/src/modules/utils/createNewNode.js
index 5f2aad9..7b4e432 100644
--- a/src/modules/utils/createNewNode.js
+++ b/src/modules/utils/createNewNode.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import {badValue} from '../config.js';
 import {getObjType} from './getObjType.js';
-import {generateCode, parseCode, utils} from 'flast';
-const {logger} = utils;
+import {generateCode, parseCode, logger} from 'flast';
 
 /**
  * Create a node from a value by its type.
diff --git a/src/modules/utils/evalInVm.js b/src/modules/utils/evalInVm.js
index 92d86fb..4107992 100644
--- a/src/modules/utils/evalInVm.js
+++ b/src/modules/utils/evalInVm.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import {utils} from 'flast';
-const {logger} = utils;
+import {logger} from 'flast';
 import {Sandbox} from './sandbox.js';
 import * as assert from 'node:assert';
 import {badValue} from '../config.js';
diff --git a/src/modules/utils/evalWithDom.js b/src/modules/utils/evalWithDom.js
index 762e8bf..501b58d 100644
--- a/src/modules/utils/evalWithDom.js
+++ b/src/modules/utils/evalWithDom.js
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import fs from 'node:fs';
 import {Sandbox} from './sandbox.js';
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
 import {JSDOM} from 'jsdom';
-import {utils} from 'flast';
-const {logger} = utils;
+import {logger} from 'flast';
 import {generateHash} from './generateHash.js';
 
 let jQuerySrc = '';
diff --git a/src/modules/utils/normalizeScript.js b/src/modules/utils/normalizeScript.js
index 5b742ae..53d914a 100644
--- a/src/modules/utils/normalizeScript.js
+++ b/src/modules/utils/normalizeScript.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import {utils} from 'flast';
-const {applyIteratively} = utils;
+import {applyIteratively} from 'flast';
 import * as normalizeComputed from '../safe/normalizeComputed.js';
 import * as normalizeEmptyStatements from '../safe/normalizeEmptyStatements.js';
 import * as normalizeRedundantNotOperator from '../unsafe/normalizeRedundantNotOperator.js';
diff --git a/src/restringer.js b/src/restringer.js
index 775e460..0e92123 100755
--- a/src/restringer.js
+++ b/src/restringer.js
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-import {utils as flastUtils} from 'flast';
-const {logger, applyIteratively} = flastUtils;
 import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+import {logger, applyIteratively} from 'flast';
 import {processors} from './processors/index.js';
 import {detectObfuscation} from 'obfuscation-detector';
-import pkg from '../package.json' assert {type: 'json'};
-const { version } = pkg;
 import {config, safe as safeMod, unsafe as unsafeMod, utils} from './modules/index.js';
 const {normalizeScript} = utils.default;
+import {readFileSync} from 'node:fs';
+const __version__ = JSON.parse(readFileSync(fileURLToPath(new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url)), 'utf-8')).version;
 const safe = {};
 for (const funcName in safeMod) {
 	safe[funcName] = safeMod[funcName].default || safeMod[funcName];
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ for (const funcName in unsafeMod) {
 // process.on('uncaughtException', () => {});
 
 export class REstringer {
-	static __version__ = version;
+	static __version__ = __version__;
 
 	/**
 	 * @param {string} script The target script to be deobfuscated
diff --git a/tests/functionality.test.js b/tests/functionality.test.js
index ea2f4a1..0203107 100644
--- a/tests/functionality.test.js
+++ b/tests/functionality.test.js
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ describe('Functionality tests', () => {
 		restringer.deobfuscate();
 		assert.strictEqual(restringer.script, 'eval(3);');
 	});
+	it('REstringer.__version__ is populated', () => {
+		assert.ok(REstringer.__version__);
+	});
 });
diff --git a/tests/modules.test.js b/tests/modules.test.js
index e4031af..2cdacff 100644
--- a/tests/modules.test.js
+++ b/tests/modules.test.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
 import assert from 'node:assert';
-import {Arborist, generateFlatAST, utils} from 'flast';
 import {describe, it} from 'node:test';
 import {badValue} from '../src/modules/config.js';
-const {applyIteratively} = utils;
+import {Arborist, generateFlatAST, applyIteratively} from 'flast';
 
 /**
  * Apply a module to a given code snippet.
diff --git a/tests/resources/localProxies.js-deob.js b/tests/resources/localProxies.js-deob.js
index c2288ad..bea9299 100644
--- a/tests/resources/localProxies.js-deob.js
+++ b/tests/resources/localProxies.js-deob.js
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 // this is a comment
-// this is a comment
-// this is a comment
-// this is a comment
-// this is a comment
-// this is a comment
-// this is a comment
-// this is a comment
 var _0x2d93 = [
   'timestamp',
   'int',