diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8863d1f..56641c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ console.log(toml)
 
 Alternatively, if you prefer something similar to the JSON global, you can import the library as follows
 ```js
-import TOML from 'smol-toml'
+import * as TOML from 'smol-toml'
 
 TOML.stringify({ ... })
 ```
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 934c5a1..2bfdd6f 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ import { TomlDate } from './date.js'
 import { TomlError } from './error.js'
 
 export type { TomlValue, TomlTable, TomlValueWithoutBigInt, TomlTableWithoutBigInt } from './util.js'
-export default { parse, stringify, TomlDate, TomlError }
 export { parse, stringify, TomlDate, TomlError }
 
+/** @deprecated import * as TOML from "smol-toml" */
+export default { parse, stringify, TomlDate, TomlError }
 export type {
 	/** @deprecated use TomlValue instead */
 	TomlValue as TomlPrimitive