diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index 2d41975541..a260a70483 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ under the licensing terms detailed in LICENSE:
 * Surma <surma@surma.dev>
 * Julien Letellier <letellier.julien@gmail.com>
 * Guido Zuidhof <me@guido.io>
+* ncave <777696+ncave@users.noreply.github.com>
 
 Portions of this software are derived from third-party works licensed under
 the following terms:
diff --git a/bin/asinit b/bin/asinit
index 930cdfbb98..7752a8d531 100755
--- a/bin/asinit
+++ b/bin/asinit
@@ -316,7 +316,9 @@ function ensureIndexJs() {
     fs.writeFileSync(indexFile, [
       "const fs = require(\"fs\");",
       "const loader = require(\"@assemblyscript/loader\");",
-      "module.exports = loader.instantiateSync(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + \"/build/optimized.wasm\"), { /* imports */ })"
+      "const imports = { /* imports go here */ };",
+      "const wasmModule = loader.instantiateSync(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + \"/build/optimized.wasm\"), imports);",
+      "module.exports = wasmModule.exports;"
     ].join("\n") + "\n");
     console.log(colors.green("  Created: ") + indexFile);
   } else {