diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 38065c9..f954630 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@design.estate/dees-document',
-  version: '1.0.98',
+  version: '1.0.99',
   description: 'a catalog for creating documents like invoices'
 }
diff --git a/ts/classes.pdfservice.ts b/ts/classes.pdfservice.ts
index e6524aa..49c5b14 100644
--- a/ts/classes.pdfservice.ts
+++ b/ts/classes.pdfservice.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ export interface IPdfServiceConstructorOptions {
  * a pdf service for generating pdfs
  */
 export class PdfService {
+  // STATIC
+  public static async createAndStart(optionsArg: IPdfServiceConstructorOptions) {
+    const pdfService = new PdfService(optionsArg);
+    await pdfService.start();
+    return pdfService;
+  }
+
   // INSTANCE
   options: IPdfServiceConstructorOptions;
 
diff --git a/ts_web/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts_web/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 38065c9..f954630 100644
--- a/ts_web/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts_web/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@design.estate/dees-document',
-  version: '1.0.98',
+  version: '1.0.99',
   description: 'a catalog for creating documents like invoices'
 }