diff --git a/ts/dees-element.plugins.ts b/ts/dees-element.plugins.ts
index 3cfb0b6..1328cd6 100644
--- a/ts/dees-element.plugins.ts
+++ b/ts/dees-element.plugins.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const lit = {
   css,
   unsafeCSS,
   LitElement,
-  property
+  property,
 };
 
 import * as domtools from '@designestate/dees-domtools';
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index dc41995..3c4f2b7 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { CssManager } from './dees-element.classes.cssmanager';
 
 // lit exports
-export { html, TemplateResult, css, unsafeCSS } from 'lit';
+export { html, TemplateResult, css, unsafeCSS, render } from 'lit';
 
 export { customElement } from 'lit/decorators/custom-element.js';