diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 9aa731c..756dd5a 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/npmextra',
-  version: '4.0.14',
+  version: '4.0.15',
   description: 'do more with npm'
 }
diff --git a/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts b/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
index 668314b..bf68ac0 100644
--- a/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
+++ b/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ export class AppData {
     }
   }
 
-  public async waitForKeysPresent(keysArg: string[]) {
+  public async waitForAndGetKey(keyArg: string) {
     await this.readyDeferred.promise;
-    await this.kvStore.waitForKeysPresent(keysArg);
+    await this.kvStore.waitForKeysPresent([keyArg]);
+    return this.kvStore.readKey[keyArg];
   }
 }