diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 2c39aa7..50b42c0 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: '4.0.2',
+  version: '4.0.3',
   description: 'do more with npm'
 }
diff --git a/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts b/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
index c0507ec..6138b7b 100644
--- a/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
+++ b/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ import * as paths from './npmextra.paths.js';
 import { KeyValueStore } from './npmextra.classes.keyvaluestore.js';
 
 export class AppData {
+  public static async createAndInit(pathArg: string) {
+    const appData = new AppData(pathArg);
+    await appData.init();
+    return appData;
+  }
+
+  // instance
   public readyDeferred = plugins.smartpromise.defer();
   public dirPathArg: string;
   private kvStore: KeyValueStore;