diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 50b42c0..e766c97 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: '4.0.3',
+  version: '4.0.4',
   description: 'do more with npm'
 }
diff --git a/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts b/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
index 6138b7b..27aa07e 100644
--- a/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
+++ b/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as paths from './npmextra.paths.js';
 import { KeyValueStore } from './npmextra.classes.keyvaluestore.js';
 
 export class AppData {
-  public static async createAndInit(pathArg: string) {
+  public static async createAndInit(pathArg?: string) {
     const appData = new AppData(pathArg);
     await appData.init();
     return appData;