diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 22b2421..38bb6a0 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
 /// <reference path="typings/main.d.ts" />
 var environment = require("./smartenv.environment");
 var objectstorage = require("./smartenv.objectstorage");
 var smartenv = {}; //create smartenv object
-environment.init(smartenv);
+smartenv.getEnv = environment.getEnv;
+smartenv.printEnv = environment.printEnv;
 smartenv.obs = objectstorage.obs;
 module.exports = smartenv;
 
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diff --git a/dist/smartenv.classes.helpers.js b/dist/smartenv.classes.helpers.js
index fe26c28..bd5e2d6 100644
--- a/dist/smartenv.classes.helpers.js
+++ b/dist/smartenv.classes.helpers.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
 /// <reference path="typings/main.d.ts" />
 exports.getEnvString = function () {
     if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
diff --git a/dist/smartenv.classes.js b/dist/smartenv.classes.js
index 03acb87..e54379b 100644
--- a/dist/smartenv.classes.js
+++ b/dist/smartenv.classes.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
 /// <reference path="typings/main.d.ts" />
 var helpers = require("./smartenv.classes.helpers");
 var Environment = (function () {
diff --git a/dist/smartenv.environment.js b/dist/smartenv.environment.js
index 3c4ad7d..fc71442 100644
--- a/dist/smartenv.environment.js
+++ b/dist/smartenv.environment.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
 /// <reference path="typings/main.d.ts" />
 /**
  * Deals with the environment the current JS script is running in.
@@ -13,7 +11,7 @@ var envDetermined = false;
  * returns the environment
  * @returns {Environment}
  */
-var getEnv = function () {
+exports.getEnv = function () {
     if (!envDetermined) {
         environment = new classes.Environment();
         envDetermined = true; // ensure code above only runs once
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ var getEnv = function () {
 /**
  * prints the environment to console
  */
-var printEnv = function () {
+exports.printEnv = function () {
     if (this.getEnv().isNode) {
         plugins.beautylog.ok("running on NODE");
         var smartenvVersion = require("../package.json").version;
@@ -37,9 +35,5 @@ var printEnv = function () {
     plugins.beautylog.log("the smartenv registration store currently holds the following properties:");
     console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(objectStorage.obs.getAll()));
 };
-exports.init = function (objectArg) {
-    objectArg.getEnv = getEnv;
-    objectArg.printEnv = printEnv;
-};
 
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diff --git a/dist/smartenv.objectstorage.js b/dist/smartenv.objectstorage.js
index 56107bd..883c422 100644
--- a/dist/smartenv.objectstorage.js
+++ b/dist/smartenv.objectstorage.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
 /// <reference path="typings/main.d.ts" />
 var plugins = require("./smartenv.plugins");
 exports.obs = {
diff --git a/dist/smartenv.plugins.js b/dist/smartenv.plugins.js
index 79c4c0f..a3af91d 100644
--- a/dist/smartenv.plugins.js
+++ b/dist/smartenv.plugins.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
 /// <reference path="typings/main.d.ts" />
 var plugins = {
     beautylog: require("beautylog"),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3976ccd..a6e1f74 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/pushrocks/smartenv",
   "dependencies": {
-    "beautylog": "^2.1.1",
+    "beautylog": "^3.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.5.0",
     "q": "^1.4.1"
   },
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
     "easyserve": "0.0.5",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "gulp-browser": "1.0.10",
-    "npmts": "^3.0.2"
+    "npmts": "^3.1.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 76cd567..dbcaf31 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
 /// <reference path="../ts/typings/main.d.ts" />
 var smartenv = require("../dist/index.js");
 var beautylog = require("beautylog");
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 78565d0..c543b83 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import environment = require("./smartenv.environment");
 import objectstorage = require("./smartenv.objectstorage");
 
 var smartenv:any = {}; //create smartenv object
-environment.init(smartenv);
+smartenv.getEnv = environment.getEnv;
+smartenv.printEnv = environment.printEnv;
 smartenv.obs = objectstorage.obs;
 
 export = smartenv;
diff --git a/ts/smartenv.environment.ts b/ts/smartenv.environment.ts
index 4bbc41f..2c401d3 100644
--- a/ts/smartenv.environment.ts
+++ b/ts/smartenv.environment.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var envDetermined:boolean = false;
  * returns the environment
  * @returns {Environment}
  */
-var getEnv = function(){
+export var getEnv = function(){
     if (!envDetermined) {
         environment = new classes.Environment();
         envDetermined = true; // ensure code above only runs once
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var getEnv = function(){
 /**
  * prints the environment to console
  */
-var  printEnv = function() {
+export var  printEnv = function() {
     if (this.getEnv().isNode) {
         plugins.beautylog.ok("running on NODE");
         var smartenvVersion = require("../package.json").version;
@@ -36,9 +36,4 @@ var  printEnv = function() {
     }
     plugins.beautylog.log("the smartenv registration store currently holds the following properties:");
     console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(objectStorage.obs.getAll()));
-};
-
-export var init = function(objectArg) {
-    objectArg.getEnv = getEnv;
-    objectArg.printEnv = printEnv;
 };
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