diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 8b6678b..9afd05b 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartfile',
-  version: '10.0.36',
+  version: '10.0.37',
   description: 'offers smart ways to work with files in nodejs'
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts b/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts
index 738c3f8..a561340 100644
--- a/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts
+++ b/ts/smartfile.classes.smartfile.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export class Smartfile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
    * @param contentString
    */
   public setContentsFromString(contentString: string, encodingArg: 'utf8' | 'binary' = 'utf8') {
-    this.contents = new Buffer(contentString, encodingArg);
+    this.contents = Buffer.from(contentString, encodingArg);
   }
 
   /**