diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 87276b3..333dd4f 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartpath',
-  version: '5.0.16',
+  version: '5.0.17',
   description: 'A library offering smart ways to handle file and directory paths.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 55cc80d..5134e46 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import * as plugins from './smartpath.plugins.js';
+
 // import modules
 import * as check from './smartpath.check.js';
 import * as get from './smartpath.get.js';
@@ -5,4 +7,6 @@ import * as transform from './smartpath.transform.js';
 
 export { check, get, transform };
 
+export const join = (...args: string[]) => plugins.path.join(...args);
+
 export * from './smartpath.classes.smartpath.js';