diff --git a/chkbit/__init__.py b/chkbit/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b8be30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chkbit/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from chkbit.context import Context
+from chkbit.hashfile import hashfile, hashtext
+from chkbit.index import Index, Stat
+from chkbit.indexthread import IndexThread
diff --git a/chkbit/main.py b/chkbit/main.py
index 0274e8e..013d947 100644
--- a/chkbit/main.py
+++ b/chkbit/main.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class Main:
             self.args.update,
             self.args.force,
             self.args.algo,
-            self.args.skip_symlinks
+            self.args.skip_symlinks,
         )
 
         # start indexing