diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d981af93..cdc8cbf8 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ try {
     if (process.versions.node < '0.6') {
         exports.version = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/package.json')).version;
     } else {
-        exports.version = require('../package').version;
+        exports.version = require('./package').version;
     }
 } catch (e) {}
 
diff --git a/lib/list.js b/lib/list.js
index 3de6daec..f985185a 100644
--- a/lib/list.js
+++ b/lib/list.js
@@ -174,7 +174,11 @@ List.prototype.map = function(cb) {
 };
 
 function ListItem(data, parent) {
-    for (var i in data) this[i] = data[i];
+    if (typeof data === 'object') {
+        for (var i in data) this[i] = data[i];
+    } else {
+        this.id = data;
+    }
     Object.defineProperty(this, 'parent', {
         writable: false,
         enumerable: false,
diff --git a/test/jugglingdb_test.js b/test/jugglingdb_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ec306f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/jugglingdb_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+var juggling = require('../index');
+require('./spec_helper').init(module.exports);
+
+it('should expose version', function (test) {
+    console.log('version:', juggling.version);
+    test.ok(juggling.version);
+    test.done();
+});
diff --git a/test/spec_helper.js b/test/spec_helper.js
index d0c13d69..cff21113 100644
--- a/test/spec_helper.js
+++ b/test/spec_helper.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ try {
 }
 
 var group_name = false, EXT_EXP;
-function it (should, test_case) {
+function it(should, test_case) {
     check_external_exports();
     if (group_name) {
         EXT_EXP[group_name][should] = test_case;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function context(name, tests) {
 
 global.context = context;
 
-exports.init = function (external_exports) {
+exports.init = function init(external_exports) {
     EXT_EXP = external_exports;
     if (external_exports.done) {
         external_exports.done();