diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 2f83ac5b..0d0dc16f 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ You can also pass other `WorkerOptions` in this object.
 `createWorker` uses dynamic imports to only import the needed implementation, so you can import the needed functions directly to reduce the bundle size.
 
 ```js
-import { createWorker, spawn, Thread } from "threads"
+import { createWorker } from "threads/createWorker"
+import { spawn, Thread } from "threads"
 
 async function run() {
   const worker = await createWorker("./worker.js", {backend: "node"})
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3239e2ec..8daf5286 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ export * from "./master/index"
 export { expose } from "./worker/index"
 export { DefaultSerializer, JsonSerializable, Serializer, SerializerImplementation } from "./serializers"
 export { Transfer, TransferDescriptor } from "./transferable"
-export { createWorker } from "./createWorker"
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index a855de20..a3161ad0 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   },
   "include": [
     "./src/index.ts",
+    "./src/createWorker.ts",
     "./src/observable.ts",
     "./src/master/*",
     "./src/worker/*",