diff --git a/lib/badwords.js b/lib/badwords.js
index cb5876a..2c5b7ae 100644
--- a/lib/badwords.js
+++ b/lib/badwords.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-const localList = require('./lang.json').words;
-const baseList = require('badwords-list').array;
+import local from "./lang.json" with { type: "json" };
+import list from "badwords-list";
+
+const localList = local.words;
+const baseList = list.array;
 
 class Filter {
 
@@ -86,4 +89,4 @@ class Filter {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports = Filter;
+export default Filter;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a577e07..0d4069b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "version": "3.0.4",
   "description": "A javascript filter for bad words",
   "main": "./lib/badwords",
+  "type": "module",
   "directories": {
     "test": "test"
   },