diff --git a/examples/package.ts b/examples/package.ts
index c2b1cb3..2a9fe66 100755
--- a/examples/package.ts
+++ b/examples/package.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S npx ts-node --transpileOnly
 
-import { Substrate, Box, Package, sb } from "substrate";
+import { Substrate, Box, Module, sb } from "substrate";
 
 async function main() {
   const SUBSTRATE_API_KEY = process.env["SUBSTRATE_API_KEY"];
@@ -17,38 +17,44 @@ async function main() {
   const y = sb.input({ type: "string" });
   const z = sb.input({ type: "object", properties: {} });
 
-  const a = new Box({ value: { a: x, z: z, liam: [x, x, x] } }, { id: "BoxA" });
+  const a = new Box({ value: { a: x, z: z, liam: [x, x, x] } }, { id: "A" });
   const b = new Box(
     { value: { b: sb.interpolate`x=${a.future.value.get("a")}, y=${y}` } },
-    { id: "BoxB" },
+    { id: "B" },
   );
 
-  const packageable = substrate.createPackageable([a, b], { x, y, z });
-  // console.log("packageable", JSON.stringify(packageable, null, 2));
-  
-  const p = new Package(
+  // const publication = await substrate.module.publish({
+  //   name: "my reusable graph",
+  //   nodes: [a, b],
+  //   inputs: { x, y, z },
+  // });
+
+  const p = new Module(
     {
-      package_json: packageable.toJSON(),
+      json: substrate.module.serialize({
+        nodes: [a, b],
+        inputs: { x, y, z },
+      }),
       inputs: {
+        // when commented will use "hello" because it is defined as the default above
         // x: "xxx",
         y: "yyy",
         z: {
-          // string: "hi",
-          // obj: { a: 123 },
           arr: ["123"],
         },
       },
-    }, { id: "Package" }
+    },
+    { id: "Module" },
   );
 
   const c = new Box(
     {
       value: {
-        "1": p.future.get("BoxB.value.b"),
-        "2": p.future.get("BoxA.value.z.arr[0]"),
+        "1": p.future.get("A.value.z.arr[0]"),
+        "2": p.future.get("B.value.b"),
       },
     },
-    { id: "BoxC" },
+    { id: "C" },
   );
 
   const res = await substrate.run(p, c);
diff --git a/src/Package.ts b/src/Package.ts
index aced714..551aaf6 100644
--- a/src/Package.ts
+++ b/src/Package.ts
@@ -66,14 +66,35 @@ export function packager(substrate: Substrate) {
   };
 }
 
-type PackageIn = {
-  package_json: any;
-  inputs: Record<string, any>;
-};
+type PackageIn =
+  | {
+      package_json: any;
+      inputs: Record<string, any>;
+    }
+  | {
+      module_json: any;
+      inputs: Record<string, any>;
+    }
+  | {
+      id: any;
+      inputs: Record<string, any>;
+    }
+  | {
+      uri: any;
+      inputs: Record<string, any>;
+    }
+  | {
+      json: any;
+
+      inputs: Record<string, any>;
+    };
 
 export class Package extends Node {
   constructor(args: PackageIn, options?: Options) {
-    super(args, options);
+    // @ts-ignore
+    let myargs = { package_json: args.json || args.package_json || args.module_json, inputs: args.inputs };
+
+    super(myargs, options);
     this.node = "Package";
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Substrate.ts b/src/Substrate.ts
index 6739872..91708df 100644
--- a/src/Substrate.ts
+++ b/src/Substrate.ts
@@ -294,4 +294,16 @@ export class Substrate {
 
     return headers;
   }
+
+  module = {
+    serialize: ({ nodes, inputs }: { nodes: Node[], inputs: any }) => {
+      let p = packager(this);
+      return p(nodes, inputs).toJSON();
+    },
+
+    publish: async (publishable: any) => {
+      console.log("not implemented yet");
+      return publishable;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index ab6a158..11a789c 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export {
   DeleteVectors,
 } from "substrate/Nodes";
 
-export { Package } from "substrate/Package";
+export { Package, Package as Module } from "substrate/Package";
 
 export { sb } from "substrate/sb";
 export { Substrate };