diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 137d138..6601edd 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = quickbase-json-api-client
-version = 0.0.10
+version = 0.1.0
 author = Robert Carroll
 author_email = rob@shenandoah.capital
 description = Python wrapper for quickbase JSON API.
diff --git a/src/quickbase_json/__init__.py b/src/quickbase_json/__init__.py
index e69de29..588a403 100644
--- a/src/quickbase_json/__init__.py
+++ b/src/quickbase_json/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from quickbase_json.client import QuickbaseJSONClient
+
+QBClient = QuickbaseJSONClient
diff --git a/src/quickbase_json/qb_response.py b/src/quickbase_json/qb_response.py
index ce0eaad..cd10da9 100644
--- a/src/quickbase_json/qb_response.py
+++ b/src/quickbase_json/qb_response.py
@@ -24,16 +24,17 @@ def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
 
 class QBResponse(dict):
-    def __init__(self, requests_response):
+    def __init__(self, requests_response=None, **kwargs):
         super().__init__()
-        self.ok = requests_response.ok
-        self.status_code = requests_response.status_code
-        self.text = requests_response.text
+        if requests_response:
+            self.ok = requests_response.ok
+            self.status_code = requests_response.status_code
+            self.text = requests_response.text
 
 
 class QBQueryResponse(QBResponse):
 
-    def __init__(self, res, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, res=None, **kwargs):
         self.response_type = 'records'
         self.operations = []
         # potential to load sample data for testing
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/tests/test_helpers.py b/tests/test_helpers.py
index 8d69c4e..4710d40 100644
--- a/tests/test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/test_helpers.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+import sys
+
 import pytest
 
 # test where
-from src.quickbase_json.helpers import Where, IncorrectParameters
+import os
+import os
+from quickbase_json.helpers import Where, IncorrectParameters
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('fid, operator, value, expected', [
diff --git a/tests/test_response.py b/tests/test_response.py
index ede1c70..4eb4116 100644
--- a/tests/test_response.py
+++ b/tests/test_response.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import datetime
+import sys
 
 import pytest
 
 # test where
-from src.quickbase_json.qb_response import QBResponse
-from src.quickbase_json.helpers import Where, IncorrectParameters
+import os
+from src.quickbase_json.qb_response import QBQueryResponse
 from tests import sample_data
 from copy import deepcopy
 
@@ -14,18 +15,18 @@
     (sample_data.record_data, sample_data.record_data_load)
 ])
 def test_load(data, expected):
-    assert QBResponse('records', sample_data=data) == expected
+    assert QBQueryResponse(sample_data=data) == expected
 
 
 # test getting info, basic tests, does not test formatting
 def test_get_info():
-    assert "{'6': {'value': 'Andre Harris'}, '7': {'value': 10.0}, '8': {'value': '2019-12-18T08:00:00.000Z'}}" in QBResponse(
-        'records', sample_data=sample_data.record_data.copy()).info(prt=False)
+    assert "{'6': {'value': 'Andre Harris'}, '7': {'value': 10.0}, '8': {'value': '2019-12-18T08:00:00.000Z'}}" in QBQueryResponse(
+        sample_data=sample_data.record_data.copy()).info(prt=False)
 
 
 # test getting info, basic tests, does not test formatting
 def test_denest():
-    res = QBResponse('records', sample_data=deepcopy(sample_data.record_data))
+    res = QBQueryResponse(sample_data=deepcopy(sample_data.record_data))
     res.denest()
     assert res.data() == [{'8': '2019-12-18T08:00:00.000Z', '6': 'Andre Harris', '7': 10}]
 
@@ -33,12 +34,12 @@ def test_denest():
 # test datetime convert
 def test_convert_datetime():
     # test datetime convert w/o denest
-    res = QBResponse('records', sample_data=deepcopy(sample_data.record_data))
+    res = QBQueryResponse(sample_data=deepcopy(sample_data.record_data))
     res.convert_type('datetime')
     dt_test = res.data()[0].get('8').get('value')
 
     # test datetime convert w/ denest
-    res2 = QBResponse('records', sample_data=deepcopy(sample_data.record_data))
+    res2 = QBQueryResponse('records', sample_data=deepcopy(sample_data.record_data))
     res2.denest()
     res2.convert_type('datetime')
     dt_test2 = res2.data()[0].get('8')
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ def test_convert_datetime():
 # test currency convert
 def test_convert_currency():
     # test datetime convert w/o denest
-    res = QBResponse('records', sample_data=deepcopy(sample_data.record_data_currency))
+    res = QBQueryResponse('records', sample_data=deepcopy(sample_data.record_data_currency))
     res.convert_type('numeric currency', fmt='$')
     res.denest()
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ def test_convert_currency():
 # test datetime convert
 def test_round_ints():
     # test converting ints with floating point
-    res = QBResponse('records', sample_data=deepcopy(sample_data.record_data))
+    res = QBQueryResponse('records', sample_data=deepcopy(sample_data.record_data))
 
     # assert float, then int
     assert type(res.data()[0].get('7').get('value')) == float
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ def test_round_ints():
 
 
 def test_operations():
-    res = QBResponse('records', sample_data=sample_data.record_data)
+    res = QBQueryResponse('records', sample_data=sample_data.record_data)
     assert res.operations == []
     res.denest()
     assert res.operations == ['denest']