diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f62041..9ba67f6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ or your own modifiers...
 import { rubiks } from "rubiks";
 
 function customModifier(self) {
-    return `my content: ${self.format}, and the current level is ${self.level}`
+    self.format = `my content: ${self.format}, and the current level is ${self.level}`
+
+    return null
 }
 
 rubiks()
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2184555..8ae2ba8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/package.json",
 	"name": "rubiks",
-	"version": "0.8.0",
+	"version": "0.8.1",
 	"type": "module",
 	"description": "Rubiks is a 0 dependency extendable logging library for modern applications.",
 	"main": "./lib/index.js",