diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index c62dfe4d6d..d65b82573d 100644
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@attic/noms",
-  "version": "10.0.0",
+  "version": "10.1.0",
   "main": "dist/commonjs/noms.js",
   "jsnext:main": "dist/es6/noms.js",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/js/src/noms.js b/js/src/noms.js
index 787e786537..57e38d2a0b 100644
--- a/js/src/noms.js
+++ b/js/src/noms.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export {decodeNomsValue} from './decode.js';
 export {default as Chunk} from './chunk.js';
 export {default as HttpStore} from './http-store.js';
 export {default as MemoryStore} from './memory-store.js';
-export {default as Ref} from './ref.js';
+export {default as Ref, emptyRef} from './ref.js';
 export {default as RefValue} from './ref-value.js';
 export {default as Struct, StructMirror, newStruct, createStructClass} from './struct.js';
 export {encodeNomsValue} from './encode.js';