diff --git a/npm/js-api/package.json b/npm/js-api/package.json
index c31985b601b..73107ff5f1d 100644
--- a/npm/js-api/package.json
+++ b/npm/js-api/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rometools/js-api",
-  "version": "0.1.2",
+  "version": "0.1.3",
   "description": "JavaScript APIs for the Rome package",
   "scripts": {
     "tsc": "tsc --noEmit",
diff --git a/npm/js-api/src/daemon.ts b/npm/js-api/src/daemon.ts
index 5fadd347189..c64d7428850 100644
--- a/npm/js-api/src/daemon.ts
+++ b/npm/js-api/src/daemon.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-import {
-	createWorkspace,
-	createWorkspaceWithBinary,
-	Workspace,
-} from "@rometools/backend-jsonrpc";
+import type { Workspace } from "@rometools/backend-jsonrpc";
 
 /**
  * Class responsible to communicate with the Rome daemon.
@@ -20,6 +16,10 @@ export class Deamon {
 	 * It creates a new instance of a workspace connected to the Daemon
 	 */
 	public static async connectToDaemon(pathToBinary?: string): Promise<Deamon> {
+		const { createWorkspace, createWorkspaceWithBinary } = await import(
+			"@rometools/backend-jsonrpc"
+		);
+
 		if (pathToBinary) {
 			let workspace = await createWorkspaceWithBinary(pathToBinary);
 			if (workspace) {
diff --git a/npm/js-api/src/nodeWasm.ts b/npm/js-api/src/nodeWasm.ts
index 4133355e398..d1838a61b1d 100644
--- a/npm/js-api/src/nodeWasm.ts
+++ b/npm/js-api/src/nodeWasm.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { main, Workspace } from "@rometools/wasm-nodejs";
+import type { Workspace } from "@rometools/wasm-nodejs";
 
 /**
  * Class responsible to connect with the WebAssembly backend of Rome.
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@ export class NodeWasm {
 	 * It creates a new instance of a workspace connected to the WebAssembly backend
 	 */
 	public static async loadWebAssembly(): Promise<NodeWasm> {
-		return new NodeWasm(await NodeWasm.loadWorkspace());
-	}
+		const { main, Workspace } = await import("@rometools/wasm-nodejs");
 
-	private static async loadWorkspace(): Promise<Workspace> {
 		// load the web assembly module
 		main();
-		return Promise.resolve(new Workspace());
+
+		return new NodeWasm(new Workspace());
 	}
 }