diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b34e08..edce6f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ A port used to communicate with [NATS](https://nats.io/), the cloud native messa
 
 ```typescript
 // src/components.ts
-await createNatsComponent({ config, logs }
+await createNatsComponent({ config, logs })
 ```
 
 ### Start
diff --git a/etc/nats-component.api.md b/etc/nats-component.api.md
index aa7e225..af7a2d2 100644
--- a/etc/nats-component.api.md
+++ b/etc/nats-component.api.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import { JSONCodec } from 'nats';
 // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "natsComponent" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 // Warning: (ae-forgotten-export) The symbol "INatsComponent" needs to be exported by the entry point index.d.ts
 //
+// @public
+export function createLocalNatsComponent(components: natsComponent.NeededComponents): Promise<INatsComponent & IBaseComponent>;
+
 // @public
 export function createNatsComponent(components: natsComponent.NeededComponents): Promise<INatsComponent & IBaseComponent>;
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f46e162..05ff25f 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { connect, NatsConnection, JSONCodec } from "nats"
 import mitt from "mitt"
 import { natsComponent, INatsComponent, NatsEvents, Subscription } from "./types"
 
+export { createLocalNatsComponent } from './test-component'
 /**
  * Encode/Decode JSON objects into Uint8Array and viceversa
  * @public
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ export async function createNatsComponent(
 
   // config
   const natsUrl = (await config.getString("NATS_URL")) || "localhost:4222"
-  const natsConfig = { servers: `${natsUrl}` }
   let natsConnection: NatsConnection
 
   const events = mitt<NatsEvents>()
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ export async function createNatsComponent(
       .then(() => {
         logger.info(`subscription closed for ${topic}`)
       })
-      .catch((err) => {
-        logger.error(`subscription closed with an error ${err.message}`)
+      .catch((err: any) => {
+        logger.error(`subscription closed with an error ${err.toString()}`)
       })
     return {
       unsubscribe: () => sub.unsubscribe(),
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export async function createNatsComponent(
 
   async function start() {
     try {
-      natsConnection = await connect(natsConfig)
+      natsConnection = await connect({ servers: `${natsUrl}` })
       events.emit("connected")
       logger.info(`Connected to NATS: ${natsUrl}`)
     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/test-component.ts b/src/test-component.ts
index 4e037e8..9b7acf1 100644
--- a/src/test-component.ts
+++ b/src/test-component.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ type PushableChannel = {
   push: (value: NatsMsg, resolve: (err?: any) => void) => void
 }
 
+/**
+ * Create a local NATS component, for testing purposes
+ * @public
+ */
 export async function createLocalNatsComponent(
   components: natsComponent.NeededComponents
 ): Promise<INatsComponent & IBaseComponent> {