diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 07b7339..30160fa 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 
+export(.BEDbase)
 export(bb_bed_text_search)
 export(bb_beds_in_bedset)
 export(bb_example)
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ export(bb_metadata)
 export(bb_to_granges)
 export(bb_to_grangeslist)
 export(bedbaser)
+exportClasses(BEDbase)
 importFrom(AnVIL,Service)
 importFrom(BiocFileCache,BiocFileCache)
 importFrom(BiocFileCache,bfcadd)
diff --git a/R/BEDbase-class.R b/R/BEDbase-class.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/R/bedbase-class.R b/R/bedbase-class.R
deleted file mode 100644
index eb7fad7..0000000
--- a/R/bedbase-class.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#' BEDbase class
-#'
-#' @importFrom methods new
-.BEDbase <- setClass(
-    "BEDbase",
-    contains = "Service"
-)
-
-.BEDBASE_API_REFERENCE_VERSION <- "0.5.0"
diff --git a/R/bedbaser.R b/R/bedbaser.R
index 3de9ade..b7eef8a 100644
--- a/R/bedbaser.R
+++ b/R/bedbaser.R
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+#' BEDbase class
+#' 
+#' @importFrom methods new
+#' 
+#' @export
+.BEDbase <- setClass(
+  "BEDbase",
+  contains = "Service"
+)
+
+
 #' @rdname bedbaser
 #'
 #' @title An R client for BEDbase
@@ -8,7 +19,7 @@
 #'
 #' @details
 #'
-#' The main functions are as follows
+#' The convenience functions are as follows
 #' * `bedbaser::bedbaser()`: API constructor
 #' * `bedbaser::bb_example()`: Retrieve an example BED file or BEDset
 #' * `bedbaser::bb_metadata()`: Retrieve metadata for a BED file or BEDset
@@ -34,6 +45,7 @@ bedbaser <- function() {
         Service(
             service = "BEDbase",
             host = "api.bedbase.org",
+            api_reference_version = .BEDBASE_API_REFERENCE_VERSION,
             authenticate = FALSE,
             api_url = "https://api.bedbase.org/openapi.json",
             package = "bedbaser"
@@ -41,6 +53,14 @@ bedbaser <- function() {
     )
 }
 
+
+## Copied from the AnVIL package
+.api_header <- function(api) api@api_header
+
+.BEDBASE_API_REFERENCE_VERSION <- "0.5.0"
+
+
+
 #' Get the example BED file or BEDset with metadata
 #'
 #' @param api API object of BEDbase created from bedbaser()
diff --git a/man/BEDbase-class.Rd b/man/BEDbase-class.Rd
index 894d708..7b731c3 100644
--- a/man/BEDbase-class.Rd
+++ b/man/BEDbase-class.Rd
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
-% Please edit documentation in R/bedbase-class.R
+% Please edit documentation in R/bedbaser.R
 \docType{class}
 \name{BEDbase-class}
 \alias{BEDbase-class}
diff --git a/man/bedbaser.Rd b/man/bedbaser.Rd
index 35ff9a4..9ca819d 100644
--- a/man/bedbaser.Rd
+++ b/man/bedbaser.Rd
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ functions for common tasks, including importing a BED id into a \code{GRanges}
 object and a BEDset id into a \code{GRangesList}.
 }
 \details{
-The main functions are as follows
+The convenience functions are as follows
 \itemize{
 \item \code{bedbaser::bedbaser()}: API constructor
 \item \code{bedbaser::bb_example()}: Retrieve an example BED file or BEDset