diff --git a/common.ts b/common.ts
index bce697ec..0d37c7e7 100644
--- a/common.ts
+++ b/common.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { VirtualFile } from "./pkg/wasmer_wasix_js";
+import { VirtualFile } from "./pkg/wasmer_wasix_js.js";
 
 export function VirtualFileReader(file: VirtualFile, opts?: { chunkSize?: number, strategy?: QueuingStrategy<Uint8Array> }): ReadableStream<Uint8Array> {
     let chunkSize = opts?.chunkSize || 65536;
diff --git a/examples/deno/README.md b/examples/deno/README.md
index 2e9c22fc..d66917e5 100644
--- a/examples/deno/README.md
+++ b/examples/deno/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 This example outputs hello world in the `stdout`.
 
 ```
-$ deno run --allow-net helloworld.ts
+$ deno run --allow-read helloworld.ts
 hello world
 (exit code: 0)
 ```
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ hello world
 This example lists the files and directories on `/`.
 
 ```
-$ deno run --allow-net fs.ts
+$ deno run --allow-read fs.ts
 "./a"
 "./b"
 "./file"
diff --git a/examples/deno/fs.ts b/examples/deno/fs.ts
index df8a3119..997de88e 100644
--- a/examples/deno/fs.ts
+++ b/examples/deno/fs.ts
@@ -1,45 +1,46 @@
+// import init, { WASI } from "https://deno.land/x/wasm/wasi.ts";
 import init, { WASI } from "../../wasix.ts";
-Error.stackTraceLimit += 30;
 
 // This is needed to load the WASI library first
 await init();
 
-const decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8");
-const strategy = new ByteLengthQueuingStrategy({ highWaterMark: 4096 });
-const stdout = new WritableStream({
-  /** @argument {Uint8Array} chunk */
-  write(chunk) {
-    let text = decoder.decode(chunk, { stream: true });
-    console.log(text);
-  },
-  close() { console.log("stdout closed"); },
-  abort() { console.log("stdout aborted"); },
-}, strategy);
-
 const wasi = new WASI({
   env: {},
   args: [],
-  stdout: stdout.getWriter(),
 });
 
-const moduleBytes = fetch(
-  new URL('../../tests/mapdir.wasm', import.meta.url),
-);
+// Keep track of open handles (Promises)
+let handles: Promise<void>[] = [];
+
+// pipe wasi.stdout to `stdout` string
+let stdout = "";
+const DecodeStream = () => new TextDecoderStream("utf-8", { ignoreBOM: false, fatal: true });
+const StdoutWritable = () => new WritableStream({
+  write(chunk, _controller) { stdout += chunk; }
+});
+handles.push(wasi.stdout.pipeThrough(DecodeStream()).pipeTo(StdoutWritable()));
+
+const moduleBytes = fetch(new URL("../../tests/mapdir.wasm", import.meta.url));
 const module = await WebAssembly.compileStreaming(moduleBytes);
-await wasi.instantiate(module, {});
+wasi.instantiate(module, {});
 
 wasi.fs.createDir("/a");
 wasi.fs.createDir("/b");
 
-{
-  const file = wasi.fs.open("/file", { read: true, write: true, create: true });
-  await file.writeString("fileContents");
-  await file.flush();
-  console.log("readString: ", await file.readString());
-  file.free();
-}
+const file = wasi.fs.open("/file", { read: true, write: true, create: true });
+await file.writeString("fileContents");
+await file.seek(0);
 
 const exitCode = wasi.start();
+
+// WASI must be freed before handles are closed, either manually, "wasi.free()", or by garbage collection
 wasi.free();
-// This should print "hello world (exit code: 0)"
-console.log(`(exit code: ${exitCode})`);
+// Wait for handles to finish before proceeding
+Promise.all(handles).then(() => {
+  // This should print:
+  // "./a"
+  // "./b"
+  // "./file"
+  // (exit code: 0)
+  console.log(`${stdout}(exit code: ${exitCode})`);
+});
diff --git a/examples/deno/helloworld.ts b/examples/deno/helloworld.ts
index 49182b69..23b090ac 100644
--- a/examples/deno/helloworld.ts
+++ b/examples/deno/helloworld.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { init, WASI } from "https://deno.land/x/wasm/wasi.ts";
+// import init, { WASI } from "https://deno.land/x/wasm/wasi.ts";
+import init, { WASI } from "../../wasix.ts";
 
 // This is needed to load the WASI library first
 await init();
@@ -8,13 +9,30 @@ const wasi = new WASI({
   args: [],
 });
 
-const moduleBytes = fetch(
-  "https://cdn.deno.land/wasm/versions/v1.0.2/raw/tests/demo.wasm",
-);
+// Keep track of open handles (Promises)
+let handles: Promise<void>[] = [];
+
+// pipe wasi.stdout to `stdout` string
+let stdout = "";
+const DecodeStream = () => new TextDecoderStream("utf-8", { ignoreBOM: false, fatal: true });
+const StdoutWritable = () => new WritableStream({
+  write(chunk, _controller) { stdout += chunk; }
+});
+handles.push(wasi.stdout.pipeThrough(DecodeStream()).pipeTo(StdoutWritable()));
+
+
+const moduleBytes = fetch(new URL("../../tests/demo.wasm", import.meta.url));
 const module = await WebAssembly.compileStreaming(moduleBytes);
 await wasi.instantiate(module, {});
 
 const exitCode = wasi.start();
-const stdout = wasi.getStdoutString();
-// This should print "hello world (exit code: 0)"
-console.log(`${stdout}(exit code: ${exitCode})`);
+
+// WASI must be freed before handles are closed, either manually, "wasi.free()", or by garbage collection
+wasi.free();
+// Wait for handles to finish before proceeding
+Promise.all(handles).then(() => {
+  // This should print:
+  // hello world
+  // (exit code: 0)
+  console.log(`${stdout}(exit code: ${exitCode})`);
+});
diff --git a/examples/node/README.md b/examples/node/README.md
index f4778f05..74e6b0b4 100644
--- a/examples/node/README.md
+++ b/examples/node/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 # Wasmer/WASI Node examples
 
-You can run the code with:
-
-```shell
-npm i
-```
-
 ## Hello World
 
 This example outputs hello world in the `stdout`.
@@ -26,4 +20,4 @@ $ node fs.mjs
 "./b"
 "./file"
 (exit code: 0)
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/examples/node/fs.mjs b/examples/node/fs.mjs
index 5e73bf00..e3c45eae 100644
--- a/examples/node/fs.mjs
+++ b/examples/node/fs.mjs
@@ -1,75 +1,50 @@
-// This should print
-// ```
-// hello world
-// (exit code: 0)
-// ```
-
-import fs from "node:fs";
-import url from "node:url";
-import stream from "node:stream";
-import init, { WASI, TtyState, VirtualFileReader, VirtualFileWriter } from "../../dist/lib.mjs";
-Error.stackTraceLimit += 30;
+import fs from "fs";
+// import init, { WASI } from "@wasmer/wasi";
+import init, { WASI } from "../../dist/lib.min.mjs";
 
-// This is needed to load the WASI library first, must be called before API can be used
+// This is needed to load the WASI library first
 await init();
 
-const defaultTtyState = Object.assign(new TtyState(), {
-  columns: 800,
-  rows: 250,
-});
-
 let wasi = new WASI({
   env: {},
   args: [],
-  // define the starting state of the tty
-  tty: defaultTtyState,
 });
 
-// keep track of tty/io Promises
+// Keep track of open handles (Promises)
 let handles = [];
-let stdoutBuf = "";
 
-{ // setup tty and stdio handlers
-  handles.push(
-    (() => {
-      const handle = wasi.tty;
-      const handler = new TransformStream({ transform(chunk, controller) { controller.enqueue(chunk ? chunk : defaultTtyState) } });
-      return handle.readable.pipeThrough(handler).pipeTo(handle.writable);
-    })()
-  );
-  handles.push(
-    (() => {
-      const decoder = new TransformStream({
-        start(controller) { this.decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8"); },
-        transform(chunk, controller) { controller.enqueue(this.decoder.decode(chunk, { stream: true })) },
-      });
-      const handler = new WritableStream({
-        write(chunk, _controller) { stdoutBuf += chunk; }
-      });
-      return wasi.stdout.pipeThrough(decoder).pipeTo(handler);
-    })()
-  );
-}
+// pipe wasi.stdout to `stdout` string
+let stdout = "";
+const DecodeStream = () => new TextDecoderStream("utf-8", { ignoreBOM: false, fatal: true });
+const StdoutWritable = () => new WritableStream({
+  write(chunk, _controller) { stdout += chunk; }
+});
+handles.push(wasi.stdout.pipeThrough(DecodeStream()).pipeTo(StdoutWritable()));
 
-{ // test fs
-  wasi.fs.createDir("/a");
-  wasi.fs.createDir("/b");
-  let file = wasi.fs.open("/file", { read: true, write: true, create: true });
-  console.log("await file.writeString(\"fileContents\") ... ", await file.writeString("fileContents"));
-  await file.flush();
-  console.log("await file.text() ... ", await file.text());
-  file.free();
-}
+const buf = fs.readFileSync(new URL('../../tests/mapdir.wasm', import.meta.url));
 
-const wasm = fs.readFileSync(url.fileURLToPath(new URL('../../tests/mapdir.wasm', import.meta.url)));
 const module = await WebAssembly.compile(
-  new Uint8Array(wasm)
+  new Uint8Array(buf)
 );
 wasi.instantiate(module, {});
+
+wasi.fs.createDir("/a");
+wasi.fs.createDir("/b");
+
+let file = wasi.fs.open("/file", { read: true, write: true, create: true });
+await file.writeString("fileContents");
+await file.seek(0);
+
 let exitCode = wasi.start();
 
-// You must call WASI.free() before handles can resolve
+// WASI must be freed before handles are closed, either manually, "wasi.free()", or by garbage collection
 wasi.free();
-// Await handles to flush tty/io
+// Wait for handles to finish before proceeding
 await Promise.all(handles);
-console.log(`${stdoutBuf}(exit code: ${exitCode})`);
+
+// This should print:
+// "./a"
+// "./b"
+// "./file"
+// (exit code: 0)
+console.log(`${stdout}(exit code: ${exitCode})`);
diff --git a/examples/node/helloworld.mjs b/examples/node/helloworld.mjs
index 66056a99..0b963b8c 100644
--- a/examples/node/helloworld.mjs
+++ b/examples/node/helloworld.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from "fs";
-import { init, WASI } from "@wasmer/wasi";
+// import init, { WASI } from "@wasmer/wasi";
+import init, { WASI } from "../../dist/lib.min.mjs";
 
 // This is needed to load the WASI library first
 await init();
@@ -9,14 +10,32 @@ let wasi = new WASI({
   args: [],
 });
 
-const buf = fs.readFileSync('../../tests/demo.wasm');
+// Keep track of open handles (Promises)
+let handles = [];
+
+// pipe wasi.stdout to `stdout` string
+let stdout = "";
+const DecodeStream = () => new TextDecoderStream("utf-8", { ignoreBOM: false, fatal: true });
+const StdoutWritable = () => new WritableStream({
+  write(chunk, _controller) { stdout += chunk; }
+});
+handles.push(wasi.stdout.pipeThrough(DecodeStream()).pipeTo(StdoutWritable()));
+
+const buf = fs.readFileSync(new URL('../../tests/demo.wasm', import.meta.url));
 
 const module = await WebAssembly.compile(
   new Uint8Array(buf)
 );
-await wasi.instantiate(module, {});
+wasi.instantiate(module, {});
 
 let exitCode = wasi.start();
-let stdout = wasi.getStdoutString();
-// This should print "hello world (exit code: 0)"
+
+// WASI must be freed before handles are closed, either manually, "wasi.free()", or by garbage collection
+wasi.free();
+// Wait for handles to finish before proceeding
+await Promise.all(handles);
+
+// This should print:
+// hello world
+// (exit code: 0)
 console.log(`${stdout}(exit code: ${exitCode})`);
diff --git a/pkg/wasmer_wasix_js_bg.wasm b/pkg/wasmer_wasix_js_bg.wasm
index 0e50d7b0..9901a6c8 100644
Binary files a/pkg/wasmer_wasix_js_bg.wasm and b/pkg/wasmer_wasix_js_bg.wasm differ
diff --git a/wasix.ts b/wasix.ts
index d0279491..21097d4a 100644
--- a/wasix.ts
+++ b/wasix.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // @deno-types="./pkg/wasmer_wasix_js.d.ts"
 import _init from "./pkg/wasmer_wasix_js.js";
 // @deno-types="./pkg/wasmer_wasix_js.d.ts"
-export * from "./pkg/wasmer_wasix_js";
-export * from "./common";
+export * from "./pkg/wasmer_wasix_js.js";
+export * from "./common.ts";
 
 let inited: Promise<any> | null = null;
 export default async function init(...args: any[]) {