diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8799b133d..aabd35774 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract version
         id: version
         run: |
-          OLD_VERSION=$(npm show wavesurfer.js version)
+          OLD_VERSION=$(npm show . version)
           NEW_VERSION=$(node -p 'require("./package.json").version')
           if [ $NEW_VERSION != $OLD_VERSION ]; then
             echo "New version $NEW_VERSION detected"
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ jobs:
           node-version: '16.x'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
+      - uses: ./.github/workflows/yarn
         if: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-        run: npm install --legacy-peer-deps
 
       - name: Publish to NPM
         if: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f432e1ec6..c888c0d8c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "version": "7.6.0",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "author": "katspaugh",
-  "description": "Navigable audio waveform player",
+  "description": "Audio waveform player",
   "homepage": "https://wavesurfer.xyz",
   "keywords": [
     "waveform",
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   ],
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "git@github.com:wavesurfer-js/wavesurfer.js.git"
+    "url": "git@github.com:katspaugh/wavesurfer.js.git"
   },
   "type": "module",
   "files": [
diff --git a/rollup.config.js b/rollup.config.js
index 66b725797..83822a2dc 100644
--- a/rollup.config.js
+++ b/rollup.config.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default [
       file: 'dist/wavesurfer.esm.js',
       format: 'esm',
     },
-    plugins: [typescript(), terser()],
+    plugins,
   },
   // CommonJS module (Node.js)
   {
diff --git a/src/wavesurfer.ts b/src/wavesurfer.ts
index 6e660f05d..83239b5c7 100644
--- a/src/wavesurfer.ts
+++ b/src/wavesurfer.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ const defaultOptions = {
 }
 
 export type WaveSurferEvents = {
+  /** After wavesurfer is created */
+  init: []
   /** When audio starts loading */
   load: [url: string]
   /** During audio loading */
@@ -165,12 +167,17 @@ class WaveSurfer extends Player<WaveSurferEvents> {
     this.initTimerEvents()
     this.initPlugins()
 
-    // Load audio if URL or an external media with an src is passed,
-    // of render w/o audio if pre-decoded peaks and duration are provided
-    const url = this.options.url || this.getSrc() || ''
-    if (url || (this.options.peaks && this.options.duration)) {
-      this.load(url, this.options.peaks, this.options.duration)
-    }
+    // Init and load async to allow external events to be registered
+    Promise.resolve().then(() => {
+      this.emit('init')
+
+      // Load audio if URL or an external media with an src is passed,
+      // of render w/o audio if pre-decoded peaks and duration are provided
+      const url = this.options.url || this.getSrc() || ''
+      if (url || (this.options.peaks && this.options.duration)) {
+        this.load(url, this.options.peaks, this.options.duration)
+      }
+    })
   }
 
   private initTimerEvents() {
@@ -349,9 +356,9 @@ class WaveSurfer extends Player<WaveSurferEvents> {
     this.setSrc(url, blob)
 
     // Wait for the audio duration
-    // It should be a promise to allow event listeners to subscribe to the ready and decode events
     const audioDuration =
-      (await Promise.resolve(duration || this.getDuration())) ||
+      duration ||
+      this.getDuration() ||
       (await new Promise((resolve) => {
         this.onceMediaEvent('loadedmetadata', () => resolve(this.getDuration()))
       }))