diff --git a/lib/core.js b/lib/core.js
index 5440c0a..2765ed2 100644
--- a/lib/core.js
+++ b/lib/core.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+var React = require('react');
 var ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
 
-
 module.exports = {
   createClass: function(chartType, methodNames, dataKey) {
     var classData = {
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ module.exports = {
       extra(methodNames[i]);
     }
 
-    var React = require('react');
     return React.createClass(classData);
   }
 };
@@ -124,4 +123,3 @@ var addData = function(nextProps, chart, setIndex, pointIndex) {
   });
   chart.addData(values, nextProps.data.labels[setIndex]);
 };
-
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 46273a1..ac3f75c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/jhudson8/react-chartjs",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "*",
+    "react-dom": "*",
     "chart.js": "*"
   },
   "devDependencies": {