diff --git a/examples/standalone-service/example.js b/examples/standalone-service/example.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..208f415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/standalone-service/example.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env -S node -r @syndicate-lang/loader
+/// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+/// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright © 2023 Tony Garnock-Jones <tonyg@leastfixedpoint.com>
+
+const { stringify } = require('@syndicate-lang/core');
+const { service } = require('@syndicate-lang/service');
+
+service(args => {
+    console.log('+', stringify(args));
+    on stop { console.log('-', stringify(args)); }
+});
diff --git a/examples/standalone-service/server-config.pr b/examples/standalone-service/server-config.pr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9faef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/standalone-service/server-config.pr
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<require-service <daemon example>>
+<daemon example {
+  argv: "./example.js"
+  protocol: application/syndicate
+}>
+? <service-object <daemon example> ?cap> [
+  $cap += =here-is-your-configuration!
+  $cap += =here-is-another-configuration!
+]
diff --git a/packages/loader/package.json b/packages/loader/package.json
index 994964e..aa393f0 100644
--- a/packages/loader/package.json
+++ b/packages/loader/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   "author": "Tony Garnock-Jones <tonyg@leastfixedpoint.com>",
   "dependencies": {
     "@syndicate-lang/compiler": "^0.17.0",
-    "@syndicate-lang/core": "^0.22.0"
+    "@syndicate-lang/core": "^0.22.0",
+    "@syndicate-lang/service": "^0.23.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/service/package.json b/packages/service/package.json
index df3da75..80f6072 100644
--- a/packages/service/package.json
+++ b/packages/service/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     "url": "https://git.syndicate-lang.org/syndicate-lang/syndicate-js"
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
-  "module": "lib/index.js",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "author": "Tony Garnock-Jones <tonyg@leastfixedpoint.com>",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/packages/service/tsconfig.json b/packages/service/tsconfig.json
index 07bbdef..ab506fe 100644
--- a/packages/service/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/service/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "declarationDir": "./lib",
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "module": "es6",
+    "module": "commonjs",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "strict": true,
     "plugins": [