diff --git a/platform/nodejs/main.js b/platform/nodejs/main.js
index c17e20d47..b8a1830d8 100644
--- a/platform/nodejs/main.js
+++ b/platform/nodejs/main.js
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ function pslInit(raw) {
         }
     }
     globals.publicSuffixList.parse(raw, globals.punycode.toASCII);
+    return globals.publicSuffixList;
 }
 
 function restart(lists, options = {}) {