diff --git a/platform/nodejs/main.js b/platform/nodejs/main.js
index 1a7ae38af..d2e0110c1 100644
--- a/platform/nodejs/main.js
+++ b/platform/nodejs/main.js
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ function pslInit(raw) {
         }
     }
     globals.publicSuffixList.parse(raw, globals.punycode.toASCII);
+    return globals.publicSuffixList;
 }
 
 function restart(lists, options = {}) {