diff --git a/node.js b/node.js
index 53f1c60..2011b64 100644
--- a/node.js
+++ b/node.js
@@ -68,9 +68,16 @@ function Event(type, target) {
 	this.target = this.currentTarget = this.data = null;
 }
 
+const Worker = mainThread();
+global.Worker = Worker;
+
 // this module is used self-referentially on both sides of the
 // thread boundary, but behaves differently in each context.
-export default threads.isMainThread ? mainThread() : workerThread();
+if (!threads.isMainThread) {
+	workerThread();
+}
+
+export default Worker;
 
 const baseUrl = URL.pathToFileURL(process.cwd() + '/');
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/nested.mjs b/test/fixtures/nested.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7aef001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/nested.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import  Worker from '..';
+
+const worker = new Worker('./worker.mjs', {
+	type: 'module'
+});
+
+worker.events = [];
+worker.addEventListener('message', e => {
+	worker.events.push(e);
+});
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index e3c44ae..3546d43 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ test.serial('postMessage', async t => {
 	await sleep(500);
 
 	t.is(worker.events.length, 2, 'should have received two message responses');
-	
+
 	const first = worker.events[0];
 	t.is(first.data[0], 'received onmessage');
 	t.assert(Math.abs(timestamp - first.data[1]) < 500);
@@ -65,3 +65,9 @@ test.serial('postMessage', async t => {
 	t.deepEqual(second.data[2], msg);
 	t.not(second.data[2], msg);
 });
+
+test.serial('nested Worker instantiation', async t => {
+	worker = createModuleWorker('./test/fixtures/nested.mjs');
+	t.is(worker.events.length, 1, 'should have received a message event');
+	t.is(worker.events[0].data, 42);
+});