diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 490c02d..e199d4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 ![default workflow](https://github.com/stiang/remove-markdown/actions/workflows/default.yaml/badge.svg)
 
-## *** 2022-10-18: Important message about the future of this package ***
-Hello all, I don’t use this package in my own projects any longer and I have come to the realization that I basically don’t have the bandwidth to maintain the package. 
-
-However, the package is used quite a bit and I don’t want to just abandon it. So I’m looking for suggestions on how to move forward with someone else in charge of maintaining the package on a day-to-day basis. I’m open to adding collaborators to this repo or moving the entire repo to a more fitting home.
-
-Please contact me directly or post a comment on [the issue I created about this](https://github.com/stiang/remove-markdown/issues/61) (#61).
-
 ## What is it?
 **remove-markdown** is a node.js module that will remove (strip) Markdown formatting from text.
 *Markdown formatting* means pretty much anything that doesn’t look like regular text, like square brackets, asterisks etc.
@@ -50,5 +43,6 @@ PRs are very much welcome. Here are some ideas for future enhancements:
 ## Credits
 The code is based on [Markdown Service Tools - Strip Markdown](http://brettterpstra.com/2013/10/18/a-markdown-service-to-strip-markdown/) by Brett Terpstra.
 
-## Author
-Stian Grytøyr
+## Authors
+Stian Grytøyr (original creator)
+[zuchka](https://github.com/zuchka) (maintainer since 2023)
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bff398b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+declare module "remove-markdown" {
+  export function removeMd(md: string, options?: {
+    stripListLeaders?: boolean;
+    listUnicodeChar?: string;
+    gfm?: boolean;
+    useImgAltText: boolean;
+    abbr?: boolean;
+    replaceLinksWithURL?: boolean;
+    htmlTagsToSkip?: string[];
+  }): string;
+
+  export = removeMd;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6a13bb0..256acc5 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module.exports = function(md, options) {
   options.abbr = options.hasOwnProperty('abbr') ? options.abbr : false;
   options.replaceLinksWithURL = options.hasOwnProperty('replaceLinksWithURL') ? options.replaceLinksWithURL : false;
   options.htmlTagsToSkip = options.hasOwnProperty('htmlTagsToSkip') ? options.htmlTagsToSkip : [];
+  options.throwError = options.hasOwnProperty('throwError') ? options.throwError : false;
 
   var output = md || '';
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ module.exports = function(md, options) {
       htmlReplaceRegex = new RegExp(
           '<' +
           joinedHtmlTagsToSkip +
-          '[^>]*>', 
+          '[^>]*>',
           'ig'
       );
     }
@@ -89,7 +90,9 @@ module.exports = function(md, options) {
       // Replace strike through
       .replace(/~(.*?)~/g, '$1');
   } catch(e) {
-    console.error(e);
+    if (options.throwError) throw e;
+
+    console.error("remove-markdown encountered error: %s", e);
     return md;
   }
   return output;
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5204c1c..b98442f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -70,12 +70,23 @@
       }
     },
     "braces": {
-      "version": "3.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/braces/-/braces-3.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-b8um+L1RzM3WDSzvhm6gIz1yfTbBt6YTlcEKAvsmqCZZFw46z626lVj9j1yEPW33H5H+lBQpZMP1k8l+78Ha0A==",
+      "version": "3.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/braces/-/braces-3.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yQbXgO/OSZVD2IsiLlro+7Hf6Q18EJrKSEsdoMzKePKXct3gvD8oLcOQdIzGupr5Fj+EDe8gO/lxc1BzfMpxvA==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "fill-range": "^7.0.1"
+        "fill-range": "^7.1.1"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "fill-range": {
+          "version": "7.1.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fill-range/-/fill-range-7.1.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-YsGpe3WHLK8ZYi4tWDg2Jy3ebRz2rXowDxnld4bkQB00cc/1Zw9AWnC0i9ztDJitivtQvaI9KaLyKrc+hBW0yg==",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "to-regex-range": "^5.0.1"
+          }
+        }
       }
     },
     "browser-stdout": {
@@ -243,15 +254,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-TtpcNJ3XAzx3Gq8sWRzJaVajRs0uVxA2YAkdb1jm2YkPz4G6egUFAyA3n5vtEIZefPk5Wa4UXbKuS5fKkJWdgA==",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "fill-range": {
-      "version": "7.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fill-range/-/fill-range-7.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qOo9F+dMUmC2Lcb4BbVvnKJxTPjCm+RRpe4gDuGrzkL7mEVl/djYSu2OdQ2Pa302N4oqkSg9ir6jaLWJ2USVpQ==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {
-        "to-regex-range": "^5.0.1"
-      }
-    },
     "find-up": {
       "version": "5.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/find-up/-/find-up-5.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2ffec2d..80d7b57 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "remove-markdown",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "Remove Markdown formatting from text",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "https://github.com/stiang/remove-markdown.git"
+    "url": "https://github.com/zuchka/remove-markdown.git"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "markdown"
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
   "author": "Stian Grytøyr",
   "license": "MIT",
   "bugs": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/stiang/remove-markdown/issues"
+    "url": "https://github.com/zuchka/remove-markdown/issues"
   },
-  "homepage": "https://github.com/stiang/remove-markdown",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/zuchka/remove-markdown",
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^4.0.2",
     "mocha": "^10.2.0",