diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c1aadcb..c8a2117 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ See [bench/README](bench).
 
 ## Changes
 
+1.1.5
+ - rollback 1.1.4 changes.  Fix is made in [wordnet-db](https://github.com/moos/wordnet-db).
+ 
 1.1.4
  - temporary fix for #19 issue with npm@5
  
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old mode 100644
new mode 100755
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old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 005bf6b..a16c2de
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index bf778a4..0e8be4e
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "wordpos",
-  "version": "1.1.4",
+  "version": "1.1.5",
   "description": "wordpos is a set of part-of-speech utilities for Node.js using the WordNet database.",
   "author": "Moos <mooster@42at.com>",
   "keywords": [
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diff --git a/tools/stat.js b/tools/stat.js
index 6d40736..e045ae7 100644
--- a/tools/stat.js
+++ b/tools/stat.js
@@ -40,43 +40,18 @@
  *      read index file between the two offsets
  *  	binary search read data O(log avg)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2017 mooster@42at.com
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2016 mooster@42at.com
  * https://github.com/moos/wordpos
  *
  * Released under MIT license
  */
-
 var
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-  fs = require('fs'),
-  path = require('path'),
-  dictPath = WNdb.path;
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-      process.exit(1);
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-
-
-function main() {
-
-var
   util = require('util'),
   BufferedReader = require ('./buffered-reader'),
   _ = require('underscore')._,
+  fs = require('fs'),
+  path = require('path'),
   KEY_LENGTH = 3,
   stats = true,
   eofKey = '_EOF_'; // should be unique
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