diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fde607d..6064b86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,15 +62,12 @@ Loading this module through a script tag will make the ```Multibase``` obj avail
 <script src="https://unpkg.com/multibase/dist/index.js"></script>
 ```
 
-#### Gotchas
-
-You will need to use Node.js `Buffer` API compatible, if you are running inside the browser, you can access it by `multibase.Buffer` or you can load Feross's [Buffer](https://github.com/feross/buffer) module.
-
 ## Usage
 
 ### Example
 
 ```JavaScript
+const { Buffer } = require('buffer')
 const multibase = require('multibase')
 
 const encodedBuf = multibase.encode('base58btc', new Buffer('hey, how is it going'))
@@ -147,7 +144,6 @@ const baseX = require('base-x')
 //const newPackage = require('your-package-name')
 
 const constants = [
-  ['base1', '1', '', '1'],
   ['base2', '0', baseX, '01'],
   ['base8', '7', baseX, '01234567'],
   // ... [ 'your-base-name', 'code-to-be-defined', newPackage, 'alphabet']
@@ -157,7 +153,7 @@ The required package defines the implementation of the encoding/decoding process
 - `encode` and `decode` functions with to-be-encoded buffer as the only expected argument
 - the require call use the `alphabet` given as an argument for the encoding/decoding process
 
-*If no package is specified (such as for base1 in the above example, it means the base is not implemented yet)*
+*If no package is specified , it means the base is not implemented yet*
 
 Adding a new base requires the tests to be updated. Test files to be updated are :
 - constants.spec.js
@@ -200,4 +196,4 @@ Small note: If editing the README, please conform to the [standard-readme](https
 
 ## License
 
-[MIT](LICENSE) © 2016 Protocol Labs Inc.
+[MIT](LICENSE) © Protocol Labs Inc.
diff --git a/test/multibase.spec.js b/test/multibase.spec.js
index 423c17b..bbd3ef0 100644
--- a/test/multibase.spec.js
+++ b/test/multibase.spec.js
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ chai.use(dirtyChai)
 const multibase = require('../src')
 const constants = require('../src/constants.js')
 
-const unsupportedBases = [
-  ['base1']
-]
+const unsupportedBases = []
 
 const supportedBases = [
   ['base2', 'yes mani !', '01111001011001010111001100100000011011010110000101101110011010010010000000100001'],
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ describe('multibase', () => {
 
     it('fails on no buf', () => {
       expect(() => {
-        multibase('base1')
+        multibase('base16')
       }).to.throw(Error)
     })