diff --git a/examples/todomvc/index.js b/examples/todomvc/index.js
index 29a450d1..bc0a79ba 100644
--- a/examples/todomvc/index.js
+++ b/examples/todomvc/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 // For more comments about what's going on here, check out the `hello_world`
 // example
-import('./pkg/todomvc')
+const rust = import('./pkg/todomvc');
+
+rust
+  .then(m => m.run())
   .catch(console.error);
diff --git a/examples/todomvc/src/controller.rs b/examples/todomvc/src/controller.rs
index ebb0ccf4..bfad84c0 100644
--- a/examples/todomvc/src/controller.rs
+++ b/examples/todomvc/src/controller.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ impl Controller {
     }
 
     pub fn set_page(&mut self, raw: String) {
-        let route = raw.trim_left_matches("#/");
+        let route = raw.trim_start_matches("#/");
         self.active_route = route.to_string();
         self._filter(false);
         self.add_message(ViewMessage::UpdateFilterButtons(route.to_string()));