diff --git a/examples/helloworld/hello.js b/examples/helloworld/hello.js
index 21799c33a..c386e7cce 100644
--- a/examples/helloworld/hello.js
+++ b/examples/helloworld/hello.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ajaxGet('helloworld.pdf', function(data){
   //
   // Instantiate PDFDoc with PDF data
   //
-  var pdf = new PDFDoc(new Stream(data));
+  var pdf = new PDFDoc(data);
   var page = pdf.getPage(1);
   var scale = 1.5;