diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 667a512..e791c84 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4822,9 +4822,19 @@
       }
     },
     "tesseract.js-core": {
-      "version": "1.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tesseract.js-core/-/tesseract.js-core-1.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-HOM6KdyBI1e4NWow7e34sYgEOzc="
+      "version": "2.0.0-beta.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tesseract.js-core/-/tesseract.js-core-2.0.0-beta.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-aExaof0ZxYc2q0T7HN26wxcARN/N+0q9z9gjkyaEFsuUj82VtUZr0A6yDQ0rpQyIdk22K15fASUX5XcwFIb0rw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "node-fetch": "^2.3.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "node-fetch": {
+          "version": "2.3.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.3.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-MOd8pV3fxENbryESLgVIeaGKrdl+uaYhCSSVkjeOb/31/njTpcis5aWfdqgNlHIrKOLRbMnfPINPOML2CIFeXA=="
+        }
+      }
     },
     "text-table": {
       "version": "0.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c3ce5f..7f4b85b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "node-fetch": "^1.6.3",
     "object-assign": "^4.1.0",
     "png.js": "^0.2.1",
-    "tesseract.js-core": "^1.0.2"
+    "tesseract.js-core": "^2.0.0-beta.2"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/src/common/worker.js b/src/common/worker.js
index 83eda82..d97d21c 100644
--- a/src/common/worker.js
+++ b/src/common/worker.js
@@ -50,31 +50,28 @@ function handleInit(req, res){
     if(!Module || Module.TOTAL_MEMORY < MIN_MEMORY){
         var Core = adapter.getCore(req, res);
 
-        res.progress({ status: 'initializing tesseract', progress: 0 })
+      res.progress({ status: 'initializing tesseract', progress: 0 })
 
         Module = Core({
             TOTAL_MEMORY: MIN_MEMORY,
             TesseractProgress(percent){
                 latestJob.progress({ status: 'recognizing text', progress: Math.max(0, (percent-30)/70) });
             },
-            onRuntimeInitialized() {}
         });
-
-        Module.FS_createPath("/", "tessdata", true, true);
-        base = new Module.TessBaseAPI();
-        res.progress({ status: 'initializing tesseract', progress: 1 });
+      base = new Module.TessBaseAPI();
+      res.progress({ status: 'initializing tesseract', progress: 1 });
     }
 }
 
-function setImage(Module, base, image){
-    var imgbin = desaturate(image),
-        width = image.width,
-        height = image.height;
+function setImage(Module, base, image) {
+  const imgbin = desaturate(image);
+  const { width, height } = image;
 
-    var ptr = Module.allocate(imgbin, 'i8', Module.ALLOC_NORMAL);
-    base.SetImage(Module.wrapPointer(ptr), width, height, 1, width);
-    base.SetRectangle(0, 0, width, height);
-    return ptr;
+  const ptr = Module._malloc(imgbin.length, Uint8Array.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT);
+  Module.HEAPU8.set(imgbin, ptr);
+  base.SetImage(ptr, width, height, Uint8Array.BYTES_PER_ELEMENT, width);
+  base.SetRectangle(0, 0, width, height);
+  return ptr;
 }
 
 function loadLanguage(req, res, cb){
@@ -85,8 +82,8 @@ function loadLanguage(req, res, cb){
     if(lang in Module._loadedLanguages) return cb();
 
     adapter.getLanguageData(req, res, function(data){
-        res.progress({ status: 'loading ' + langFile, progress: 0 });
-        Module.FS_createDataFile('tessdata', langFile, data, true, false);
+      res.progress({ status: 'loading ' + langFile, progress: 0 });
+        Module.FS.writeFile(langFile, data);
         Module._loadedLanguages[lang] = true;
         res.progress({ status: 'loading ' + langFile, progress: 1 });
         cb();
diff --git a/src/node/index.js b/src/node/index.js
index 7661cd3..33ead58 100644
--- a/src/node/index.js
+++ b/src/node/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const fetch = require('isomorphic-fetch'),
 
 exports.defaultOptions = {
     workerPath: require('path').join(__dirname, 'worker.js'),
-    langPath: 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/naptha/tessdata@gh-pages/3.02/',
+    langPath: 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/naptha/tessdata@gh-pages/4.0.0/',
 }
 
 exports.spawnWorker = function spawnWorker(instance, workerOptions){
diff --git a/src/node/worker.js b/src/node/worker.js
index 1531d34..129c58a 100644
--- a/src/node/worker.js
+++ b/src/node/worker.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ workerUtils.setAdapter({
   getCore: (req, res) => {
     if (check.null(TesseractCore)) {
       res.progress({ status: 'loading tesseract core' });
-      TesseractCore = require('tesseract.js-core');
+      TesseractCore = require('tesseract.js-core/src/tesseract-core.asm');
       res.progress({ status: 'loaded tesseract core' });
     }
     return TesseractCore;