diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index 709141a353..01340ed888 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ under the licensing terms detailed in LICENSE:
 * Willem Wyndham <willem@cs.umd.edu>
 * Bowen Wang <bowen@nearprotocol.com>
 * Emil Laine <laine.emil@gmail.com>
+* Danny Guo <danny@dannyguo.com>
 
 Portions of this software are derived from third-party works licensed under
 the following terms:
diff --git a/bin/asinit b/bin/asinit
index f251eef297..1cd31ac125 100644
--- a/bin/asinit
+++ b/bin/asinit
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ function ensurePackageJson() {
         "asbuild:untouched": buildUntouched,
         "asbuild:optimized": buildOptimized,
         "asbuild": buildAll
+      },
+      "devDependencies": {
+        "assemblyscript": "github:AssemblyScript/assemblyscript"
       }
     }, null, 2));
     console.log(colors.green("  Created: ") + packageFile);