diff --git a/src/biojs-io-biom.js b/src/biojs-io-biom.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/biojs-io-biom.js
+++ b/src/biojs-io-biom.js
@@ -590,5 +590,6 @@ export class Biom {
                 throw new Error('The given biomString is not in json format and no conversion server is specified.\n' + e.message);
             }
         }
+        return new Biom(json_obj);
     }
 }
Add return of the newly created biom object