diff --git a/cli/src/new/lib-rs.ts b/cli/src/new/lib-rs.ts
index 55dfb167..6789aa7a 100644
--- a/cli/src/new/lib-rs.ts
+++ b/cli/src/new/lib-rs.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export const LibRs = `#![deny(clippy::all)]
 extern crate napi_derive;
 
 #[napi]
-fn sum(a: i32, b: i32) -> i32 {
+pub fn sum(a: i32, b: i32) -> i32 {
   a + b
 }
 `