diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 30bef87..c81c653 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import Contents from "./rendition/contents.js";
 import Layout from "./rendition/layout.js";
 import Epub from "./epub/epub.js";
 import Manifest from "./manifest/manifest.js";
+import { generateLocations } from "./utils/locations.js"
 // import ePub from "./epub.js";
 export {
 	Publication,
@@ -13,5 +14,6 @@ export {
 	EpubCFI,
 	Rendition,
 	Contents,
-	Layout
+	Layout,
+	generateLocations
 };
diff --git a/src/publication/publication.js b/src/publication/publication.js
index 47f3201..f66b1e9 100644
--- a/src/publication/publication.js
+++ b/src/publication/publication.js
@@ -313,12 +313,16 @@ class Publication {
 		if (!items) {
 			return;
 		}
-
 		for (const item of items) {
-			const loc = new Locator({ url: item, cfi: item});
+			let loc;
+			if (typeof item === "string") {
+				loc = new Locator({ url: item, cfi: item});				
+			} else {
+				const { url, cfi } = item;
+				loc = new Locator({ url: url || cfi, cfi: cfi || url });
+			}
 			this.data.locations.append(loc);
 		}
-
 		return this.data.locations;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/utils/locations.js b/src/utils/locations.js
index 08f36b1..1100fa1 100644
--- a/src/utils/locations.js
+++ b/src/utils/locations.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {qs, sprint} from "./core.js";
 import Queue from "./queue.js";
 import EpubCFI from "./epubcfi.js";
 import request from "./request.js";
+import Locator from "../publication/locator.js";
 
 export async function generateLocations(sections, options={}) {
     let q = new Queue();
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ function parse(doc, cfiBase, chars) {
                 range.endOffset = pos;
                 // cfi = section.cfiFromRange(range);
                 let cfi = new EpubCFI(range, cfiBase).toString();
-                locations.push(cfi);
+                locations.push({cfi});
                 counter = 0;
             }
         }
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ function parse(doc, cfiBase, chars) {
         range.endContainer = prev;
         range.endOffset = prev.length;
         let cfi = new EpubCFI(range, cfiBase).toString();
-        locations.push(cfi);
+        locations.push({cfi});
         counter = 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/queue.js b/src/utils/queue.js
index b3df70b..32f27e3 100644
--- a/src/utils/queue.js
+++ b/src/utils/queue.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defer, requestAnimationFrame } from "./core.js";
+import { defer } from "./core.js";
 
 /**
  * Queue for handling tasks one at a time