node.js hbase "has no method get"

Getting an error while trying to use node.js with node-hbase module:

here's my code:

var hbase = require('hbase');
hbase({
  host: '192.168.1.107',
  port: 8000
}).getVersionCluster( function( error, versionCluster ){
  console.log( versionCluster );
})

Here's the error:

/home/user1/node.js.server/node_modules/hbase/lib/client.js:117
  return this.connection.get("/version/cluster", callback);

TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'get'
     at Client.getVersionCluster       (/home/user1/node.js.server/node_modules/hbase/lib/client.js:117:26)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/user1/node.js.server/hbTest.js:5:4)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
at process._tickCallback (node.js:427:13)