I get an Error when I try to deploy my contract on Vscode

[Itoro-Brown]

Here is the error I get any time I try to deploy my contract using the command "node deploy.js"
ReferenceError: Cannot access 'ethers' before initialization
at Object. (/home/itoro/folder/folderwork/deploy.js:3:24)

Below is the code:

const providers = require("ethers");

const ethers = require(ethers);
const fs = require("fs-extra");

async function main() {
  // http://127.0.0.1:7545
  const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider(
    "http://127.0.0.1:7545"
  );
  const wallet = new ethers.wallet(
    "7c45635f28065e05b565afa7039baa3a8dd0298a0c6be12578d9893c7d979bd7",
    provider
  );
  const abi = fs.readFileSync("./SimpleStorage_sol_kucoin.abi", "utf8");
  const binary = fs.readFileSync("./SimpleStorage_sol_kucoin.bin", "utf8");
  const contractFactory = new ethers.contractFactory(abi, binary, wallet);
  console.log("Please wait, contract is deploying");
  const contract = await contractFactory.deploy();
  console.log(contract);
}

main()
  .then(() => process.exit(0))
  .catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
    process.exit(1);
  });

Please what should I do?

[krakxn]

Your problem should be fixed via the following changes:

-const ethers = require(ethers);
+const ethers = require("ethers");

[Itoro-Brown]

Thank you, It worked

[waleedcj]

mark it as an answer thanks

[krakxn]

Awesome, all the best!

[krakxn]

And yes, you should close it for others to refer to -- which would help them in case they face the same problem.