diff --git a/examples/simple.rs b/examples/simple.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf2de9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#![feature(slicing_syntax)]
+extern crate irc;
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use irc::data::config::Config;
+use irc::server::{IrcServer, Server};
+use irc::server::utils::identify;
+
+fn main() {
+    let config = Config {
+        owners: vec!("awe".into_string()),
+        nickname: "pickles".into_string(),
+        username: "pickles".into_string(),
+        realname: "pickles".into_string(),
+        password: "".into_string(),
+        server: "irc.fyrechat.net".into_string(),
+        port: 6667,
+        channels: vec!("#vana".into_string()),
+        options: HashMap::new(),
+    };
+    let server = IrcServer::from_config(config).unwrap();
+    identify(&server).unwrap();
+    for message in server.iter() {
+        println!("RCV: {}", message);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index 38456ba..483d820 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -30,15 +30,19 @@ pub struct IrcServer<'a, T, U> where T: IrcWriter, U: IrcReader {
 }
 
 impl<'a> IrcServer<'a, BufferedWriter<TcpStream>, BufferedReader<TcpStream>> {
-    /// Creates a new IRC Server connection from the specified configuration, connecting immediately.
+    /// Creates a new IRC Server connection from the configuration at the specified path, connecting immediately.
     #[experimental]
     pub fn new(config: &str) -> IoResult<IrcServer<'a, BufferedWriter<TcpStream>, BufferedReader<TcpStream>>> {
         let config = try!(Config::load_utf8(config));
         let conn = try!(Connection::connect(config.server[], config.port));
-        Ok(IrcServer {
-            conn: conn,
-            config: config
-        })
+        IrcServer::from_connection(config, conn)
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new IRC server connection from the specified configuration, connecting immediately.
+    #[experimental]
+    pub fn from_config(config: Config) -> IoResult<IrcServer<'a, BufferedWriter<TcpStream>, BufferedReader<TcpStream>>> {
+        let conn = try!(Connection::connect(config.server[], config.port));
+        IrcServer::from_connection(config, conn)
     }
 }
 
@@ -59,10 +63,10 @@ impl<'a, T, U> Server<'a, T, U> for IrcServer<'a, T, U> where T: IrcWriter, U: I
 impl<'a, T, U> IrcServer<'a, T, U> where T: IrcWriter, U: IrcReader {
     /// Creates an IRC server from the specified configuration, and any arbitrary Connection
     #[experimental]
-    pub fn from_connection(config: &str, conn: Connection<T, U>) -> IoResult<IrcServer<'a, T, U>> {
+    pub fn from_connection(config: Config, conn: Connection<T, U>) -> IoResult<IrcServer<'a, T, U>> {
         Ok(IrcServer {
             conn: conn,
-            config: try!(Config::load_utf8(config))
+            config: config
         })
     }
 }