diff --git a/i18n/config.py b/i18n/config.py
index 7151b03..6dc531c 100644
--- a/i18n/config.py
+++ b/i18n/config.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
     'error_on_missing_plural': False,
     'encoding': 'utf-8',
     'namespace_delimiter': '.',
-    'dir_as_namespace': True,
     'plural_few': 5
 }
 
diff --git a/i18n/resource_loader.py b/i18n/resource_loader.py
index 2bceb74..1da9f4c 100644
--- a/i18n/resource_loader.py
+++ b/i18n/resource_loader.py
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ def load_config(filename):
     for key, value in settings_data.items():
         config.settings[key] = value
 
-def get_namespace_from_filepath(filepath):
-    namespace = os.path.dirname(filepath).strip(os.sep).replace(os.sep, config.get('namespace_delimiter'))
+def get_namespace_from_filepath(filename):
+    namespace = os.path.dirname(filename).strip(os.sep).replace(os.sep, config.get('namespace_delimiter'))
     if '{namespace}' in config.get('filename_format'):
         try:
-            splitted_filename = os.path.basename(filepath).split('.')
+            splitted_filename = os.path.basename(filename).split('.')
             if namespace:
                 namespace += config.get('namespace_delimiter')
             namespace += splitted_filename[config.get('filename_format').index('{namespace}')]
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ def get_namespace_from_filepath(filepath):
             raise I18nFileLoadError("incorrect file format.")
     return namespace
 
-def load_translation_file(filepath, base_directory, locale=config.get('locale')):
-    translations_dic = load_resource(os.path.join(base_directory, filepath), locale)
-    namespace = get_namespace_from_filepath(filepath)
+def load_translation_file(filename, base_directory, locale=config.get('locale')):
+    translations_dic = load_resource(os.path.join(base_directory, filename), locale)
+    namespace = get_namespace_from_filepath(filename)
     load_translation_dic(translations_dic, namespace)
 
 def load_translation_dic(dic, namespace):
@@ -69,13 +69,24 @@ def load_translation_dic(dic, namespace):
         else:
             translations.add(namespace + key, value)
 
+def load_directory(directory, locale=config.get('locale')):
+    for f in os.listdir(directory):
+        path = os.path.join(directory, f)
+        if os.path.isfile(path) and path.endswith(config.get('file_format')):
+            load_translation_file(f, directory, locale)
+
+
 def search_translation(key, locale=config.get('locale')):
     splitted_key = key.split(config.get('namespace_delimiter'))
     if not splitted_key:
         return
     namespace = splitted_key[:-1]
-    for directory in config.get('load_path'):
-        recursive_search_dir(namespace, '', directory, locale)
+    if not namespace and '{namespace}' not in config.get('filename_format'):
+        for directory in config.get('load_path'):
+            load_directory(directory, locale)
+    else:
+        for directory in config.get('load_path'):
+            recursive_search_dir(namespace, '', directory, locale)
 
 def recursive_search_dir(splitted_namespace, directory, root_dir, locale=config.get('locale')):
     if not splitted_namespace:
diff --git a/i18n/tests/loader_tests.py b/i18n/tests/loader_tests.py
index 2fa0f37..e537248 100644
--- a/i18n/tests/loader_tests.py
+++ b/i18n/tests/loader_tests.py
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ def test_search_translation_json(self):
         resource_loader.search_translation('bar.baz.qux')
         self.assertTrue(translations.has('bar.baz.qux'))
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(json_available, "json library not available")
+    def test_search_translation_without_ns(self):
+        resource_loader.init_json_loader()
+        config.set('file_format', 'json')
+        config.set('filename_format', '{locale}.{format}')
+        resource_loader.search_translation('foo')
+        self.assertTrue(translations.has('foo'))
+
 
 suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(TestFileLoader)
 unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)
diff --git a/i18n/tests/resources/translations/en.json b/i18n/tests/resources/translations/en.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fd3eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i18n/tests/resources/translations/en.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "en": {
+    "foo": "FooBar"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c026b4e..abfb3bb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='python-i18n',
-    version='0.1.3',
+    version='0.2.0',
     description='Translation library for Python',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     author='Daniel Perez',