diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e53616c..c872073 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Shoebox can be added easily to your Maven or Gradle project through Jitpack:
 ```kotlin
 fun main(args : Array<String>) {
     val dir = Files.createTempDirectory("sb-")
-    val userStore = Store(dir.resolve("users"), User::class)
+    val userStore = Store<User>(dir.resolve("users"))
     val usersByEmail = View(dir.resolve("usersByEmail"), userStore, viewBy = User::email)
     val usersByGender = View(dir.resolve("usersByGender"), userStore, viewBy = User::gender)
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2614734..88bf741 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 group 'com.github.sanity'
-version '0.1.3'
+version '0.1.4'
 
 buildscript {
     ext.kotlin_version = '1.1.0'
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/sanity/shoebox/Store.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/sanity/shoebox/Store.kt
index 2ac8357..5cf5766 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/sanity/shoebox/Store.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/sanity/shoebox/Store.kt
@@ -9,19 +9,29 @@ import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
 import kotlin.reflect.KClass
 
-/**
- * Created by ian on 3/9/17.
 
+ /*
  * TODO: 1) Add a lockfile mechanism to prevent multiple JVMs or threads from
  * TODO:    using the same directory
  * TODO: 2) Handle changes that occur to the filesystem which aren't initiated here
  * TODO:    (then remove the previous lockfile mechanism)
  */
 
-class Store<T : Any>(val parentDirectory: Path, private val kc: KClass<T>) {
+/**
+ * Create a persistent string-indexed datastore
+ *
+ * @param T The type of the objects to store, these must be serializable with [Gson](https://github.com/google/gson),
+ *          https://github.com/google/gson
+ *
+ * @param directory The path to a directory in which data will be stored, will be created if it doesn't already exist
+ *
+ **/
+inline fun <reified T : Any> Store(directory : Path) = Store(directory, T::class)
+
+class Store<T : Any>(val directory: Path, private val kc: KClass<T>) {
 
     init {
-        Files.createDirectories(parentDirectory)
+        Files.createDirectories(directory)
     }
 
     internal val cache: LoadingCache<String, T?> = CacheBuilder.newBuilder().build<String, T?>(
@@ -42,7 +52,7 @@ class Store<T : Any>(val parentDirectory: Path, private val kc: KClass<T>) {
     /**
      * Return entries key-value pairs in this Store as an Iterable
      */
-    val entries: Iterable<KeyValue<T>> get() = Files.newDirectoryStream(parentDirectory)
+    val entries: Iterable<KeyValue<T>> get() = Files.newDirectoryStream(directory)
             .mapNotNull {
                 val fileKey = it.fileName.toString()
                 KeyValue(fileKey, this[fileKey]!!)
@@ -54,7 +64,7 @@ class Store<T : Any>(val parentDirectory: Path, private val kc: KClass<T>) {
 
     fun remove(key: String) {
         val cachedValue: T? = cache.getIfPresent(key)
-        val filePath = parentDirectory.resolve(key)
+        val filePath = directory.resolve(key)
         if (Files.exists(filePath)) {
             val oldValue = cachedValue ?: load(key)
             if (oldValue != null) {
@@ -68,7 +78,7 @@ class Store<T : Any>(val parentDirectory: Path, private val kc: KClass<T>) {
     }
 
     private fun load(key: String): T? {
-        val filePath = parentDirectory.resolve(key)
+        val filePath = directory.resolve(key)
         if (Files.exists(filePath)) {
             val o = filePath.newBufferedReader().use {
                gson.fromJson(it, kc.javaObjectType)
@@ -90,8 +100,8 @@ class Store<T : Any>(val parentDirectory: Path, private val kc: KClass<T>) {
         }
         cache.put(key, value)
         if (value != previousValue) {
-            if (!parentDirectory.exists()) throw RuntimeException("Parent directory doesn't exist")
-            val filePath = parentDirectory.resolve(key)
+            if (!directory.exists()) throw RuntimeException("Parent directory doesn't exist")
+            val filePath = directory.resolve(key)
             filePath.newBufferedWriter().use {
                 gson.toJson(value, kc.javaObjectType, it)
             }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/sanity/shoebox/demos/one/one.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/sanity/shoebox/demos/one/one.kt
index 17e6438..51aa585 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/sanity/shoebox/demos/one/one.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/sanity/shoebox/demos/one/one.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Files
 
 fun main(args : Array<String>) {
     val dir = Files.createTempDirectory("sb-")
-    val userStore = Store(dir.resolve("users"), User::class)
+    val userStore = Store<User>(dir.resolve("users"))
     val usersByEmail = View(dir.resolve("usersByEmail"), userStore, viewBy = User::email)
     val usersByGender = View(dir.resolve("usersByGender"), userStore, viewBy = User::gender)