diff --git a/ext/tox/tox.c b/ext/tox/tox.c
index 5d5adba..1cfdbec 100644
--- a/ext/tox/tox.c
+++ b/ext/tox/tox.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ typedef struct cTox_ {
 static VALUE cTox;
 static VALUE cTox_alloc(VALUE klass);
 static void  cTox_free(void *ptr);
-static VALUE cTox_initialize(VALUE self, VALUE options);
+static VALUE cTox_initialize_with(VALUE self, VALUE options);
 static VALUE cTox_savedata(VALUE self);
 static VALUE cTox_id(VALUE self);
 static VALUE cTox_bootstrap(VALUE self, VALUE options);
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void Init_tox()
 {
   cTox = rb_define_class("Tox", rb_cObject);
   rb_define_alloc_func(cTox, cTox_alloc);
-  rb_define_method(cTox, "initialize", cTox_initialize, 1);
+  rb_define_method(cTox, "initialize_with", cTox_initialize_with, 1);
   rb_define_method(cTox, "savedata", cTox_savedata, 0);
   rb_define_method(cTox, "id", cTox_id, 0);
   rb_define_method(cTox, "bootstrap", cTox_bootstrap, 1);
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void cTox_free(void *const ptr)
   free(ptr);
 }
 
-VALUE cTox_initialize(const VALUE self, const VALUE options)
+VALUE cTox_initialize_with(const VALUE self, const VALUE options)
 {
   cTox_ *tox;
   cTox_cOptions_ *tox_options;
diff --git a/lib/tox.rb b/lib/tox.rb
index a80fe1b..83def10 100644
--- a/lib/tox.rb
+++ b/lib/tox.rb
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
 require 'tox/tox'
+
+class Tox
+  def initialize(options = Tox::Options.new)
+    initialize_with(options)
+  end
+end