diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d1a6115..5ec2635 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from typing import List
 
 from configurave import make_config, ConfigEntry as ce
 
-@make_config(sources=["tests/test-config/readme.toml"])
+@make_config()
 class MyConfig:
     site_root: str = ce(comment="The root url the site should be mounted on")
     template_root: str = ce(comment="Directory under which templates should be found")
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ class MyConfig:
     )
     token: str = ce(comment="The discord auth token", secret=True)
 
-config = MyConfig()
-config.load()
+config = MyConfig(sources=["tests/test-config/readme.toml"])
 
 print(config.site_root, config.template_root, config.allowed_hosts[0], sep="\n")
 
diff --git a/configurave.py b/configurave.py
index 0269d6d..7a10aba 100644
--- a/configurave.py
+++ b/configurave.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 # TODO: json loader, ini loader, yaml loader
 # TODO: Optional[] support
 # TODO: Literal[] and enum support
-# TODO: Move parsing from .load() and into __init__, taking sources then.
 # TODO: Accept file-like objects in sources list.
 
 
@@ -51,6 +50,13 @@ class Config:
     _crve_sources: List[Source]
     loaded: bool = False
 
+    def __init__(self, sources: Optional[List[Source]] = None, load_now: bool = True):
+        if sources:
+            self._crve_sources.extend(sources)
+
+        if load_now:
+            self.load()
+
     def defaults_toml(self) -> str:
         """Generate a toml string containing comments and default configuration."""
         doc = atoml.document()
@@ -205,7 +211,7 @@ def validate_sources(sources: List[Source]) -> None:
         )
 
 
-def make_config(sources: List[Source]) -> Callable:
+def make_config(sources: Optional[List[Source]] = None) -> Callable:
     """
     Make the given class into a configurave configuration class.
 
@@ -218,6 +224,8 @@ def make_config(sources: List[Source]) -> Callable:
     :param sources: a list of files or other special sources (such as ENV) to load configuration from
     :return: a decorator that converts the wrapped class
     """
+    if not sources:
+        sources = []
 
     def wrapper(class_: type) -> type:
         new_attributes = {"_crve_sources": sources, "_crve_configs": {}}
diff --git a/tests/test_configurave.py b/tests/test_configurave.py
index 1801116..846183f 100644
--- a/tests/test_configurave.py
+++ b/tests/test_configurave.py
@@ -38,12 +38,7 @@ def test_everything():
     """We can create and load a configuration from our test config folder."""
     # TODO: split this up and write better tests
 
-    @make_config(
-        sources=[  # in order of priority
-            "tests/test-config/config.toml",
-            "ENV",  # Temporarily enabled, needs seperate optional dotenv test
-        ]
-    )
+    @make_config()
     class Config:
         """The test configuration for configurave."""
 
@@ -53,8 +48,12 @@ class Config:
             " you could potentially decide upon using.",
         )
 
-    c = Config()
-    c.load()
+    c = Config(
+        sources=[  # in order of priority
+            "tests/test-config/config.toml",
+            "ENV",  # Temporarily enabled, needs seperate optional dotenv test
+        ]
+    )
 
     assert "root_url" in str(c._crve_configs)
     assert c.root_url == "test url"
diff --git a/tests/test_dupes.py b/tests/test_dupes.py
index 6107b69..a3fb0c3 100644
--- a/tests/test_dupes.py
+++ b/tests/test_dupes.py
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ class Config:
             " you could potentially decide upon using.",
         )
 
-    c = Config()
+    c = Config(load_now=False)
     with pytest.raises(atoml.exceptions.KeyAlreadyPresent):
         c.load()