diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1950a9a..125527a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ recommended way of doing it, allowing you to define multiple environments.
     $env = getenv('APP_ENV') ?: 'prod';
     $app->register(new Igorw\Silex\ConfigServiceProvider(__DIR__."/../config/$env.json"));
 
+### Loading a config file (for directly reading from config file/IoC)
+
+Load the config file rather than registering with application, this is for IoC in Silex.
+
+      $env = getenv('APP_ENV') ?: 'prod';
+      $provider = new \Igorw\Silex\ConfigServiceProvider(__DIR__."/../config/$env.json"));
+      return $provider->load();
+
 Now you can specify a `prod` and a `dev` environment.
 
 **config/prod.json**
diff --git a/src/Igorw/Silex/ConfigServiceProvider.php b/src/Igorw/Silex/ConfigServiceProvider.php
index ee70599..17def6e 100644
--- a/src/Igorw/Silex/ConfigServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/Igorw/Silex/ConfigServiceProvider.php
@@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ public function register(Application $app)
         $this->merge($app, $config);
     }
 
+    public function load()
+    {
+        $config = $this->readConfig();
+
+        foreach ($config as $name => $value)
+            if ('%' === substr($name, 0, 1))
+                $this->replacements[$name] = (string) $value;
+
+        return $config;
+    }
+
     public function boot(Application $app)
     {
     }