diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a0345a..c002af9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ $
 
 ### .load <file> [delay]
 
-Load a local or remote Javascript file line by line in to the REPL. A `delay` between each line of code's execution can be specified in milliseconds.
+Load a local or remote Javascript file line by line in to the REPL. A `delay` between each line of code's execution can be specified in milliseconds. If `<file>` is a directory, triple will attempt to load `app.js` then `index.js` from the directory.
 
 ```bash
 $ triple
diff --git a/lib/triple.js b/lib/triple.js
index f229701..35d4784 100644
--- a/lib/triple.js
+++ b/lib/triple.js
@@ -347,7 +347,19 @@ function load(tokens, rl) {
 	// probably a file
 	} else {
 		if (fs.existsSync(location)) {
-			return sendLoadCommand(rl, location, fs.readFileSync(location).toString(), delay);
+
+			// if it's a folder
+			if (fs.lstatSync(location).isDirectory()) {
+
+				// try app.js and/or index.js
+				var tries = ['app.js', 'index.js'];
+				for (var i = 0; i < tries.length; i++) {
+					var file = path.join(location, tries[i]);
+					if (fs.existsSync(file)) {
+						return sendLoadCommand(rl, file, fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8'), delay);
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}