diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2968031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/lib/
+/feedparser-clj-0.3.jar
+/pom.xml
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 6080f48..366795b 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject feedparser-clj "0.2"
+(defproject org.clojars.vgeshel/feedparser-clj "0.3"
   :description "Parse RSS/Atom feeds with a simple, clojure-friendly API."
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.2.1"]
                  [org.clojure/clojure-contrib "1.2.0"]
diff --git a/src/feedparser_clj/core.clj b/src/feedparser_clj/core.clj
index 854a236..8c776ff 100644
--- a/src/feedparser_clj/core.clj
+++ b/src/feedparser_clj/core.clj
@@ -82,16 +82,22 @@
               :title (.getTitle f)
               :uri (.getUri f)))
 
-(defn parse-feed "Get and parse a feed from a URL"
-  [feedurl]
+(defn- parse-internal [xmlreader]
   (let [feedinput (new SyndFeedInput)
-        xmlreader (new XmlReader (new URL feedurl))
         syndfeed (.build feedinput xmlreader)]
     (make-feed syndfeed)))
 
+(defn parse-feed "Get and parse a feed from a URL"
+  ([feedsource]
+     (parse-internal (new XmlReader (if (string? feedsource)
+                                      (URL. feedsource)
+                                      feedsource))))
+  ([feedsource content-type]
+     (parse-internal (new XmlReader feedsource content-type))))
+
 (defn -main "Show basic information for a feed, given a URL"
-  [feedurl]
-  (println "Using feed:" feedurl)
-  (let [myfeed (parse-feed feedurl)]
+  [feedsource]
+  (println "Using feed:" feedsource)
+  (let [myfeed (parse-feed feedsource)]
     (println "Found" (count (:entries myfeed)) "entries")
-    (println myfeed)))
\ No newline at end of file
+    (println myfeed)))