diff --git a/System/Plugins/Auto.hs b/System/Plugins/Auto.hs
--- a/System/Plugins/Auto.hs
+++ b/System/Plugins/Auto.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts, TemplateHaskell #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
 -- | This module implements the public interface of plugins-auto
 -- Create a plugin handle with 'initPlugins' and use it later with 'withMonadIO'.
 module System.Plugins.Auto
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@
     , defaultPluginConf
     , withMonadIO
     , withMonadIO_
+    , withMonadIOFile
     ) where
 
 import Control.Monad.Trans          (MonadIO(liftIO))
 import Language.Haskell.TH          (ExpQ, appE, varE)
 import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax   (Name)
 import System.Plugins.Auto.LiftName (liftName)
-import System.Plugins.Auto.Reloader ( PluginHandle, funcTH, initPlugins, initPluginsWithConf
+import System.Plugins.Auto.Reloader ( PluginHandle, func, funcTH, initPlugins, initPluginsWithConf
                                     , defaultPluginConf, getPluginConf, PluginConf(..))
 
 
@@ -47,6 +48,24 @@
                 -> m b
 withMonadIO_ name _ ph fconf notloaded use = do
        (errs,ma) <- liftIO $ funcTH ph name$ getPluginConf ph fconf
+       maybe (notloaded errs) (use errs) ma
+
+
+-- | Dynamically load the specified symbol from a specific .hs file
+--
+withMonadIOFile :: (MonadIO m) => 
+                   FilePath     -- ^ path to file to load symbol from
+                -> String       -- ^ name of the symbol to dynamically load
+                -> PluginHandle -- ^ Handle to the function reloader
+                -> (PluginConf -> PluginConf)  -- ^ introduces variations on the plugin configuration
+                -> ([String] -> m b)        -- ^ function called if the symbol is not loaded ( either because the
+                                            --   last recompilation attempt failed or because it is being 
+                                            --   compiled right now by another thread).
+                -> ([String] -> a -> m b)   -- ^ function which uses the loaded result, receives also a 
+                                            -- list of errors in the last recompilation attempt
+                -> m b
+withMonadIOFile fp sym ph fconf notloaded use = do
+       (errs,ma) <- liftIO $ func ph fp sym $ getPluginConf ph fconf
        maybe (notloaded errs) (use errs) ma
 
 
diff --git a/System/Plugins/Auto/LiftName.hs b/System/Plugins/Auto/LiftName.hs
--- a/System/Plugins/Auto/LiftName.hs
+++ b/System/Plugins/Auto/LiftName.hs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell, MagicHash #-}
-module System.Plugins.Auto.LiftName where
+module System.Plugins.Auto.LiftName(liftName) where
 
 import GHC.Exts
 import Language.Haskell.TH
 import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax
 import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax.Internals
 
+-- | Lifts a Name to an ExpQ. @$(liftName n) == n@
 liftName :: Name -> ExpQ
 liftName (Name occName nameFlavour) = appE (appE [| Name |] (liftOccName occName)) (liftNameFlavour nameFlavour)
 
diff --git a/System/Plugins/Auto/Reloader.hs b/System/Plugins/Auto/Reloader.hs
--- a/System/Plugins/Auto/Reloader.hs
+++ b/System/Plugins/Auto/Reloader.hs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 -- | This module implements recompilation and reloading of symbols.
 module System.Plugins.Auto.Reloader
     ( funcTH
+    , func
     , PluginHandle
     , PluginConf(..)
     , initPlugins
@@ -143,7 +144,10 @@
     in (fp, sym)
 nameToFileSym n = error $ "nameToFileSym failed because Name was not the right kind. " ++ show n
 
-func :: PluginHandle -> FilePath -> Symbol -> PluginConf -> IO (Errors,Maybe a)
+
+-- | Like 'funcTH' but instead of a Name it takes the source file and 
+-- the contained symbol to load.
+func :: PluginHandle -> FilePath -> Symbol -> PluginConf -> IO ([String],Maybe a)
 func ph fp sym conf =
     do om <- readMVar$ phObjMap ph
        case Map.lookup fp om of
diff --git a/plugins-auto.cabal b/plugins-auto.cabal
--- a/plugins-auto.cabal
+++ b/plugins-auto.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                plugins-auto
-Version:             0.0.1
+Version:             0.0.2
 Synopsis:            Automatic recompilation and reloading of haskell modules.
 Description:         This library provides support for automatically recompiling and reloading
                      modules into your programs when the source code is modified. 
@@ -44,15 +44,12 @@
 Maintainer:          Happstack team <happs@googlegroups.com>
 Category:            System
 Build-Type:          Simple
-Cabal-Version:       >= 1.6
+Cabal-Version:       >= 1.8
 
 source-repository head
     type:     darcs
     location: http://patch-tag.com/r/facundo/plugins-auto
-
-Flag tests
-    Description: Build the testsuite, and include the tests in the library
-    Default: False
+    tag:      0.0.2
 
 Library
   exposed-modules:     System.Plugins.Auto
@@ -69,3 +66,9 @@
                        template-haskell
                        
   ghc-options:      -Wall
+
+Test-Suite test-plugins-auto
+  type:          exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  main-is:       Test/Test.hs
+  build-depends: base, directory, process
+