diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ab0ced..0d2db45 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
-# spitWAD
+# spitwad
 
-`spitWAD` is a simple DOOM WAD management library
+Originally conceived as a joke between some friends after we laughed about how it would be better to use WADs to send data
+between applications then JSON, because JSON is stupid and wasteful. `spitwad` is a library for interacting with WAD
+files, popularized by ID games like DOOM and Quake. You can use it in your DOOM clone, or to package your data and
+send it over a network as a WAD. Why? Why not!
 
-`DOOM1.WAD` contained in this repo is the shareware version of DOOM and is used for tests
+## Requirements
+
+Should work on any POSIX platform out of the box
+
+## Usage
+
+Docs are a work in progress!
diff --git a/spitwad.c b/spitwad.c
index a9e26a9..8e88128 100644
--- a/spitwad.c
+++ b/spitwad.c
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ static char* getstring(const unsigned char* data, size_t offset) {
     return s;
 }
 
-int new_WAD(struct WAD* wad, const unsigned char* data, size_t data_sz) {
+int new_WAD_from_data(struct WAD* wad, const unsigned char* data, size_t data_sz) {
     if (wad == NULL) {
-        return fail("Supplied wad to new_WAD was NULL");
+        return fail("Supplied wad to new_WAD_from_data was NULL");
     }
 
     wad->data = malloc(sizeof(unsigned char) * data_sz);
@@ -98,18 +98,25 @@ int new_WAD_from_file(struct WAD* wad, const char* path) {
    fread(buf, 1, fsz, fp);
    fclose(fp);
 
-   new_WAD(wad, buf, fsz);
+    new_WAD_from_data(wad, buf, fsz);
    free(buf);
    return 0;
 }
 
+int new_WAD(struct WAD* wad) {
+    wad->data = NULL;
+    wad->data_sz = 0;
+    wad->directory = NULL;
+    wad->dir_sz = 0;
+    wad->dir_offset = 0;
+}
+
 void destroy_WAD(struct WAD* wad) {
     free(wad->data);
     free(wad->directory);
     free(wad);
 }
 
-
 int write_to_file(struct WAD* wad, const char* path) {
     FILE *fp = NULL;
     fp = fopen(path, "wb");
diff --git a/spitwad.h b/spitwad.h
index 3bd7f73..3783f1b 100644
--- a/spitwad.h
+++ b/spitwad.h
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ struct WAD {
     struct DirEntry *directory;
 };
 
-int new_WAD(struct WAD* wad, const unsigned char* data, size_t data_sz);
+int new_WAD_from_data(struct WAD* wad, const unsigned char* data, size_t data_sz);
 int new_WAD_from_file(struct WAD* wad, const char* path);
+int new_WAD(struct WAD* wad);
 void destroy_WAD(struct WAD* wad);
 int write_to_file(struct WAD* wad, const char* path);
 
+
 #endif //SPITWAD_H