diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a8d370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.bundle/
+Gemfile.lock
+vendor/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc90bf2..8bb1e69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ A utility for verifying the correctness of environment variables at application
 
 ## Add ConfConf to your Rails/Ruby Project
 
-
 Add `gem 'conf_conf'` to your application's Gemfile and `bundle install`
 
 Better yet, go to https://rubygems.org/gems/conf_conf and configure a specific version requirement.
@@ -40,8 +39,8 @@ config :public_key, default: "XYZ123"
 You can adjust the value from the environment and typecast it or perform additional validation by passing a block to `config`:
 
 ```ruby
-config(:admin) { |admin| 
-  admin ? true : false 
+config(:admin) { |admin|
+  admin ? true : false
 }
 ```
 
@@ -64,3 +63,46 @@ ConfConf.rails_configuration do
   config :secret_key
 end
 ```
+
+### Default Values
+
+```ruby
+# Sets $configuration.public_key from ENV["PUBLIC_KEY"], or uses the default if not available in ENV
+config :public_key, default: "XYZ123"
+```
+
+### Casting
+
+You can adjust the value from the environment and typecast it or perform
+additional validation by passing a block to `config`:
+
+```ruby
+# Sets $configuration.admin to a boolean value of true or false based on truthiness of ENV key, app fails to boot if not present
+config(:admin) { |admin|
+  admin ? true : false
+}
+```
+
+### Varying Names
+
+If you'd like to reference a configuration value with a different name, you can
+use the `from` key as an option to `config` and pass it the name to expect from
+the environment.
+
+```ruby
+# Sets $configuration.public_key from ENV["PUBLIC_KEY_WITH_ALT_NAME"]
+config :public_key, from: "PUBLIC_KEY_WITH_ALT_NAME"
+```
+
+## Rails.configuration
+
+To assign directly to Rails.configuration instead of CONFCONF, you can
+use `ConfConf.rails_configuration` method.
+
+```ruby
+# config/initializers/conf_conf.rb
+ConfConf.rails_configuration do
+  # Sets Rails.configuration.secret_key
+  config :secret_key
+end
+```
diff --git a/conf_conf.gemspec b/conf_conf.gemspec
index d59c73d..5e4e962 100644
--- a/conf_conf.gemspec
+++ b/conf_conf.gemspec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name             = "conf_conf"
   s.version          = "1.0.2"
   s.licenses         = ["MIT"]
-  s.authors          = ["James Kassemi"] 
+  s.authors          = ["James Kassemi"]
   s.email            = ["jkassemi@gmail.com"]
   s.homepage         = "https://github.com/jkassemi/conf_conf"
   s.description      = "Verify correctness of environment variables"
diff --git a/lib/conf_conf.rb b/lib/conf_conf.rb
index 53a434c..4a1fb4e 100644
--- a/lib/conf_conf.rb
+++ b/lib/conf_conf.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ module ConfConf
   class MissingConfigurationValueError < StandardError; end;
 
   class << self
+    attr_accessor :log_config
+
     def configuration(&block)
       OpenStruct.new(Configuration.new(&block).parsed_values)
     end
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ def rails_configuration(&block)
       configuration.parsed_values.each do |key, value|
         Rails.configuration.send("#{key}=", value)
       end
+
+      ConfigLogger.new.dump_config configuration if log_config
     end
   end
 
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ def config(key, options={})
   class Reference < Struct.new(:key, :options)
     def value
       environment_value || default_value
-    end 
+    end
 
     private
     def default_value
@@ -65,4 +69,14 @@ def environment_key
       options[:from] || key.to_s.upcase
     end
   end
+
+  class ConfigLogger
+    def dump_config(configuration)
+      Rails.logger.info "Application Configuration\n\n#{format(configuration)}"
+    end
+
+    def format(configuration)
+      configuration.parsed_values.collect { |pair| "#{pair[0]}: #{pair[1]}" }.join("\n")
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/conf_conf_spec.rb b/spec/conf_conf_spec.rb
index 5ebf878..85c3250 100644
--- a/spec/conf_conf_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/conf_conf_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Rails; end;
       ENV["TEST_KEY"] = "hey"
 
       configuration = ConfConf.configuration {
-        config :test_key 
+        config :test_key
       }
 
       expect(configuration.test_key).to eq("hey")
@@ -64,5 +64,36 @@ module Rails; end;
         end
       end
     end
+
+    it "logs the configuration if told to" do
+      logger = double()
+      allow(logger).to receive(:info)
+      allow(Rails).to receive(:logger).and_return logger
+      expect(configuration).to receive(:integer_value=).with(2)
+
+      ConfConf.log_config = true
+
+      ConfConf.rails_configuration do
+        config :integer_value do |value|
+          value.to_i
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "logs the configuration if told to" do
+      logger = double()
+      expect(logger).to receive(:info)
+      expect(Rails).to receive(:logger).and_return logger
+      expect(configuration).to receive(:integer_value=).with(2)
+
+
+      ConfConf.log_config = true
+
+      ConfConf.rails_configuration do
+        config :integer_value do |value|
+          value.to_i
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 end