diff --git a/src/compiler.rs b/src/compiler.rs
index a7829ba..22ad593 100644
--- a/src/compiler.rs
+++ b/src/compiler.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,17 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 pub fn compile<T>(path: T, shader_kind: ShaderKind) -> Result<Vec<u32>, CompileError>
 where
     T: AsRef<Path>,
+{
+    let mut options = CompileOptions::new().ok_or(CompileError::CreateCompiler)?;
+    compile_with_options(path, shader_kind, options)
+}
+
+pub fn compile_with_options<T>(path: T, shader_kind: ShaderKind, mut options: CompileOptions) -> Result<Vec<u32>, CompileError>
+    where
+        T: AsRef<Path>,
 {
     // TODO Probably shouldn't create this every time.
     let mut compiler = shaderc::Compiler::new().ok_or(CompileError::CreateCompiler)?;
-    let mut options = CompileOptions::new().ok_or(CompileError::CreateCompiler)?;
     let mut f = File::open(&path).map_err(CompileError::Open)?;
     let mut src = String::new();
     f.read_to_string(&mut src).map_err(CompileError::Open)?;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8de337e..9f075b3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub use reflection::LayoutData;
 pub use watch::{Message, Watch};
 pub use error::*;
 
+use shaderc::CompileOptions;
 use spirv_reflect as sr;
 use vulkano as vk;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -26,9 +27,16 @@ pub fn load<T>(vertex: T, fragment: T) -> Result<CompiledShaders, Error>
 where
     T: AsRef<Path>,
 {
+    let options = CompileOptions::new().ok_or(CompileError::CreateCompiler).unwrap();
+
     let vertex = compiler::compile(vertex, ShaderKind::Vertex).map_err(Error::Compile)?;
     let fragment = compiler::compile(fragment, ShaderKind::Fragment).map_err(Error::Compile)?;
-    Ok(CompiledShaders{ vertex, fragment, compute: Vec::new() })
+
+    Ok(CompiledShaders{
+        vertex,
+        fragment,
+        compute: Vec::new(),
+    })
 }
 
 // TODO this should be incorpoarted into load but that would be
@@ -37,8 +45,20 @@ pub fn load_compute<T>(compute: T) -> Result<CompiledShaders, Error>
 where
     T: AsRef<Path>,
 {
-    let compute = compiler::compile(compute, ShaderKind::Compute).map_err(Error::Compile)?;
-    Ok(CompiledShaders{ vertex: Vec::new(), fragment: Vec::new(), compute })
+    let options = CompileOptions::new().ok_or(CompileError::CreateCompiler).unwrap();
+    load_compute_with_options(compute, options)
+}
+
+pub fn load_compute_with_options<T>(compute: T, options: CompileOptions) -> Result<CompiledShaders, Error>
+    where
+        T: AsRef<Path>,
+{
+    let compute = compiler::compile_with_options(compute, ShaderKind::Compute, options).map_err(Error::Compile)?;
+    Ok(CompiledShaders{
+        vertex: Vec::new(),
+        fragment: Vec::new(),
+        compute,
+    })
 }
 
 pub fn parse_compute(code: &CompiledShaders) -> Result<Entry, Error> {