diff --git a/src/Handlebars/Handlebars.php b/src/Handlebars/Handlebars.php
index 7805ea8..d36a53c 100644
--- a/src/Handlebars/Handlebars.php
+++ b/src/Handlebars/Handlebars.php
@@ -33,8 +33,16 @@ use Handlebars\Cache\Dummy;
 
 class Handlebars
 {
+    private static $instance = false;
     const VERSION = '1.0.0';
 
+    public static function factory ($options=array()) {
+        if (self::$instance === false) {
+            self::$instance = new Handlebars($options);
+        }
+        return self::$instance;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @var Tokenizer
      */