diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 6be3879e..cffece27 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 !icons/
 !package.json
 !README.md
-!LICENSE.md
\ No newline at end of file
+!LICENSE.md
+!index.js
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c422f85b..94c45964 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,32 @@
 # Simple Icons
 
-Free SVG icons for popular brands, started by [Dan Leech](https://twitter.com/bathtype). [See them all on one page at **simpleicons.org**](https://simpleicons.org). Contributions, corrections & requests can be made on GitHub. 
+Free SVG icons for popular brands, started by [Dan Leech](https://twitter.com/bathtype). [See them all on one page at **simpleicons.org**](https://simpleicons.org). Contributions, corrections & requests can be made on GitHub.
 
-## To do
+## Usage
 
-- [ ] Analytics tracking for icon clicks
-- [ ] New README.md
+Icons can be downloaded as SVGs directly from [our website](https://simpleicons.org/) - simply click the icon you want, and the download should start automatically.
+
+### Node Usage
+
+The icons are also available through our npm package. To install, simply run:
+
+```
+$ npm install simple-icons
+```
+
+The API can then be used as follows:
+
+```javascript
+const simpleIcons = require('simple-icons');
+
+console.log(simpleIcons['Google+']);
+
+/*
+{
+    title: 'Google+',
+    hex: 'DC4E41',
+    source: 'https://developers.google.com/+/branding-guidelines',
+    svg: '<svg aria-labelledby="simpleicons-googleplus-icon" role="img" viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">...</svg>'
+}
+*/
+```
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95ca27f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const dataFile = './_data/simple-icons.json';
+const data = require(dataFile);
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const icons = {};
+
+data.icons.forEach(i => {
+  const filename = i.title.toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/\+/g, "plus")
+    .replace(/[ .\-!’]/g, '');
+  i.svg = fs.readFileSync(`./icons/${filename}.svg`, 'utf8');
+  icons[i.title] = i
+});
+
+module.exports = icons;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ef951902..4c2d0194 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "svg",
     "icons"
   ],
-  "main": "_data/simple-icons.json",
+  "main": "index.js",
   "repository": "git@github.com:danleech/simple-icons.git",
   "author": "Dan Leech",
   "license": "CCO",