diff --git a/connector/src/main/scala/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/SparkBigQueryOptions.scala b/connector/src/main/scala/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/SparkBigQueryOptions.scala
index de07f8605..cedef1ba4 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/scala/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/SparkBigQueryOptions.scala
+++ b/connector/src/main/scala/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/SparkBigQueryOptions.scala
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ object SparkBigQueryOptions {
   : SparkBigQueryOptions = {
     val normalizedAllConf = normalizeAllConf(allConf)
 
-    val tableParam = getRequiredOption(parameters, "table")
+    val tableParam = getRequiredOption(parameters, "table", () => getOption(parameters, "path"))
     val datasetParam = getOption(parameters, "dataset")
     val projectParam = getOption(parameters, "project")
       .orElse(Option(hadoopConf.get(GcsConfigProjectIdProperty)))
diff --git a/connector/src/test/scala/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/it/SparkBigQueryEndToEndITSuite.scala b/connector/src/test/scala/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/it/SparkBigQueryEndToEndITSuite.scala
index 473eb0e63..1eaa66c2c 100644
--- a/connector/src/test/scala/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/it/SparkBigQueryEndToEndITSuite.scala
+++ b/connector/src/test/scala/com/google/cloud/spark/bigquery/it/SparkBigQueryEndToEndITSuite.scala
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ class SparkBigQueryEndToEndITSuite extends FunSuite
     spark.read.format("bigquery").option("table", SHAKESPEARE_TABLE).load()
   }
 
+  testShakespeare("simplified api") {
+    spark.read.format("bigquery").load(SHAKESPEARE_TABLE)
+  }
+
   testsWithReadInFormat("avro")
   testsWithReadInFormat("arrow")
 
@@ -344,7 +348,7 @@ class SparkBigQueryEndToEndITSuite extends FunSuite
 
   /** Generate a test to verify that the given DataFrame is equal to a known result. */
   def testShakespeare(description: String)(df: => DataFrame): Unit = {
-    test(description) {
+    test(s"read using $description") {
       val youCannotImportVars = spark
       import youCannotImportVars.implicits._
       assert(SHAKESPEARE_TABLE_SCHEMA == df.schema)
@@ -456,6 +460,14 @@ class SparkBigQueryEndToEndITSuite extends FunSuite
     initialDataValuesExist shouldBe true
   }
 
+  test("write to bq - simplified api") {
+    initialData.write.format("bigquery")
+      .option("temporaryGcsBucket", temporaryGcsBucket)
+      .save(fullTableName)
+    testTableNumberOfRows shouldBe 2
+    initialDataValuesExist shouldBe true
+  }
+
   test("write to bq - unsupported format") {
     assertThrows[IllegalArgumentException] {
       writeToBigQuery(initialData, SaveMode.ErrorIfExists, "something else")