diff --git a/src/widgets.jl b/src/widgets.jl
index 35ffdba..39cfb60 100644
--- a/src/widgets.jl
+++ b/src/widgets.jl
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ function getoptions(options)
     optdict = OptionDict(opts)
 end
 
-addoption!(opts, v::NTuple{2}) = opts[string(v[1])] = v[2]
+addoption!(opts, v::Union{Pair, NTuple{2}}) = opts[string(v[1])] = v[2]
 addoption!(opts, v) = opts[string(v)] = v
 
 """
diff --git a/test/notebooks/Interact Manual Tests.ipynb b/test/notebooks/Interact Manual Tests.ipynb
index d324797..dad58f0 100644
--- a/test/notebooks/Interact Manual Tests.ipynb	
+++ b/test/notebooks/Interact Manual Tests.ipynb	
@@ -479,6 +479,21 @@
     "@show typeof.([sin,cos]);"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {
+    "collapsed": true
+   },
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "#Demo on README, was broken because option Pairs didn't work\n",
+    "using Gadfly\n",
+    "@manipulate for Φ=0:π/16:4π, f=[:sin => sin, :cos => cos]\n",
+    "    plot(θ -> f(θ+Φ ), 0, 25)\n",
+    "end"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,