diff --git a/examples/simple/app.py b/examples/simple/app.py
index 2cd51f4..4c03aa6 100644
--- a/examples/simple/app.py
+++ b/examples/simple/app.py
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 from simple_settings import settings
 
 
-os.environ.setdefault('settings', 'project_settings')
+os.environ.setdefault('SIMPLE_SETTINGS', 'project_settings')
 print settings.SIMPLE_CONF
diff --git a/examples/simple/app_without_env_or_args.py b/examples/simple/app_without_env_or_args.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..358c33c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simple/app_without_env_or_args.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from simple_settings import LazySettings
+
+
+settings = LazySettings('project_settings')
+print settings.SIMPLE_CONF