diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index f6f764e..9807fea 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -38,6 +38,23 @@ Example:
 		}
 		textSub := slug.Make("water is hot")
 		fmt.Println(textSub) // Will print: "sand-is-hot"
+
+		// as above but goroutine safe, without race hazard
+
+		slugger := slug.New() // captures current global defaults
+
+		enText := slugger.MakeLang("This & that", "en")
+		fmt.Println(enText) // Will print: "this-and-that"
+
+		slugger.Lowercase = false // Keep uppercase characters
+		deUppercaseText := slugger.MakeLang("Diese & Dass", "de")
+		fmt.Println(deUppercaseText) // Will print: "Diese-und-Dass"
+
+		slugger.CustomSub = map[string]string{
+			"water": "sand",
+		}
+		textSub := slugger.Make("water is hot")
+		fmt.Println(textSub) // Will print: "sand-is-hot"
 	}
 
 Requests or bugs?
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f528a7a..dfbd3a3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 module github.com/gosimple/slug
 
-go 1.13
-
 require github.com/rainycape/unidecode v0.0.0-20150907023854-cb7f23ec59be
diff --git a/slug.go b/slug.go
index 272cc3f..017fc29 100644
--- a/slug.go
+++ b/slug.go
@@ -36,6 +36,25 @@ var (
 	regexpMultipleDashes     = regexp.MustCompile("-+")
 )
 
+type Slugger struct {
+	// CustomSub stores custom substitution map
+	CustomSub map[string]string
+	// CustomRuneSub stores custom rune substitution map
+	CustomRuneSub map[rune]string
+
+	// MaxLength stores maximum slug length.
+	// It's smart so it will cat slug after full word.
+	// By default slugs aren't shortened.
+	// If MaxLength is smaller than length of the first word, then returned
+	// slug will contain only substring from the first word truncated
+	// after MaxLength.
+	MaxLength int
+
+	// Lowercase defines if the resulting slug is transformed to lowercase.
+	// Default is true.
+	Lowercase bool
+}
+
 //=============================================================================
 
 // Make returns slug generated from provided string. Will use "en" as language
@@ -47,12 +66,26 @@ func Make(s string) (slug string) {
 // MakeLang returns slug generated from provided string and will use provided
 // language for chars substitution.
 func MakeLang(s string, lang string) (slug string) {
+	return New().MakeLang(s, lang)
+}
+
+// New returns a Slugger initialized with the current global defaults
+func New() Slugger {
+	return Slugger{
+		CustomSub:     CustomSub,
+		CustomRuneSub: CustomRuneSub,
+		MaxLength:     MaxLength,
+		Lowercase:     Lowercase,
+	}
+}
+
+func (sl Slugger) MakeLang(s string, lang string) (slug string) {
 	slug = strings.TrimSpace(s)
 
 	// Custom substitutions
 	// Always substitute runes first
-	slug = SubstituteRune(slug, CustomRuneSub)
-	slug = Substitute(slug, CustomSub)
+	slug = SubstituteRune(slug, sl.CustomRuneSub)
+	slug = Substitute(slug, sl.CustomSub)
 
 	// Process string with selected substitution language.
 	// Catch ISO 3166-1, ISO 639-1:2002 and ISO 639-3:2007.
@@ -84,7 +117,7 @@ func MakeLang(s string, lang string) (slug string) {
 	// Process all non ASCII symbols
 	slug = unidecode.Unidecode(slug)
 
-	if Lowercase {
+	if sl.Lowercase {
 		slug = strings.ToLower(slug)
 	}
 
@@ -93,8 +126,8 @@ func MakeLang(s string, lang string) (slug string) {
 	slug = regexpMultipleDashes.ReplaceAllString(slug, "-")
 	slug = strings.Trim(slug, "-_")
 
-	if MaxLength > 0 {
-		slug = smartTruncate(slug)
+	if sl.MaxLength > 0 {
+		slug = smartTruncate(slug, sl.MaxLength)
 	}
 
 	return slug
@@ -131,20 +164,20 @@ func SubstituteRune(s string, sub map[rune]string) string {
 	return buf.String()
 }
 
-func smartTruncate(text string) string {
-	if len(text) < MaxLength {
+func smartTruncate(text string, maxLength int) string {
+	if len(text) < maxLength {
 		return text
 	}
 
 	var truncated string
 	words := strings.SplitAfter(text, "-")
-	// If MaxLength is smaller than length of the first word return word
-	// truncated after MaxLength.
-	if len(words[0]) > MaxLength {
-		return words[0][:MaxLength]
+	// If maxLength is smaller than length of the first word return word
+	// truncated after maxLength.
+	if len(words[0]) > maxLength {
+		return words[0][:maxLength]
 	}
 	for _, word := range words {
-		if len(truncated)+len(word)-1 <= MaxLength {
+		if len(truncated)+len(word)-1 <= maxLength {
 			truncated = truncated + word
 		} else {
 			break
@@ -159,8 +192,12 @@ func smartTruncate(text string) string {
 // It should be in range of the MaxLength var if specified.
 // All output from slug.Make(text) should pass this test.
 func IsSlug(text string) bool {
+	return Slugger{MaxLength: MaxLength}.IsSlug(text)
+}
+
+func (sl Slugger) IsSlug(text string) bool {
 	if text == "" ||
-		(MaxLength > 0 && len(text) > MaxLength) ||
+		(sl.MaxLength > 0 && len(text) > sl.MaxLength) ||
 		text[0] == '-' || text[0] == '_' ||
 		text[len(text)-1] == '-' || text[len(text)-1] == '_' {
 		return false
diff --git a/slug_test.go b/slug_test.go
index e43eeed..f4a4bda 100644
--- a/slug_test.go
+++ b/slug_test.go
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ func BenchmarkSmartTruncateShort(b *testing.B) {
 	b.ReportAllocs()
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
-		smartTruncate(shortStr)
+		smartTruncate(shortStr, MaxLength)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ func BenchmarkSmartTruncateLong(b *testing.B) {
 	b.ReportAllocs()
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
-		smartTruncate(longStr)
+		smartTruncate(longStr, MaxLength)
 	}
 }