diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb098a8..2e1481c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,6 +97,22 @@ module.exports.handler = function(event, context, callback) {
 };
 ```
 
+### Create instance using options object or arguments
+
+```js
+const Q = new Lawos('https://sqs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com …', SQS, Lambda, 10)
+
+// ... or ...
+
+const Q = new Lawos({
+  queueUrl: 'https://sqs.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com …',
+  sqs: SQS,
+  lambda: Lambda,
+  messagesPerIteration: 10
+})
+
+```
+
 ## License
 
 Feel free to use the code, it's released using the [MIT license](https://github.com/sbstjn/lawos/blob/master/LICENSE.md).
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ff79658..991a18b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lawos",
-  "version": "1.1.5",
+  "version": "1.2.5",
   "description": "Wrapper for Amazon SQS Worker with AWS Lambda",
   "main": "src/main.js",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/sbstjn/lawos",
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 46f004a..40ce2ee 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 'use strict'
 
 class Lawos {
-  constructor (queueUrl, sqs, lambda) {
+  constructor (queueUrlOrOptions, sqs, lambda, messagesPerIteration) {
+    if (!queueUrlOrOptions) {
+      throw new Error('No SQS Queue URL or options object')
+    }
+
     this.maxMessages = 10
-    this.queueUrl = queueUrl
+
+    if (typeof queueUrlOrOptions === 'object') {
+      this.messagesPerIteration(queueUrlOrOptions.messagesPerIteration)
+      this.queueUrl = queueUrlOrOptions.queueUrl
+      this.sqs = queueUrlOrOptions.sqs
+      this.lambda = queueUrlOrOptions.lambda
+    } else {
+      this.messagesPerIteration(messagesPerIteration)
+      this.queueUrl = queueUrlOrOptions
+    }
+
     this.aws = {
       sqs: sqs,
       lambda: lambda
@@ -24,6 +38,13 @@ class Lawos {
     }
   }
 
+  messagesPerIteration (numberOfMessages) {
+    if (numberOfMessages >= 1 && numberOfMessages <= 10) {
+      this.maxMessages = numberOfMessages
+    }
+    return this
+  }
+
   invokeLambda (arn, data) {
     return new Promise(resolve => {
       this.aws.lambda.invoke(
diff --git a/test/main.spec.js b/test/main.spec.js
index 1730443..cf59f8f 100644
--- a/test/main.spec.js
+++ b/test/main.spec.js
@@ -8,8 +8,19 @@ it('is initialized with queue URL', () => {
   expect(Q.queueUrl).toBe('http://example.com')
 })
 
+it('is initialized with object', () => {
+  const Q = new Lawos({
+    queueUrl: 'http://example.com'
+  })
+  expect(Q.queueUrl).toBe('http://example.com')
+})
+
+it('fails without options', () => {
+  expect(() => new Lawos()).toThrow(/options/)
+})
+
 it('fails without queue URL', () => {
-  expect(() => new Lawos()).toThrow('')
+  expect(() => new Lawos({ queueUrl: undefined })).toThrow(/missing/i)
 })
 
 it('can has default handler', () => {
@@ -21,6 +32,13 @@ it('can has default handler', () => {
   ])
 })
 
+it('can set messages per iteration', () => {
+  const Q = new Lawos('http://example.com')
+  expect(Q.messagesPerIteration(0).maxMessages).toEqual(10)
+  expect(Q.messagesPerIteration(11).maxMessages).toEqual(10)
+  expect(Q.messagesPerIteration(5).maxMessages).toEqual(5)
+})
+
 it('can set item handler', () => {
   const Q = new Lawos('http://example.com')