diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b3da3cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+node_modules/
+*.swo
+*.swp
diff --git a/phantom.coffee b/phantom.coffee
index 7502d04d..0efb9e12 100644
--- a/phantom.coffee
+++ b/phantom.coffee
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ express = require 'express'
 child   = require 'child_process'
 
 phanta = []
-startPhantomProcess = (port, args) ->
-  ps = child.spawn 'phantomjs', args.concat [__dirname+'/shim.js', port]
+startPhantomProcess = (port, args, binaryPath) ->
+  ps = child.spawn binaryPath, args.concat [__dirname+'/shim.js', port]
 
   ps.stdout.on 'data', (data) -> console.log "phantom stdout: #{data}"
   ps.stderr.on 'data', (data) -> 
@@ -27,18 +27,19 @@ wrap = (ph) ->
 
 
 
-module.exports = 
-  create: (args..., cb) ->
+module.exports =
+  create: (args..., cb, binaryPath) ->
     app = express.createServer()
     app.use express.static __dirname
-    
     appServer = app.listen()
 
     server = dnode()
 
     phantom = null
 
-    ps = startPhantomProcess appServer.address().port, args
+    binaryPath = binaryPath || 'phantomjs'
+
+    ps = startPhantomProcess appServer.address().port, args, binaryPath
 
     ps.on 'exit', (code) ->
       appServer.close()
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ module.exports =
       phantom = conn.remote
       wrap phantom
       phanta.push phantom
+      phantom.__binaryPath = binaryPath
       cb? phantom
 
 
diff --git a/phantom.js b/phantom.js
index 54b4c060..d17ea8d5 100644
--- a/phantom.js
+++ b/phantom.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.3.3
 (function() {
   var child, dnode, express, phanta, startPhantomProcess, wrap,
-    __slice = Array.prototype.slice;
+    __slice = [].slice;
 
   dnode = require('dnode');
 
@@ -10,14 +11,16 @@
 
   phanta = [];
 
-  startPhantomProcess = function(port, args) {
+  startPhantomProcess = function(port, args, binaryPath) {
     var ps;
-    ps = child.spawn('phantomjs', args.concat([__dirname + '/shim.js', port]));
+    ps = child.spawn(binaryPath, args.concat([__dirname + '/shim.js', port]));
     ps.stdout.on('data', function(data) {
       return console.log("phantom stdout: " + data);
     });
     ps.stderr.on('data', function(data) {
-      if (data.toString('utf8').match(/No such method.*socketSentData/)) return;
+      if (data.toString('utf8').match(/No such method.*socketSentData/)) {
+        return;
+      }
       return console.warn("phantom stderr: " + data);
     });
     return ps;
@@ -48,14 +51,15 @@
 
   module.exports = {
     create: function() {
-      var app, appServer, args, cb, io, phantom, ps, server, _i;
-      args = 2 <= arguments.length ? __slice.call(arguments, 0, _i = arguments.length - 1) : (_i = 0, []), cb = arguments[_i++];
+      var app, appServer, args, binaryPath, cb, io, phantom, ps, server, _i;
+      args = 3 <= arguments.length ? __slice.call(arguments, 0, _i = arguments.length - 2) : (_i = 0, []), cb = arguments[_i++], binaryPath = arguments[_i++];
       app = express.createServer();
-      app.use(express.static(__dirname));
+      app.use(express["static"](__dirname));
       appServer = app.listen();
       server = dnode();
       phantom = null;
-      ps = startPhantomProcess(appServer.address().port, args);
+      binaryPath = binaryPath || 'phantomjs';
+      ps = startPhantomProcess(appServer.address().port, args, binaryPath);
       ps.on('exit', function(code) {
         var p;
         appServer.close();
@@ -64,7 +68,9 @@
           _results = [];
           for (_j = 0, _len = phanta.length; _j < _len; _j++) {
             p = phanta[_j];
-            if (p !== phantom) _results.push(p);
+            if (p !== phantom) {
+              _results.push(p);
+            }
           }
           return _results;
         })();
@@ -79,6 +85,7 @@
         phantom = conn.remote;
         wrap(phantom);
         phanta.push(phantom);
+        phantom.__binaryPath = binaryPath;
         return typeof cb === "function" ? cb(phantom) : void 0;
       });
     }