diff --git a/lib/log4js.js b/lib/log4js.js
index c781a30..f92a999 100644
--- a/lib/log4js.js
+++ b/lib/log4js.js
@@ -20,18 +20,21 @@
  * <h3>Example:</h3>
  * <pre>
  *  var logging = require('log4js');
- *  //add an appender that logs all messages to stdout.
- *  logging.addAppender(logging.consoleAppender());
- *  //add an appender that logs "some-category" to a file
- *  logging.addAppender(logging.fileAppender("file.log"), "some-category");
+ *  logging.configure({
+ *    appenders: {
+ *      "errorFile": { type: "file", filename: "error.log" }
+ *    },
+ *    categories: {
+ *      "default": { level: "ERROR", appenders: [ "errorFile" ] }
+ *    }
+ *  });
  *  //get a logger
  *  var log = logging.getLogger("some-category");
- *  log.setLevel(logging.levels.TRACE); //set the Level
  *
  *  ...
  *
  *  //call the log
- *  log.trace("trace me" );
+ *  log.error("oh noes");
  * </pre>
  *
  * NOTE: the authors below are the original browser-based log4js authors
@@ -286,11 +289,6 @@ function restoreConsole() {
 */
 module.exports = {
   getLogger: getLogger,
-/*  
-  addAppender: addAppender,
-  loadAppender: loadAppender,
-  clearAppenders: clearAppenders,
-*/
   configure: configure,
 /*  
   replaceConsole: replaceConsole,
@@ -306,6 +304,6 @@ module.exports = {
 };
 
 //set ourselves up
-//debug("Starting configuration");
-//configure();
+debug("Starting configuration");
+configure(defaultConfig);
 
diff --git a/test/log4js-test.js b/test/log4js-test.js
index 40742c9..6c721e9 100644
--- a/test/log4js-test.js
+++ b/test/log4js-test.js
@@ -288,4 +288,34 @@ describe('../lib/log4js', function() {
 
     it('should reload configuration if specified');
   });
+
+  describe('with no configuration', function() {
+    var events = []
+    , log4js_sandboxed = sandbox.require(
+      '../lib/log4js',
+      {
+        requires: {
+          './appenders/console': {
+            configure: function() {
+              return function(event) { events.push(event); };
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    );
+
+    log4js_sandboxed.getLogger("blah").debug("goes to console");
+    log4js_sandboxed.getLogger("yawn").trace("does not go to console");
+    log4js_sandboxed.getLogger().error("also goes to console");
+
+    it('should log events of debug level and higher to console', function() {
+      events.should.have.length(2);
+      events[0].data[0].should.eql("goes to console");
+      events[0].category.should.eql("blah");
+      events[0].level.toString().should.eql("DEBUG");
+      events[1].data[0].should.eql("also goes to console");
+      events[1].category.should.eql("default");
+      events[1].level.toString().should.eql("ERROR");
+    });
+  });
 });