Index: C:/rails/gibberish/test/gibberish_test.rb
===================================================================
--- C:/rails/gibberish/test/gibberish_test.rb	(revision 307)
+++ C:/rails/gibberish/test/gibberish_test.rb	(working copy)
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
 end
 
 $:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib'
+RAILS_ROOT = File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/..'
+
 require 'active_support'
 require 'gibberish'
 
-RAILS_ROOT = File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/..'
 Gibberish.load_languages!
 
 context "After loading languages, Gibberish" do
@@ -89,6 +90,18 @@
     Gibberish.add_reserved_key key
     Gibberish.reserved_keys.size.should.equal 2
   end
+  
+  specify "should have loaded language files from directories other than the default" do
+    Gibberish.language_paths << File.dirname(__FILE__)
+    Gibberish.load_languages!
+    string = "I don't speak Babble."
+    Gibberish.use_language :es do
+      string[:no_babble].should.equal "No hablo Bable."
+    end
+    Gibberish.use_language :fr do
+      string[:no_babble].should.equal "Je ne parle pas Babble."
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 context "When no language is set" do
Index: C:/rails/gibberish/test/lang/fr.yml
===================================================================
--- C:/rails/gibberish/test/lang/fr.yml	(revision 0)
+++ C:/rails/gibberish/test/lang/fr.yml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+no_babble: Je ne parle pas Babble.
\ No newline at end of file
Index: C:/rails/gibberish/test/lang/es.yml
===================================================================
--- C:/rails/gibberish/test/lang/es.yml	(revision 0)
+++ C:/rails/gibberish/test/lang/es.yml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+no_babble: No hablo Bable.
\ No newline at end of file
Index: C:/rails/gibberish/lib/gibberish/localize.rb
===================================================================
--- C:/rails/gibberish/lib/gibberish/localize.rb	(revision 307)
+++ C:/rails/gibberish/lib/gibberish/localize.rb	(working copy)
@@ -52,11 +52,16 @@
     def load_languages!
       language_files.each do |file| 
         key = File.basename(file, '.*').to_sym
-        @@languages[key] = YAML.load_file(file).symbolize_keys
+        @@languages[key] ||= {}
+        @@languages[key].merge! YAML.load_file(file).symbolize_keys
       end
       languages
     end
 
+    @@language_paths = [RAILS_ROOT]
+    def language_paths
+      @@language_paths ||= []
+    end
   private
     def interpolate_string(string, *args)
       if args.last.is_a? Hash
@@ -75,9 +80,9 @@
     def interpolate_with_strings(string, strings)
       string.gsub(/\{\w+\}/) { strings.shift }
     end
-
+    
     def language_files
-      Dir[File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'lang', '*.{yml,yaml}')]
+      @@language_paths.map {|path| Dir[File.join(path, 'lang', '*.{yml,yaml}')]}.flatten
     end
   end
 end