diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/FFBase.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/FFBase.cs
index cc52b39..d38c8ca 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/FFBase.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/FFBase.cs
@@ -14,12 +14,27 @@ public abstract class FFBase : IDisposable
         protected string ConfiguredRoot;
         protected Process Process;
 
-        protected FFBase()
+        protected FFBase(FFMpegOptions opts = null)
         {
-            ConfiguredRoot =
-                !File.Exists(_ConfigFile) ?
-                _DefaultRoot :
-                JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, string>>(File.ReadAllText(_ConfigFile))["RootDirectory"];
+            var options = opts;
+
+            if (
+                opts == null &&
+                File.Exists(_ConfigFile)
+            )
+            {
+                options = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<FFMpegOptions>(File.ReadAllText(_ConfigFile));
+            }
+
+            if (options == null)
+            {
+                options = new FFMpegOptions
+                {
+                    RootDirectory = _DefaultRoot
+                };
+            }
+
+            ConfiguredRoot = options.RootDirectory;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/FFMpegOptions.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/FFMpegOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5030e39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMPEG/FFMpegOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace FFMpegCore.FFMPEG
+{
+    public class FFMpegOptions
+    {
+        public string RootDirectory { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpegCore.csproj b/FFMpegCore/FFMpegCore.csproj
index ac1c985..608fc81 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpegCore.csproj
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMpegCore.csproj
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/vladjerca/FFMpegCore</PackageProjectUrl>
     <Copyright>Vlad Jerca</Copyright>
     <Description>A great way to use FFMpeg encoding when writing video applications, client-side and server-side. It has wrapper methods that allow conversion to all web formats: MP4, OGV, TS and methods of capturing screens from the videos.</Description>
-    <Version>1.0.2</Version>
-    <AssemblyVersion>1.0.2.0</AssemblyVersion>
-    <FileVersion>1.0.2.0</FileVersion>
+    <Version>1.0.3</Version>
+    <AssemblyVersion>1.0.3.0</AssemblyVersion>
+    <FileVersion>1.0.3.0</FileVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>