diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 309ea9e6..7a5940c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ repo.write('master', 'path/to/file', 'YOUR_NEW_CONTENTS', 'YOUR_COMMIT_MESSAGE',
 Not only can you can write files, you can of course read them.
 
 ```js
+// Retrieve contents of a certain file (assumes UTF-8)
+
 repo.read('master', 'path/to/file', function(err, data) {
   
 });
@@ -43,9 +45,23 @@ repo.read('master', 'path/to/file', function(err, data) {
 Listing all files of a repository is easy too.
 
 ```js
-// Retrieve contents of a certain file (assumes UTF-8)
-
 repo.list('master', 'path/to/file', function(err, data) {
   
 });
-```
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+```
+
+
+Node.js
+--------------
+
+To use Github.js on a node.js server, include it with require():
+
+```js
+var Github = require("/path/to/github.js");
+
+var github = new Github({
+  username: "YOU_USER",
+  password: "YOUR_PASSWORD",
+  auth: "basic"
+});
+```
diff --git a/github.js b/github.js
index 84113ad0..d95dedc7 100644
--- a/github.js
+++ b/github.js
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 // http://substance.io/michael/github
 
 (function() {
-  var Github;
+  
   var API_URL = 'https://api.github.com';
-
-  Github = window.Github = function(options) {
+  
+  var Github = function(options) {
     var username = options.username;
     var password = options.password;
 
@@ -236,4 +236,18 @@
       return new Github.User();
     };
   };
+
+  // Export the Github object for Node.js, with
+  // backwards-compatibility for the old `require()` API. If we're in
+  // the browser, add `Github` as a global object via a string identifier,
+  // for Closure Compiler "advanced" mode.
+  if (typeof exports !== "undefined") {
+    if (typeof module !== "undefined" && module.exports) {
+      exports = module.exports = Github;
+    }
+    exports.Github = Github;
+  } else {
+    this['Github'] = Github;
+  }
+  
 }).call(this);
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