diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 48b9e1f..e0efc21 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This code was originally written for [hebcal/hebcal-js](https://github.com/hebca
 
 Install gematriya from NPM, bower, or just take the `gematriya.js` script from this repo.
 
-```
+```bash
 npm install gematriya
 bower install gematriya
 ```
@@ -19,14 +19,18 @@ On the client side, the API is available through the global function `gematriya`
 
 A single function is available. Pass it a `Number` or `String`. Given a number, it will return the string representation. Given a gematriya string, it will return the number it represents.
 
-When passing a string, by default, it just adds up the numbers, regardless of place. By passing `true` as a second parameter, it will treat it as being ordered, as per the output (see below).
+When passing a string, by default, it just adds up the numbers, regardless of place. By passing `{order: true}` as a second parameter, it will treat it as being ordered, as per the output (see below).
 
-When passing a number, a second parameter is available, `limit`. This will limit the length of the returned string to a number of digits. For example:
+When passing a number, an optional options object is available as a second parameter. Setting a number as a value for the limit key will limit the length of the returned string to a number of digits. Setting false as the value for the punctuate key will remove double and single quoatation marks in the returned string. Like this:
 
 ```js
 gematriya(5774) // התשע"ד - ordinary
-gematriya(5774, 3) // תשע"ד - cropped to 774
-gematriya(5774, 7) // התשע"ד - kept at 5774
+gematriya(5774, {limit: 3}) // תשע"ד - cropped to 774
+gematriya(5774, {limit: 7}) // התשע"ד - kept at 5774
+gematriya(5774, {punctuate: false}) // 'התשעד' - removed quotation marks
+gematriya(5774, {punctuate: true}) // 'התשע"ד' - with quotation marks
+gematriya('התשעד', {order: true}) // 5774 - treats the characters as an ordered number
+gematriya('התשעד', {order: false}) // 779 - Adds up all the characters
 ```
 
 ## License
diff --git a/gematriya.js b/gematriya.js
index a61cba7..0d1ed8b 100644
--- a/gematriya.js
+++ b/gematriya.js
@@ -60,11 +60,26 @@
 		letters[numbers[i]] = i;
 	}
 
-	function gematriya(num, limit) {
+	function gematriya(num, options) {
+		if (options === undefined) {
+			var options = {limit: false, punctuate: true, order: false }
+		}
+		
 		if (typeof num !== 'number' && typeof num !== 'string') {
 			throw new TypeError('non-number or string given to gematriya()');
 		}
+
+		if (typeof options !== 'object' || options === null){
+			throw new TypeError('An object was not given as second argument')
+		}
+
+		var limit = options.limit
+		var punctuate = options.punctuate
+		var order = options.order
+
+		
 		var str = typeof num === 'string';
+
 		if (str) {
 			num = num.replace(/('|")/g,'');
 		}
@@ -75,7 +90,7 @@
 
 		num = num.map(function g(n,i){
 			if (str) {
-				return limit && numbers[n] < numbers[num[i - 1]] && numbers[n] < 100 ? numbers[n] * 1000 : numbers[n];
+				return order && numbers[n] < numbers[num[i - 1]] && numbers[n] < 100 ? numbers[n] * 1000 : numbers[n];
 			} else {
 				if (parseInt(n, 10) * Math.pow(10, i) > 1000) {
 					return g(n, i-3);
@@ -90,11 +105,13 @@
 			}, 0);
 		} else {
 			num = num.reverse().join('').replace(/יה/g,'טו').replace(/יו/g,'טז').split('');
-
-			if (num.length === 1) {
-				num.push("'");
-			} else if (num.length > 1) {
-				num.splice(-1, 0, '"');
+		
+			if (punctuate)	{
+				if (num.length === 1) {
+					num.push("'");
+				} else if (num.length > 1) {
+					num.splice(-1, 0, '"');
+				}
 			}
 
 			return num.join('');