diff --git a/src/ofxAutoReloadedShader.cpp b/src/ofxAutoReloadedShader.cpp
index 547c230..6984082 100755
--- a/src/ofxAutoReloadedShader.cpp
+++ b/src/ofxAutoReloadedShader.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ bool ofxAutoReloadedShader::load(string shaderName )
 	return load( shaderName + ".vert", shaderName + ".frag", shaderName + ".geom" );
 }
 
+bool ofxAutoReloadedShader::load(string vertName, string shaderName )
+{
+	return load( vertName, shaderName, "" );
+}
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //
 bool ofxAutoReloadedShader::load(string vertName, string fragName, string geomName)
diff --git a/src/ofxAutoReloadedShader.h b/src/ofxAutoReloadedShader.h
index 6fafdb4..4e468dc 100755
--- a/src/ofxAutoReloadedShader.h
+++ b/src/ofxAutoReloadedShader.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class ofxAutoReloadedShader : public ofShader
 	
 	// override the initialisation functions
 	bool load(string shaderName );
+        bool load(string vertName, string fragName);
 	bool load(string vertName, string fragName, string geomName);
 	
 	bool reloadShaders();