diff --git a/lib/ceph-ruby/cluster.rb b/lib/ceph-ruby/cluster.rb
index e387464..99ab09c 100644
--- a/lib/ceph-ruby/cluster.rb
+++ b/lib/ceph-ruby/cluster.rb
@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@ module CephRuby
   class Cluster
     attr_accessor :handle
 
-    def initialize(config_path = "/etc/ceph/ceph.conf")
+    def initialize(options = {})
+      options[:config_path] ||= "/etc/ceph/ceph.conf"
+
       log("init lib rados #{Lib::Rados.version_string}, lib rbd #{Lib::Rbd.version_string}")
 
       handle_p = FFI::MemoryPointer.new(:pointer)
-      ret = Lib::Rados.rados_create(handle_p, nil)
+      ret = Lib::Rados.rados_create(handle_p, options[:username])
       raise SystemCallError.new("open of cluster failed", -ret) if ret < 0
       self.handle = handle_p.get_pointer(0)
 
-      setup_using_file(config_path)
+      setup_using_file(options[:config_path])
 
       connect