diff --git a/detection/api/include/MPFVideoCapture.h b/detection/api/include/MPFVideoCapture.h
index f11cc6c..ab74348 100644
--- a/detection/api/include/MPFVideoCapture.h
+++ b/detection/api/include/MPFVideoCapture.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ namespace MPF { namespace COMPONENT {
         explicit MPFVideoCapture(const MPFVideoJob &videoJob, bool enableFrameTransformers=true,
                                  bool enableFrameFiltering=true);
 
+        explicit MPFVideoCapture(const std::string &videoPath);
+
 
         bool Read(cv::Mat &frame);
 
diff --git a/detection/api/src/MPFVideoCapture.cpp b/detection/api/src/MPFVideoCapture.cpp
index c057fff..b5205fe 100644
--- a/detection/api/src/MPFVideoCapture.cpp
+++ b/detection/api/src/MPFVideoCapture.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ namespace MPF { namespace COMPONENT {
     }
 
 
+    MPFVideoCapture::MPFVideoCapture(const std::string &videoPath)
+        : MPFVideoCapture(MPFVideoJob("", videoPath, 0, -1, {}, {}), false, false)
+    {
+    }
+
+
     IFrameTransformer::Ptr MPFVideoCapture::GetFrameTransformer(bool enableFrameTransformers,
                                                                 const MPFVideoJob &job) const {
         if (enableFrameTransformers) {