diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e33e19f..632fd4c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,34 +16,34 @@ Exporting simple types:
 
 require_once __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-use PHP_Exporter\Exporter;
+$exporter = new PHP_Exporter\Exporter;
 
 // 46
-echo Exporter::export(46);
+echo $exporter->export(46);
 
 // 4.0
-echo Exporter::export(4.0);
+echo $exporter->export(4.0);
 
 // 'hello, world!'
-echo Exporter::export('hello, world!');
+echo $exporter->export('hello, world!');
 
 // false
-echo Exporter::export(false);
+echo $exporter->export(false);
 
 // NAN
-echo Exporter::export(acos(8));
+echo $exporter->export(acos(8));
 
 // -INF
-echo Exporter::export(log(0));
+echo $exporter->export(log(0));
 
 // null
-echo Exporter::export(null);
+echo $exporter->export(null);
 
 // resource(13) of type (stream)
-echo Exporter::export(fopen('php://stderr', 'w'));
+echo $exporter->export(fopen('php://stderr', 'w'));
 
 // Binary String: 0x000102030405
-echo Exporter::export(chr(0) . chr(1) . chr(2) . chr(3) . chr(4) . chr(5));
+echo $exporter->export(chr(0) . chr(1) . chr(2) . chr(3) . chr(4) . chr(5));
 ```
 
 Exporting complex types:
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Exporting complex types:
 
 require_once __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-use PHP_Exporter\Exporter;
+$exporter = new PHP_Exporter\Exporter;
 
 /*
 Array &0 (
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Array &0 (
     )
 )
 */
-echo Exporter::export(array(array(1,2,3), array("",0,FALSE)));
+echo $exporter->export(array(array(1,2,3), array("",0,FALSE)));
 
 /*
 Array &0 (
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Array &0 (
 */
 $array = array();
 $array['self'] = &$array;
-echo Exporter::export($array);
+echo $exporter->export($array);
 
 /*
 stdClass Object &0000000003a66dcc0000000025e723e2 (
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ stdClass Object &0000000003a66dcc0000000025e723e2 (
 */
 $obj = new stdClass();
 $obj->self = $obj;
-echo Exporter::export($obj);
+echo $exporter->export($obj);
 ```
 
 Compact exports:
@@ -99,22 +99,22 @@ Compact exports:
 
 require_once __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-use PHP_Exporter\Exporter;
+$exporter = new PHP_Exporter\Exporter;
 
 // Array ()
-echo Exporter::shortenedExport(array());
+echo $exporter->shortenedExport(array());
 
 // Array (...)
-echo Exporter::shortenedExport(array(1,2,3,4,5));
+echo $exporter->shortenedExport(array(1,2,3,4,5));
 
 // stdClass Object ()
-echo Exporter::shortenedExport(new stdClass);
+echo $exporter->shortenedExport(new stdClass);
 
 // Exception Object (...)
-echo Exporter::shortenedExport(new Exception);
+echo $exporter->shortenedExport(new Exception);
 
 // this\nis\na\nsuper\nlong\nstring\nt...\nspace
-echo Exporter::shortenedExport(
+echo $exporter->shortenedExport(
 <<<LONG_STRING
 this
 is
diff --git a/src/PHP_Exporter/Exporter.php b/src/PHP_Exporter/Exporter.php
index f760efa..ed0b475 100644
--- a/src/PHP_Exporter/Exporter.php
+++ b/src/PHP_Exporter/Exporter.php
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ class Exporter
      * @param  integer $indentation The indentation level of the 2nd+ line
      * @return string
      */
-    public static function export($value, $indentation = 0)
+    public function export($value, $indentation = 0)
     {
-        return self::recursiveExport($value, $indentation);
+        return $this->recursiveExport($value, $indentation);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Exporter
      * @return string
      * @see    PHP_Exporter\Exporter::export
      */
-    protected static function recursiveExport(&$value, $indentation, $processed = null)
+    protected function recursiveExport(&$value, $indentation, $processed = null)
     {
         if ($value === NULL) {
             return 'null';
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ class Exporter
                 $output = "Array &$key (\n";
 
                 foreach ($value as $k => $v) {
-                    $ek = self::export($k);
-                    $output .= "$whitespace    $ek => ".self::recursiveExport($value[$k], $indentation + 1, $processed)."\n";
+                    $ek = $this->export($k);
+                    $output .= "$whitespace    $ek => ".$this->recursiveExport($value[$k], $indentation + 1, $processed)."\n";
                 }
 
                 return "$output$whitespace)";
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ class Exporter
             }
 
             $hash = $processed->add($value);
-            $array = self::toArray($value);
+            $array = $this->toArray($value);
             if (count($array) > 0) {
                 $output = "$class Object &$hash (\n";
 
                 foreach ($array as $k => $v) {
-                    $k = self::export($k);
-                    $output .= "$whitespace    $k => ".self::recursiveExport($v, $indentation + 1, $processed)."\n";
+                    $k = $this->export($k);
+                    $output .= "$whitespace    $k => ".$this->recursiveExport($v, $indentation + 1, $processed)."\n";
                 }
 
                 return "$output$whitespace)";
@@ -193,17 +193,17 @@ class Exporter
      * @return string
      * @see    PHP_Exporter\Exporter::export
      */
-    public static function shortenedExport($value)
+    public function shortenedExport($value)
     {
         if (is_string($value)) {
-            return self::shortenedString($value);
+            return $this->shortenedString($value);
         }
 
         if(is_object($value)) {
             return sprintf(
               "%s Object (%s)",
               get_class($value),
-              count(self::toArray($value)) > 0 ? '...' : ''
+              count($this->toArray($value)) > 0 ? '...' : ''
             );
         }
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class Exporter
             );
         }
 
-        return self::export($value);
+        return $this->export($value);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ class Exporter
      * @param  integer $max The maximum length for the string
      * @return string
      */
-    public static function shortenedString($string, $maxLength = 40)
+    public function shortenedString($string, $maxLength = 40)
     {
-        $string = self::export($string);
+        $string = $this->export($string);
 
         if (strlen($string) > $maxLength) {
             $string = substr($string, 0, $maxLength - 10) . '...' . substr($string, -7);
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class Exporter
      * @param  object $object
      * @return array
      */
-    public static function toArray($object)
+    public function toArray($object)
     {
         $array = array();
 
diff --git a/tests/PHP_Exporter/ExporterTest.php b/tests/PHP_Exporter/ExporterTest.php
index bcb5eac..28dfbcd 100644
--- a/tests/PHP_Exporter/ExporterTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHP_Exporter/ExporterTest.php
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ EOF
      */
     public function testExport($value, $expected)
     {
-        $this->assertStringMatchesFormat($expected, self::trimnl(Exporter::export($value)));
+        $exporter = new Exporter;
+        $this->assertStringMatchesFormat($expected, self::trimnl($exporter->export($value)));
     }
 
     public function shortenedExportProvider()
@@ -283,7 +284,8 @@ EOF
      */
     public function testShortenedExport($value, $expected)
     {
-        $this->assertSame($expected, self::trimnl(Exporter::shortenedExport($value)));
+        $exporter = new Exporter;
+        $this->assertSame($expected, self::trimnl($exporter->shortenedExport($value)));
     }
 
     public function provideNonBinaryMultibyteStrings()
@@ -301,6 +303,7 @@ EOF
      */
     public function testNonBinaryStringExport($value, $expectedLength)
     {
-        $this->assertRegExp("~'.{{$expectedLength}}'\$~s", Exporter::export($value));
+        $exporter = new Exporter;
+        $this->assertRegExp("~'.{{$expectedLength}}'\$~s", $exporter->export($value));
     }
 }