diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index fd383f2f..46a641d2 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -18,17 +18,228 @@ void user_defined_example();
 void err_handler_example();
 void syslog_example();
 
-#include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
-#include <spdlog/sinks/stdout_color_sinks.h>
-#include <spdlog/loaders/env.h>
-#include <spdlog/loaders/argv.h>
+#include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
+#include "spdlog/cfg/argv.h"
+#include "spdlog/cfg/env.h"
 
-int main(int args, char *argv[])
+int main(int args, char *argv [])
 {
-    spdlog::loaders::load_env();
-    spdlog::loaders::load_argv(args, argv);
-    spdlog::info("HELLO INFO");
+    // optionally init log levels from argv
+    spdlog::cfg::load_argv(args, argv);
 
-    auto l1 = spdlog::stderr_color_st("l1");
-    l1->trace("L1 TRACE");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    // optionally init load levels from an environment variable (SPDLOG_LEVEL)
+    spdlog::cfg::load_env();
+
+    spdlog::info("Welcome to spdlog version {}.{}.{}  !", SPDLOG_VER_MAJOR, SPDLOG_VER_MINOR, SPDLOG_VER_PATCH);
+    spdlog::warn("Easy padding in numbers like {:08d}", 12);
+    spdlog::critical("Support for int: {0:d};  hex: {0:x};  oct: {0:o}; bin: {0:b}", 42);
+    spdlog::info("Support for floats {:03.2f}", 1.23456);
+    spdlog::info("Positional args are {1} {0}..", "too", "supported");
+    spdlog::info("{:>8} aligned, {:<8} aligned", "right", "left");
+
+
+    // Runtime log levels
+    spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::info); // Set global log level to info
+    spdlog::debug("This message should not be displayed!");
+    spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::trace); // Set specific logger's log level
+    spdlog::debug("This message should be displayed..");
+
+
+
+    // Customize msg format for all loggers
+    spdlog::set_pattern("[%H:%M:%S %z] [%^%L%$] [thread %t] %v");
+    spdlog::info("This an info message with custom format");
+    spdlog::set_pattern("%+"); // back to default format
+    spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::info);
+
+    // Backtrace support
+    // Loggers can store in a ring buffer all messages (including debug/trace) for later inspection.
+    // When needed, call dump_backtrace() to see what happened:
+    spdlog::enable_backtrace(10); // create ring buffer with capacity of 10  messages
+    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+    {
+        spdlog::debug("Backtrace message {}", i); // not logged..
+    }
+    // e.g. if some error happened:
+    spdlog::dump_backtrace(); // log them now!
+
+    try
+    {
+        stdout_logger_example();
+        basic_example();
+        rotating_example();
+        daily_example();
+        async_example();
+        binary_example();
+        multi_sink_example();
+        user_defined_example();
+        err_handler_example();
+        trace_example();
+
+        // Flush all *registered* loggers using a worker thread every 3 seconds.
+        // note: registered loggers *must* be thread safe for this to work correctly!
+        spdlog::flush_every(std::chrono::seconds(3));
+
+        // Apply some function on all registered loggers
+        spdlog::apply_all([&](std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> l) { l->info("End of example."); });
+
+        // Release all spdlog resources, and drop all loggers in the registry.
+        // This is optional (only mandatory if using windows + async log).
+        spdlog::shutdown();
+    }
+
+    // Exceptions will only be thrown upon failed logger or sink construction (not during logging).
+    catch (const spdlog::spdlog_ex &ex)
+    {
+        std::printf("Log initialization failed: %s\n", ex.what());
+        return 1;
+    }
+}
+
+#include "spdlog/sinks/stdout_color_sinks.h"
+// or #include "spdlog/sinks/stdout_sinks.h" if no colors needed.
+void stdout_logger_example()
+{
+    // Create color multi threaded logger.
+    auto console = spdlog::stdout_color_mt("console");
+    // or for stderr:
+    // auto console = spdlog::stderr_color_mt("error-logger");
+}
+
+#include "spdlog/sinks/basic_file_sink.h"
+void basic_example()
+{
+    // Create basic file logger (not rotated).
+    auto my_logger = spdlog::basic_logger_mt("file_logger", "logs/basic-log.txt");
+}
+
+#include "spdlog/sinks/rotating_file_sink.h"
+void rotating_example()
+{
+    // Create a file rotating logger with 5mb size max and 3 rotated files.
+    auto rotating_logger = spdlog::rotating_logger_mt("some_logger_name", "logs/rotating.txt", 1048576 * 5, 3);
+}
+
+#include "spdlog/sinks/daily_file_sink.h"
+void daily_example()
+{
+    // Create a daily logger - a new file is created every day on 2:30am.
+    auto daily_logger = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_logger", "logs/daily.txt", 2, 30);
+}
+
+#include "spdlog/async.h"
+void async_example()
+{
+    // Default thread pool settings can be modified *before* creating the async logger:
+    // spdlog::init_thread_pool(32768, 1); // queue with max 32k items 1 backing thread.
+    auto async_file = spdlog::basic_logger_mt<spdlog::async_factory>("async_file_logger", "logs/async_log.txt");
+    // alternatively:
+    // auto async_file = spdlog::create_async<spdlog::sinks::basic_file_sink_mt>("async_file_logger", "logs/async_log.txt");
+
+    for (int i = 1; i < 101; ++i)
+    {
+        async_file->info("Async message #{}", i);
+    }
+}
+
+// Log binary data as hex.
+// Many types of std::container<char> types can be used.
+// Iterator ranges are supported too.
+// Format flags:
+// {:X} - print in uppercase.
+// {:s} - don't separate each byte with space.
+// {:p} - don't print the position on each line start.
+// {:n} - don't split the output to lines.
+
+#include "spdlog/fmt/bin_to_hex.h"
+void binary_example()
+{
+    std::vector<char> buf(80);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 80; i++)
+    {
+        buf.push_back(static_cast<char>(i & 0xff));
+    }
+    spdlog::info("Binary example: {}", spdlog::to_hex(buf));
+    spdlog::info("Another binary example:{:n}", spdlog::to_hex(std::begin(buf), std::begin(buf) + 10));
+    // more examples:
+    // logger->info("uppercase: {:X}", spdlog::to_hex(buf));
+    // logger->info("uppercase, no delimiters: {:Xs}", spdlog::to_hex(buf));
+    // logger->info("uppercase, no delimiters, no position info: {:Xsp}", spdlog::to_hex(buf));
+}
+
+// Compile time log levels.
+// define SPDLOG_ACTIVE_LEVEL to required level (e.g. SPDLOG_LEVEL_TRACE)
+void trace_example()
+{
+    // trace from default logger
+    SPDLOG_TRACE("Some trace message.. {} ,{}", 1, 3.23);
+    // debug from default logger
+    SPDLOG_DEBUG("Some debug message.. {} ,{}", 1, 3.23);
+
+    // trace from logger object
+    auto logger = spdlog::get("file_logger");
+    SPDLOG_LOGGER_TRACE(logger, "another trace message");
+}
+
+// A logger with multiple sinks (stdout and file) - each with a different format and log level.
+void multi_sink_example()
+{
+    auto console_sink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::stdout_color_sink_mt>();
+    console_sink->set_level(spdlog::level::warn);
+    console_sink->set_pattern("[multi_sink_example] [%^%l%$] %v");
+
+    auto file_sink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::basic_file_sink_mt>("logs/multisink.txt", true);
+    file_sink->set_level(spdlog::level::trace);
+
+    spdlog::logger logger("multi_sink", {console_sink, file_sink});
+    logger.set_level(spdlog::level::debug);
+    logger.warn("this should appear in both console and file");
+    logger.info("this message should not appear in the console, only in the file");
+}
+
+// User defined types logging by implementing operator<<
+#include "spdlog/fmt/ostr.h" // must be included
+struct my_type
+{
+    int i;
+    template<typename OStream>
+    friend OStream &operator<<(OStream &os, const my_type &c)
+    {
+        return os << "[my_type i=" << c.i << "]";
+    }
+};
+
+void user_defined_example()
+{
+    spdlog::info("user defined type: {}", my_type{14});
+}
+
+// Custom error handler. Will be triggered on log failure.
+void err_handler_example()
+{
+    // can be set globally or per logger(logger->set_error_handler(..))
+    spdlog::set_error_handler([](const std::string &msg) { printf("*** Custom log error handler: %s ***\n", msg.c_str()); });
+}
+
+// syslog example (linux/osx/freebsd)
+#ifndef _WIN32
+#include "spdlog/sinks/syslog_sink.h"
+void syslog_example()
+{
+    std::string ident = "spdlog-example";
+    auto syslog_logger = spdlog::syslog_logger_mt("syslog", ident, LOG_PID);
+    syslog_logger->warn("This is warning that will end up in syslog.");
+}
+#endif
+
+// Android example.
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+#include "spdlog/sinks/android_sink.h"
+void android_example()
+{
+    std::string tag = "spdlog-android";
+    auto android_logger = spdlog::android_logger_mt("android", tag);
+    android_logger->critical("Use \"adb shell logcat\" to view this message.");
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/spdlog/loaders/argv.h b/include/spdlog/cfg/argv.h
similarity index 93%
rename from include/spdlog/loaders/argv.h
rename to include/spdlog/cfg/argv.h
index 736b8c49..71ddb9ea 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/loaders/argv.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/cfg/argv.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 
 #pragma once
-#include <spdlog/loaders/helpers.h>
+#include <spdlog/cfg/helpers.h>
 #include <spdlog/details/os.h>
 
 //
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 // example.exe "SPDLOG_LEVEL=off,logger1=debug,logger2=info"
 
 namespace spdlog {
-namespace loaders {
+namespace cfg {
 
 // search for SPDLOG_LEVEL= in the args and use it to init the levels
 void load_argv(int args, char **argv)
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ void load_argv(int args, char **argv)
     }
 }
 
-} // namespace loaders
+} // namespace cfg
 } // namespace spdlog
diff --git a/include/spdlog/loaders/env.h b/include/spdlog/cfg/env.h
similarity index 92%
rename from include/spdlog/loaders/env.h
rename to include/spdlog/cfg/env.h
index afd690b7..4b4a22c7 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/loaders/env.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/cfg/env.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 
 #pragma once
-#include <spdlog/loaders/helpers.h>
+#include <spdlog/cfg/helpers.h>
 #include <spdlog/details/registry.h>
 #include <spdlog/details/os.h>
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 // export SPDLOG_LEVEL="off,logger1=debug,logger2=info"
 
 namespace spdlog {
-namespace loaders {
+namespace cfg {
 void load_env()
 {
     auto env_val = details::os::getenv("SPDLOG_LEVEL");
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ void load_env()
     details::registry::instance().update_levels(std::move(levels));
 }
 
-} // namespace loaders
+} // namespace cfg
 } // namespace spdlog
diff --git a/include/spdlog/loaders/helpers-inl.h b/include/spdlog/cfg/helpers-inl.h
similarity index 97%
rename from include/spdlog/loaders/helpers-inl.h
rename to include/spdlog/cfg/helpers-inl.h
index 0dea4616..b0915073 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/loaders/helpers-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/cfg/helpers-inl.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #ifndef SPDLOG_HEADER_ONLY
-#include <spdlog/loaders/helpers.h>
+#include <spdlog/cfg/helpers.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 
 namespace spdlog {
-namespace loaders {
+namespace cfg {
 namespace helpers {
 
 // inplace convert to lowercase
@@ -99,5 +99,5 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE log_levels extract_levels(const std::string &input)
 }
 
 } // namespace helpers
-} // namespace loaders
+} // namespace cfg
 } // namespace spdlog
diff --git a/include/spdlog/loaders/helpers.h b/include/spdlog/cfg/helpers.h
similarity index 88%
rename from include/spdlog/loaders/helpers.h
rename to include/spdlog/cfg/helpers.h
index 3239699d..cf5146c0 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/loaders/helpers.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/cfg/helpers.h
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <spdlog/loaders/log_levels.h>
+#include <spdlog/cfg/log_levels.h>
 
 namespace spdlog {
-namespace loaders {
+namespace cfg {
 namespace helpers {
 //
 // Init levels from given string
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace helpers {
 log_levels extract_levels(const std::string &txt);
 } // namespace helpers
 
-} // namespace loaders
+} // namespace cfg
 } // namespace spdlog
 
 #ifdef SPDLOG_HEADER_ONLY
diff --git a/include/spdlog/loaders/log_levels.h b/include/spdlog/cfg/log_levels.h
similarity index 95%
rename from include/spdlog/loaders/log_levels.h
rename to include/spdlog/cfg/log_levels.h
index fab00d1c..867fe96b 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/loaders/log_levels.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/cfg/log_levels.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 namespace spdlog {
-namespace loaders {
+namespace cfg {
 class log_levels
 {
     std::unordered_map<std::string, spdlog::level::level_enum> levels_;
@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ public:
         return default_level_;
     }
 };
-} // namespace loaders
+} // namespace cfg
 } // namespace spdlog
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h b/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
index 35ec1ace..a2a7e614 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void registry::set_automatic_registration(bool automatic_registrat
     automatic_registration_ = automatic_registration;
 }
 
-SPDLOG_INLINE void registry::update_levels(loaders::log_levels levels)
+SPDLOG_INLINE void registry::update_levels(cfg::log_levels levels)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(logger_map_mutex_);
     levels_ = std::move(levels);
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/registry.h b/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
index ce6ed0ef..e7adb541 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // This class is thread safe
 
 #include <spdlog/common.h>
-#include <spdlog/loaders/log_levels.h>
+#include <spdlog/cfg/log_levels.h>
 
 #include <chrono>
 #include <functional>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public:
 
     void set_automatic_registration(bool automatic_registration);
 
-    void update_levels(loaders::log_levels levels);
+    void update_levels(cfg::log_levels levels);
 
     static registry &instance();
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ private:
     std::mutex logger_map_mutex_, flusher_mutex_;
     std::recursive_mutex tp_mutex_;
     std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<logger>> loggers_;
-    loaders::log_levels levels_;
+    cfg::log_levels levels_;
     std::unique_ptr<formatter> formatter_;
     level::level_enum flush_level_ = level::off;
     void (*err_handler_)(const std::string &msg);
diff --git a/src/loaders.cpp b/src/loaders.cpp
index 82a0be4f..e9e3ae09 100644
--- a/src/loaders.cpp
+++ b/src/loaders.cpp
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 #error Please define SPDLOG_COMPILED_LIB to compile this file.
 #endif
 
-#include "spdlog/loaders/helpers-inl.h"
+#include "spdlog/cfg/helpers-inl.h"
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 6bbf2263..f4f53107 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ set(SPDLOG_UTESTS_SOURCES
   	test_stdout_api.cpp
 	test_backtrace.cpp
 	test_create_dir.cpp
-		test_loaders.cpp)
+		test_cfg.cpp)
 
 if(NOT SPDLOG_NO_EXCEPTIONS)
 	list(APPEND SPDLOG_UTESTS_SOURCES test_errors.cpp)
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 87b8c106..d59e702c 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ test_sources = files([
     'test_stdout_api.cpp',
     'test_backtrace.cpp',
     'test_create_dir.cpp',
-    'test_loaders.cpp',
+    'test_cfg.cpp',
 ])
 
 if  not get_option('no_exceptions')
diff --git a/tests/test_loaders.cpp b/tests/test_cfg.cpp
similarity index 85%
rename from tests/test_loaders.cpp
rename to tests/test_cfg.cpp
index b4f516e5..3ee0e973 100644
--- a/tests/test_loaders.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_cfg.cpp
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #include "includes.h"
 #include "test_sink.h"
 
-#include <spdlog/loaders/env.h>
-#include <spdlog/loaders/argv.h>
+#include <spdlog/cfg/env.h>
+#include <spdlog/cfg/argv.h>
 
-using spdlog::loaders::load_argv;
-using spdlog::loaders::load_env;
+using spdlog::cfg::load_argv;
+using spdlog::cfg::load_env;
 
-TEST_CASE("env", "[loaders]")
+TEST_CASE("env", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::drop("l1");
     auto l1 = spdlog::create<spdlog::sinks::test_sink_st>("l1");
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ TEST_CASE("env", "[loaders]")
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::info);
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("argv1", "[loaders]")
+TEST_CASE("argv1", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::drop("l1");
     const char *argv[] = {"ignore", "SPDLOG_LEVEL=l1=warn"};
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv1", "[loaders]")
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::info);
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("argv2", "[loaders]")
+TEST_CASE("argv2", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::drop("l1");
     const char *argv[] = {"ignore", "SPDLOG_LEVEL=l1=warn,trace"};
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv2", "[loaders]")
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::trace);
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("argv3", "[loaders]")
+TEST_CASE("argv3", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::drop("l1");
     const char *argv[] = {"ignore", "SPDLOG_LEVEL="};
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv3", "[loaders]")
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::info);
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("argv4", "[loaders]")
+TEST_CASE("argv4", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::drop("l1");
     const char *argv[] = {"ignore", "SPDLOG_LEVEL=junk"};
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv4", "[loaders]")
     REQUIRE(l1->level() == spdlog::level::info);
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("argv5", "[loaders]")
+TEST_CASE("argv5", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::drop("l1");
     const char *argv[] = {"ignore", "ignore", "SPDLOG_LEVEL=l1=warn,trace"};
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv5", "[loaders]")
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::trace);
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("argv6", "[loaders]")
+TEST_CASE("argv6", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::err);
     const char *argv[] = {""};
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv6", "[loaders]")
 
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("argv7", "[loaders]")
+TEST_CASE("argv7", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::err);
     const char *argv[] = {""};