diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0726e5..b79dafd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Reverse Geocoder
 =================
 A Python library for offline reverse geocoding. It improves on an existing library called [reverse_geocode](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/reverse_geocode/1.0) developed by [Richard Penman](https://bitbucket.org/richardpenman/reverse_geocode).
 
-*UPDATE (15-Sep-16)*: v1.5 released! See release notes below.
+*UPDATE (15-Sep-16)*: v1.5.1 released! See release notes below.
 
 ### About
 Ajay Thampi | [@thampiman](https://twitter.com/thampiman) | [opensignal.com](http://opensignal.com) | [ajaythampi.com](http://ajaythampi.com)
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Package can be found on [PyPI](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/reverse_geocoder/).
 4. v1.3 (11-Apr-15) - This release fixes issues [#9](https://github.com/thampiman/reverse-geocoder/issues/9), [#10](https://github.com/thampiman/reverse-geocoder/issues/10), [#11](https://github.com/thampiman/reverse-geocoder/issues/11) and [#12](https://github.com/thampiman/reverse-geocoder/issues/12). License has been changed from MIT to LGPL (see [#12](https://github.com/thampiman/reverse-geocoder/issues/12)).
 5. v1.4 (08-Jul-16) - Included numpy and scipy as dependencies in setup.  
 6. v1.5 (15-Sep-16) - Support for custom data source and fixes for issues [#16](https://github.com/thampiman/reverse-geocoder/issues/16) and [#24](https://github.com/thampiman/reverse-geocoder/issues/24). Hat tip to [Jason](https://github.com/swails) and [Gregoire](https://github.com/geekingfrog).
+7. v1.5.1 (15-Sep-16) - Fix for [#26](https://github.com/thampiman/reverse-geocoder/issues/26).
 
 ## Usage
 The library supports two modes:
diff --git a/dist/reverse_geocoder-1.5.1.tar.gz b/dist/reverse_geocoder-1.5.1.tar.gz
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diff --git a/reverse_geocoder/__init__.py b/reverse_geocoder/__init__.py
index f441d26..7149bc5 100644
--- a/reverse_geocoder/__init__.py
+++ b/reverse_geocoder/__init__.py
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ def singleton(cls):
     Function to get single instance of the RGeocoder class
     """
     instances = {}
-    def getinstance(mode=2, verbose=True, stream=None):
+    def getinstance(**kwargs):
         """
         Creates a new RGeocoder instance if not created already
         """
         if cls not in instances:
-            instances[cls] = cls(mode=mode, verbose=verbose, stream=stream)
+            instances[cls] = cls(**kwargs)
         return instances[cls]
     return getinstance
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 76549ab..540eead 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def finalize_options(self):
       self.include_dirs.append(numpy.get_include())
 
 setup(name='reverse_geocoder',
-      version='1.5',
+      version='1.5.1',
       author='Ajay Thampi',
       author_email='ajay.thampi@gmail.com',
       url='https://github.com/thampiman/reverse-geocoder',