diff --git a/signallight/src/main/java/com/jambit/jambel/SignalLightModule.java b/signallight/src/main/java/com/jambit/jambel/SignalLightModule.java
index e2aeede..7731388 100644
--- a/signallight/src/main/java/com/jambit/jambel/SignalLightModule.java
+++ b/signallight/src/main/java/com/jambit/jambel/SignalLightModule.java
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
 import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
+import com.google.inject.Guice;
 import com.google.inject.Provides;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 import com.google.inject.name.Names;
+import com.jambit.jambel.config.ConfigModule;
 import com.jambit.jambel.config.JambelConfiguration;
 import com.jambit.jambel.config.SignalLightConfiguration;
 import com.jambit.jambel.light.SignalLight;
@@ -32,4 +34,11 @@ public SignalLightConfiguration config(JambelConfiguration config) {
 		return config.getSignalLightConfiguration();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new signal light with the JSON config found at the given path.
+	 */
+	public static SignalLight create(String configFilePath) {
+		return Guice.createInjector(new ConfigModule(configFilePath), new SignalLightModule()).getInstance(SignalLight.class);
+	}
+	
 }
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