diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3f58a3..4e14e0a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ var i;
 for (i = 0; i < 100; i += 1) {
   console.log(hri.random());
 }
+
+// Use custom pattern of number-noun-adjective
+console.log(hri.get('#na'));
 ```
 
 ### bower / browser
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ab07355..4595a64 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
     , animals = []
     , adjectives = []
     , numbers = []
-    ;
+  ;
 
   function genNumbers() {
     var i = 2
-      ;
+    ;
 
     numbers = [];
     numbers.push(0);
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     return shuffle(numbers);
   }
 
-  function random() {
+  function populate() {
     if (!adjectives.length) {
       adjectives = shuffle(lists.adjectives.slice(0));
     }
@@ -33,14 +33,40 @@
     if (!numbers.length) {
       numbers = shuffle(genNumbers());
     }
+  }
 
+  function random() {
+    populate();
     return adjectives.pop()
       + '-' + animals.pop()
       + '-' + numbers.pop()
       ;
   }
 
-  exports.humanReadableIds = { random: random };
+  // Accepts a format as a stirng of 'a' for adjective, 'n' for noun, and '#' for number
+  function get(format) {
+    populate();
+    let hri = [];
+    for (let item of format) {
+      switch (item) {
+        case 'a':
+          hri.push(adjectives.pop());
+          break;
+        case 'n':
+          hri.push(animals.pop());
+          break;
+        case '#':
+          hri.push(numbers.pop());
+          break;
+        default:
+          throw 'Unexpected value ' + item + '. Expected a,n,#';
+      }
+    }
+
+    return hri.join('-');
+  }
+
+  exports.humanReadableIds = {random: random, get: get};
   exports.hri = exports.humanReadableIds;
 
 }('undefined' !== typeof exports && exports || new Function('return this')()));
diff --git a/tests/run-in-node.js b/tests/run-in-node.js
index a8eb4c1..8ef6063 100644
--- a/tests/run-in-node.js
+++ b/tests/run-in-node.js
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@
   for (i = 0; i < 100; i += 1) {
     console.log(hri.random());
   }
+
+  for (i = 0; i < 10; i += 1) {
+    console.log(hri.get('#na'));
+  }
 }('undefined' !== typeof exports && exports || new Function('return this')()));