diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 01512a3..ea55788 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,5 +63,5 @@ The URL will change every time Ngrok starts, but you can retrieve the URL
 by running the following:
 
 ```elixir
-Ngrok.Settings.get("public_url") # => http://(.*).ngrok.io/
+Ngrok.public_url # => http://(.*).ngrok.io/
 ```
diff --git a/lib/api.ex b/lib/api.ex
index e3d88e3..9a2581d 100644
--- a/lib/api.ex
+++ b/lib/api.ex
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ defmodule Ngrok.Api do
   @type successful_parse :: {:ok, map}
   @type successful_get :: {:ok, String.t}
 
-  @spec first_tunnel_settings() :: error | successful_parse
-  def first_tunnel_settings do
+  @spec tunnel_settings() :: error | successful_parse
+  def tunnel_settings do
     with api_url = Application.get_env(:ex_ngrok, :api_url),
       {:ok, body} <- get(api_url),
       {:ok, parsed} <- parse(body) do
diff --git a/lib/ex_ngrok.ex b/lib/ex_ngrok.ex
index 057cd11..bbb63a9 100644
--- a/lib/ex_ngrok.ex
+++ b/lib/ex_ngrok.ex
@@ -17,4 +17,16 @@ defmodule Ngrok do
     opts = [strategy: :rest_for_one, name: Ngrok.Supervisor]
     Supervisor.start_link(children, opts)
   end
+
+  @doc """
+  Retrieves the public URL of the Ngrok tunnel
+
+  ## Example
+
+      Ngrok.public_url # => http://(.*).ngrok.io/
+  """
+  @spec public_url :: String.t
+  def public_url do
+    Ngrok.Settings.get("public_url")
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/settings.ex b/lib/settings.ex
index eb848ab..4f15f6f 100644
--- a/lib/settings.ex
+++ b/lib/settings.ex
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ defmodule Ngrok.Settings do
   require Logger
 
   def start_link do
-    Agent.start_link(fn -> announce_settings end, name: __MODULE__)
+    Agent.start_link(fn -> fetch_and_announce_settings end, name: __MODULE__)
   end
 
   @doc """
@@ -25,28 +25,28 @@ defmodule Ngrok.Settings do
     Agent.get(__MODULE__, &Map.get(&1, field_name))
   end
 
-  @spec announce_settings :: map
-  defp announce_settings do
-    settings = first_tunnel_settings
-    announce(settings)
-    settings
+  @spec fetch_and_announce_settings :: map
+  defp fetch_and_announce_settings do
+    tunnel_settings
+    |> announce
   end
 
-  @spec first_tunnel_settings :: map
-  defp first_tunnel_settings(), do: first_tunnel_settings(0, "")
-  defp first_tunnel_settings(6, error_message), do: raise "Unable to retrieve setting from Ngrok: #{error_message}"
-  defp first_tunnel_settings(total_attempts, _) do
+  @spec tunnel_settings :: map
+  defp tunnel_settings(), do: tunnel_settings(0, "")
+  defp tunnel_settings(6, error_message), do: raise "Unable to retrieve setting from Ngrok: #{error_message}"
+  defp tunnel_settings(total_attempts, _) do
     :timer.sleep(total_attempts * 100)
-    case Ngrok.Api.first_tunnel_settings do
+    case Ngrok.Api.tunnel_settings do
       {:ok, settings} ->
         settings
       {:error, message} ->
-        first_tunnel_settings(total_attempts + 1, message)
+        tunnel_settings(total_attempts + 1, message)
     end
   end
 
-  @spec announce(map) :: :ok
+  @spec announce(map) :: map
   defp announce(settings) do
     Logger.info "ex_ngrok: Ngrok tunnel available at #{settings["public_url"]}"
+    settings
   end
 end
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index f941f26..e5b6bb0 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ defmodule Ngrok.Mixfile do
 
   def project do
     [app: :ex_ngrok,
-     version: "0.2.1",
+     version: "0.3.0",
      elixir: "~> 1.3",
      build_embedded: Mix.env == :prod,
      start_permanent: Mix.env == :prod,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ defmodule Ngrok.Mixfile do
       {:ex_doc, "~> 0.14", only: :dev},
       {:credo, "~> 0.5", only: [:dev, :test]},
       {:dialyxir, "~> 0.4", only: [:dev]},
-      {:httpoison, "~> 0.9"},
+      {:httpoison, "~> 0.10"},
       {:poison, "~> 2.0"}
     ]
   end
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index 9167079..c5bced4 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %{"bunt": {:hex, :bunt, "0.1.6", "5d95a6882f73f3b9969fdfd1953798046664e6f77ec4e486e6fafc7caad97c6f", [:mix], []},
   "certifi": {:hex, :certifi, "0.7.0", "861a57f3808f7eb0c2d1802afeaae0fa5de813b0df0979153cbafcd853ababaf", [:rebar3], []},
-  "credo": {:hex, :credo, "0.5.2", "92e8c9f86e0ffbf9f688595e9f4e936bc96a52e5606d2c19713e9e4d191d5c74", [:mix], [{:bunt, "~> 0.1.6", [hex: :bunt, optional: false]}]},
+  "credo": {:hex, :credo, "0.5.3", "0c405b36e7651245a8ed63c09e2d52c2e2b89b6d02b1570c4d611e0fcbecf4a2", [:mix], [{:bunt, "~> 0.1.6", [hex: :bunt, optional: false]}]},
   "dialyxir": {:hex, :dialyxir, "0.4.0", "53ac3014bb4aef647728a697052b4db3a84c6742de7aab0e0a1c863ea274007b", [:mix], []},
   "earmark": {:hex, :earmark, "1.0.3", "89bdbaf2aca8bbb5c97d8b3b55c5dd0cff517ecc78d417e87f1d0982e514557b", [:mix], []},
   "ex_doc": {:hex, :ex_doc, "0.14.3", "e61cec6cf9731d7d23d254266ab06ac1decbb7651c3d1568402ec535d387b6f7", [:mix], [{:earmark, "~> 1.0", [hex: :earmark, optional: false]}]},
diff --git a/test/ex_ngrok_test.exs b/test/ex_ngrok_test.exs
index 2d3412c..9f693a8 100644
--- a/test/ex_ngrok_test.exs
+++ b/test/ex_ngrok_test.exs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ defmodule NgrokTest do
   test "it stores the settings" do
     :ok = Application.start(:ex_ngrok)
 
-    assert Ngrok.Settings.get("public_url") =~ ~r/http(s)?:\/\/(.*)\.ngrok\.io/
+    assert Ngrok.public_url =~ ~r/http(s)?:\/\/(.*)\.ngrok\.io/
   end
 
   @custom_configuration api_url: "http://localhost:0"