diff --git a/elevation_test.go b/elevation_test.go
index 8818dfd..0e1ca02 100644
--- a/elevation_test.go
+++ b/elevation_test.go
@@ -35,10 +35,8 @@ func TestGetElevationSRTM1ReturnsDataOnValidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := newElevationTestServer(srtm1, wantReqURI, t)
 	defer ts.Close()
 
-	client, err := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser", geonames.WithBaseURL(ts.URL))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	client := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser")
+	client.BaseURL = ts.URL
 
 	want := geonames.Elevation{
 		Type:  "srtm1",
@@ -66,10 +64,8 @@ func TestGetElevationSRTM3ReturnsDataOnValidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := newElevationTestServer(srtm3, wantReqURI, t)
 	defer ts.Close()
 
-	client, err := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser", geonames.WithBaseURL(ts.URL))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	client := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser")
+	client.BaseURL = ts.URL
 
 	want := geonames.Elevation{
 		Type:  "srtm3",
@@ -97,10 +93,8 @@ func TestGetElevationAstergdemReturnsDataOnValidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := newElevationTestServer(astergdem, wantReqURI, t)
 	defer ts.Close()
 
-	client, err := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser", geonames.WithBaseURL(ts.URL))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	client := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser")
+	client.BaseURL = ts.URL
 
 	want := geonames.Elevation{
 		Type:  "astergdem",
@@ -128,10 +122,8 @@ func TestGetElevationGTOPO30ReturnsDataOnValidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := newElevationTestServer(gtopo30, wantReqURI, t)
 	defer ts.Close()
 
-	client, err := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser", geonames.WithBaseURL(ts.URL))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	client := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser")
+	client.BaseURL = ts.URL
 
 	want := geonames.Elevation{
 		Type:  "gtopo30",
diff --git a/examples/postal/go.mod b/examples/postal/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index cd3f7e9..0000000
--- a/examples/postal/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module example-postal
-
-go 1.19
-
-require github.com/qba73/geonames v0.0.2
diff --git a/examples/postal/go.sum b/examples/postal/go.sum
deleted file mode 100644
index e0c9d62..0000000
--- a/examples/postal/go.sum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
-github.com/qba73/geonames v0.0.2 h1:MWYZ+YbG5uEdzFyG0ZMo0xLBU0jCQT/P2635Q2S598s=
-github.com/qba73/geonames v0.0.2/go.mod h1:2YIjYC03dZXrYz8D2OZCMRwGLKn/6qaSEJ0yPShv6E4=
diff --git a/examples/postal/main.go b/examples/postal/main.go
index e86489a..631253e 100644
--- a/examples/postal/main.go
+++ b/examples/postal/main.go
@@ -3,19 +3,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"os"
 
 	"github.com/qba73/geonames"
 )
 
 func main() {
 	// We exported valid "GEONAMES_USER" env var
-	geo, err := geonames.NewClient(os.Getenv("GEONAMES_USER"))
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	codes, err := geo.GetPostCode("Fort William", "UK")
+	codes, err := geonames.GetPostCode("Fort William", "UK")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/examples/wikipedia/go.mod b/examples/wikipedia/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index bd45b56..0000000
--- a/examples/wikipedia/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-module example-wikipedia
-
-go 1.19
-
-require github.com/qba73/geonames v0.0.2
diff --git a/examples/wikipedia/go.sum b/examples/wikipedia/go.sum
deleted file mode 100644
index e0c9d62..0000000
--- a/examples/wikipedia/go.sum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
-github.com/qba73/geonames v0.0.2 h1:MWYZ+YbG5uEdzFyG0ZMo0xLBU0jCQT/P2635Q2S598s=
-github.com/qba73/geonames v0.0.2/go.mod h1:2YIjYC03dZXrYz8D2OZCMRwGLKn/6qaSEJ0yPShv6E4=
diff --git a/examples/wikipedia/main.go b/examples/wikipedia/main.go
index e86489a..631253e 100644
--- a/examples/wikipedia/main.go
+++ b/examples/wikipedia/main.go
@@ -3,19 +3,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"os"
 
 	"github.com/qba73/geonames"
 )
 
 func main() {
 	// We exported valid "GEONAMES_USER" env var
-	geo, err := geonames.NewClient(os.Getenv("GEONAMES_USER"))
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	codes, err := geo.GetPostCode("Fort William", "UK")
+	codes, err := geonames.GetPostCode("Fort William", "UK")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/geonames.go b/geonames.go
index 83b9580..aea3d02 100644
--- a/geonames.go
+++ b/geonames.go
@@ -3,53 +3,13 @@ package geonames
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"time"
 )
 
-const (
-	libraryVersion = "0.1"
-	userAgent      = "geonames/" + libraryVersion
-)
-
-type option func(*Client) error
-
-// WithHTTPClient configures the Geonames HTTP Client.
-func WithHTTPClient(h *http.Client) option {
-	return func(c *Client) error {
-		if h == nil {
-			return errors.New("nil http Client")
-		}
-		c.HTTPClient = h
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
-// WithBaseURL configures a base URL for the Geonames client.
-func WithBaseURL(url string) option {
-	return func(c *Client) error {
-		if url == "" {
-			return errors.New("nil baseURL")
-		}
-		c.BaseURL = url
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
-// WithHTTPHeader configures custom HTTP Headers used by the Geonames client.
-func WithHTTPHeaders(header http.Header) option {
-	return func(c *Client) error {
-		if header == nil {
-			return errors.New("nil HTTP headers")
-		}
-		c.Headers = header
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
 // Client holds data required for communicating with the Geonames Web Services.
 type Client struct {
 	UserName   string
@@ -61,24 +21,16 @@ type Client struct {
 	Headers map[string][]string
 }
 
-var DefaultClient = Client{
-	UserName:   "demo",
-	BaseURL:    "http://api.geonames.org",
-	HTTPClient: http.DefaultClient,
-	Headers:    map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"application/json"}},
-}
-
-// NewDemoClient creates a demo client. Demo client
-// does not require username registration at geonames.org website.
-func NewDemoClient() *Client {
-	return &DefaultClient
-}
+const (
+	libraryVersion = "0.1"
+	userAgent      = "geonames/" + libraryVersion
+)
 
 // NewClient creates a new client for GeoNames Web service.
 //
 // The username has to be registered at the GeoNames.org website.
 // HTTP requests without a valid username will return 403 HTTP errors.
-func NewClient(username string, options ...option) (*Client, error) {
+func NewClient(username string) *Client {
 	c := Client{
 		UserName:  username,
 		UserAgent: userAgent,
@@ -91,12 +43,7 @@ func NewClient(username string, options ...option) (*Client, error) {
 			"Content-Type": {"application/json"},
 		},
 	}
-	for _, opt := range options {
-		if err := opt(&c); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating geonames client: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-	return &c, nil
+	return &c
 }
 
 func (c Client) get(ctx context.Context, url string, data any) error {
@@ -130,3 +77,23 @@ type Position struct {
 	Lat float64
 	Lng float64
 }
+
+var DemoClient = &Client{
+	UserName:   "demo",
+	BaseURL:    "http://api.geonames.org",
+	HTTPClient: http.DefaultClient,
+	Headers: map[string][]string{
+		"Content-Type": {"application/json"},
+	},
+}
+
+var ClientFromEnv = &Client{
+	UserName: os.Getenv("GEONAMES_USER"),
+	BaseURL:  "http://api.geonames.org",
+	HTTPClient: &http.Client{
+		Timeout: 10 * time.Second,
+	},
+	Headers: map[string][]string{
+		"Content-Type": {"application/json"},
+	},
+}
diff --git a/geonames_test.go b/geonames_test.go
index 4f10647..9a7a0ae 100644
--- a/geonames_test.go
+++ b/geonames_test.go
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ func TestWikipediaResolvesGeoNameOnValidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	defer ts.Close()
 
 	name, country := "Castlebar", "IE"
-	client, err := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser", geonames.WithBaseURL(ts.URL))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	client.GetPlace(context.Background(), name, country, 1)
+	c := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser")
+	c.GetPlace(context.Background(), name, country, 1)
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4dc8c0b..838e1fc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module github.com/qba73/geonames
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.22
 
 require github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
diff --git a/postal.go b/postal.go
index e8fa899..880005d 100644
--- a/postal.go
+++ b/postal.go
@@ -72,3 +72,8 @@ func (c Client) buildPostalURL(placeName, countryCode string) (string, error) {
 	u.RawQuery = params.Encode()
 	return u.String(), nil
 }
+
+// GetPostalCode takes place and country and returns postal codes.
+func GetPostCode(place, country string) ([]PostalCode, error) {
+	return ClientFromEnv.GetPostCode(context.Background(), place, country)
+}
diff --git a/postal_test.go b/postal_test.go
index b9baf4a..063643d 100644
--- a/postal_test.go
+++ b/postal_test.go
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ func TestGetPostalCodes_ReturnsSingleValueOnValidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 	defer ts.Close()
 
-	client, err := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser", geonames.WithBaseURL(ts.URL))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	client := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser")
+	client.BaseURL = ts.URL
 
 	place, country := "Castlebar", "IE"
 	got, err := client.GetPostCode(context.Background(), place, country)
@@ -63,10 +61,8 @@ func TestGetPostalCodes_ReturnsMultipleValuesOnValidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 	defer ts.Close()
 
-	client, err := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser", geonames.WithBaseURL(ts.URL))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	client := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser")
+	client.BaseURL = ts.URL
 
 	place, country := "Dublin", "IE"
 	got, err := client.GetPostCode(context.Background(), place, country)
diff --git a/wikipedia.go b/wikipedia.go
index 1b6fd46..ed70a7d 100644
--- a/wikipedia.go
+++ b/wikipedia.go
@@ -90,3 +90,9 @@ func (c Client) buildWikiURL(place, country string, maxResults int) (string, err
 	u.RawQuery = params.Encode()
 	return u.String(), nil
 }
+
+// GetPlace takes place name, country and max results and returns
+// a list of names associated with the place.
+func GetPlace(name, country string, maxResults int) ([]Geoname, error) {
+	return ClientFromEnv.GetPlace(context.Background(), name, country, maxResults)
+}
diff --git a/wikipedia_test.go b/wikipedia_test.go
index 390dc88..26ece71 100644
--- a/wikipedia_test.go
+++ b/wikipedia_test.go
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ func TestGetPlace_RetrievesSingleGeoNameOnValidInput(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := newTestServer(testFile, wantReqURI, t)
 	defer ts.Close()
 
-	client, err := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser", geonames.WithBaseURL(ts.URL))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
+	client := geonames.NewClient("DummyUser")
+	client.BaseURL = ts.URL
 
 	name := "Castlebar"
 	country := "IE"