diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e589e4..a2c15ec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,24 @@ CodeMirror.fromTextArea(document.getElementById("textarea"), {
 
 That's it!
 
+## Other languages
+In order to use another language instead of `en_US` you just have to provide an additional piece of configuration:
+
+```JS
+CodeMirrorSpellChecker({
+	codeMirrorInstance: CodeMirror,
+	customDict: {
+		dic: "https://github.com/titoBouzout/Dictionaries/blob/master/Italian.dic",
+		aff: "https://github.com/titoBouzout/Dictionaries/blob/master/Italian.aff"
+	}
+});
+
+CodeMirror.fromTextArea(document.getElementById("textarea"), {
+	mode: "spell-checker",
+	backdrop: "gfm" // Your desired mode
+});
+```
+
 ## Customizing
 You can customize the misspelled word appearance by updating the CSS. All misspelled words will have the `.cm-spell-error` class.
 
diff --git a/src/js/spell-checker.js b/src/js/spell-checker.js
index a292034..195122c 100644
--- a/src/js/spell-checker.js
+++ b/src/js/spell-checker.js
@@ -34,7 +34,14 @@ function CodeMirrorSpellChecker(options) {
 		if(!CodeMirrorSpellChecker.aff_loading) {
 			CodeMirrorSpellChecker.aff_loading = true;
 			var xhr_aff = new XMLHttpRequest();
-			xhr_aff.open("GET", "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/codemirror.spell-checker/latest/en_US.aff", true);
+			var affUrl;
+			if(options.customDict===undefined){
+				affUrl="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/codemirror.spell-checker/latest/en_US.aff";
+			}
+			else{
+				affUrl=options.customDict.aff;
+			}
+			xhr_aff.open("GET", affUrl, true);
 			xhr_aff.onload = function() {
 				if(xhr_aff.readyState === 4 && xhr_aff.status === 200) {
 					CodeMirrorSpellChecker.aff_data = xhr_aff.responseText;
@@ -53,7 +60,14 @@ function CodeMirrorSpellChecker(options) {
 		if(!CodeMirrorSpellChecker.dic_loading) {
 			CodeMirrorSpellChecker.dic_loading = true;
 			var xhr_dic = new XMLHttpRequest();
-			xhr_dic.open("GET", "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/codemirror.spell-checker/latest/en_US.dic", true);
+			var dicUrl
+			if(options.customDict===undefined){
+				dicUrl="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/codemirror.spell-checker/latest/en_US.dic";
+			}
+			else{
+				affUrl=options.customDict.dic;
+			}
+			xhr_dic.open("GET", dicUrl, true);
 			xhr_dic.onload = function() {
 				if(xhr_dic.readyState === 4 && xhr_dic.status === 200) {
 					CodeMirrorSpellChecker.dic_data = xhr_dic.responseText;