diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66e4f225..8642bb96 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1220,14 +1220,17 @@ binance.prevDay("BNBBTC", function(prevDay, symbol) {
 ```
 
 #### Get Kline/candlestick data for a symbol
+You can use the optional API parameters for getting historical candlesticks, these are useful if you want to import data from earlier back in time.
+Optional parameters: limit (max/default 500), startTime, endTime.
+
 ```javascript
-// Periods: 1m,3m,5m,15m,30m,1h,2h,4h,6h,8h,12h,1d,3d,1w,1M
+// Intervals: 1m,3m,5m,15m,30m,1h,2h,4h,6h,8h,12h,1d,3d,1w,1M
 binance.candlesticks("BNBBTC", "5m", function(ticks, symbol) {
 	console.log("candlesticks()", ticks);
 	let last_tick = ticks[ticks.length - 1];
 	let [time, open, high, low, close, volume, closeTime, assetVolume, trades, buyBaseVolume, buyAssetVolume, ignored] = last_tick;
 	console.log(symbol+" last close: "+close);
-});
+}, {limit: 500, endTime: 1514764800000});
 ```
 
 # WebSockets Implementation
diff --git a/node-binance-api.js b/node-binance-api.js
index 3e6e0d26..77d195f2 100644
--- a/node-binance-api.js
+++ b/node-binance-api.js
@@ -605,8 +605,9 @@ Move this to a future release v0.4.0
 			}
 			return {open:open, high:high, low:low, close:close, volume:volume};
 		},
-		candlesticks: function(symbol, interval = '5m', callback) { //1m,3m,5m,15m,30m,1h,2h,4h,6h,8h,12h,1d,3d,1w,1M
-			publicRequest(base+'v1/klines', {symbol:symbol, interval:interval}, function(data) {
+		candlesticks: function(symbol, interval, callback, options = {limit:500}) { // additional options: startTime, endTime
+		  let params = Object.assign({symbol:symbol, interval:interval}, options);
+			publicRequest(base+'v1/klines', params, function(data) {
 				return callback.call(this, data, symbol);
 			});
 		},
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 355907be..47e8d376 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "node-binance-api",
-  "version": "0.3.8",
+  "version": "0.3.9",
   "description": "Binance API for node https://github.com/jaggedsoft/node-binance-api",
   "main": "node-binance-api.js",
   "dependencies": {