diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 65a502a..caf40af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This Rails gem makes use of the HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE http header sent by web bro
 
 When this fails (for example if there is no such http header - as is the case for Google bot), it will try to determine the locale based on the toplevel domain suffix (so it will set `'de'` for the `example.de` domain).
 
-When both fail, it will fall back to `I18n.default_locale`, which should be set in application’s `config/application.rb` file (and is `'en'` by default).
+When both fail, it will fall back to `I18n.default_locale`, which should be set in application’s `config/application.rb` file (`'en'` by default).
 
 The HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE header parser is based on:
 https://github.com/iain/http_accept_language/blob/master/lib/http_accept_language.rb
@@ -47,5 +47,18 @@ $ bundle
 ```
 
 
+## Turning off the language autodetection
+
+In certain cases we might want to turn off the locale/language autodetection. For example, we might want to give the user the ability to set his preferred language in his profile and respect this setting.
+
+In order to do that, you need to set a `:language` session key in your app:
+
+```ruby
+session[:language] = 'pl'
+```
+
+In consequence, regardless of the user browser’s language, the `I18n.locale` will be set to `'pl'`.
+
+
 
 Copyright © 2011 Exvo.com Development BV, released under the MIT license
diff --git a/lib/locale_detector/filter.rb b/lib/locale_detector/filter.rb
index 1764731..08d1c03 100644
--- a/lib/locale_detector/filter.rb
+++ b/lib/locale_detector/filter.rb
@@ -9,16 +9,22 @@ module Filter
     protected
 
     def set_locale
-      I18n.locale = begin
-        request.env['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'].split(/\s*,\s*/).collect do |l|
-          l += ';q=1.0' unless l =~ /;q=\d+\.\d+$/
-          l.split(';q=')
-        end.sort do |x,y|
-          raise "Incorrect format" unless x.first =~ /^[a-z\-]+$/i
-          y.last.to_f <=> x.last.to_f
-        end.first.first.gsub(/-[a-z]+$/i, '').downcase
-      rescue # rescue (anything) from the malformed (or missing) accept language headers
-        country_to_language(request.host.split('.').last)
+      if session[:language].present?
+        # set locale from session
+        I18n.locale = session[:language]
+      else
+        # set locale from http header or request host
+        I18n.locale = begin
+          request.env['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'].split(/\s*,\s*/).collect do |l|
+            l += ';q=1.0' unless l =~ /;q=\d+\.\d+$/
+            l.split(';q=')
+          end.sort do |x,y|
+            raise "Incorrect format" unless x.first =~ /^[a-z\-]+$/i
+            y.last.to_f <=> x.last.to_f
+          end.first.first.gsub(/-[a-z]+$/i, '').downcase
+        rescue # rescue (anything) from the malformed (or missing) accept language headers
+          country_to_language(request.host.split('.').last)
+        end
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/locale_detector/version.rb b/lib/locale_detector/version.rb
index a1402aa..4fcef97 100644
--- a/lib/locale_detector/version.rb
+++ b/lib/locale_detector/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module LocaleDetector
-  VERSION = "0.2.0"
+  VERSION = "0.3.0"
 end
diff --git a/spec/locale_detector/filter_spec.rb b/spec/locale_detector/filter_spec.rb
index 90e787a..3a0be31 100644
--- a/spec/locale_detector/filter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/locale_detector/filter_spec.rb
@@ -5,21 +5,36 @@
   def set_locale(opts = {})
     filter = Object.new.extend(LocaleDetector::Filter)
 
-    request = if opts[:language].present?
+    request =
+      if opts[:language].present?
         double('request', :env => { 'HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE' => opts[:language] })
-      else
+      elsif opts[:host].present?
         double('request', :env => nil, :host => opts[:host])
       end
 
+    session =
+      if opts[:session_language].present?
+        double('session', :[] => opts[:session_language])
+      else
+        double('session', :[] => '')
+      end
+
+    filter.stub(:session).and_return(session)
     filter.stub(:request).and_return(request)
     filter.send(:set_locale)
   end
 
+  context "session[:language] locale overwrite" do
+    specify { set_locale(:language => 'pt-BR', :session_language => 'pl').should eql('pl') }
+  end
+
   context "http header locale setting" do
     specify { set_locale(:language => 'pl').should eql('pl') }
 
     specify { set_locale(:language => 'pl-PL').should eql('pl') }
 
+    specify { set_locale(:language => 'pt-BR').should eql('pt') }
+
     specify { set_locale(:language => 'pl,en-us;q=0.7,en;q=0.3').should eql('pl') }
 
     specify { set_locale(:language => 'lt,en-us;q=0.8,en;q=0.6,ru;q=0.4,pl;q=0.2').should eql('lt') }