diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a035374..3b806b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,16 +55,35 @@ public static dW\Lit\Highlight::toElement(string $data, string $scopeName, ?\DOM
 ***data*** - The input data string.  
 ***scopeName*** - The scope name (eg: text.html.php) of the grammar that's needed to highlight the input data.  
 ***document*** - An existing `DOMDocument` to use as the owner document of the returned `DOMElement`; if omitted one will be created instead.  
-***encoding*** - If a document isn't provided an encoding may be provided for the new document; the HTML standard default windows-1252 is used if no encoding is provided.  
+***encoding*** - The encoding of the input data string; only used if a document wasn't provided in the previous parameter, otherwise it uses the encoding of the existing `DOMDocument`
 
 #### Return Values ####
 
 Returns a `pre` `DOMElement`.
 
 
+### dW\\Lit\\Highlight::toString ###
+
+Highlights incoming string data and outputs a string containing serialized HTML.
+
+```php
+public static dW\Lit\Highlight::toString(string $data, string $scopeName, string $encoding = 'windows-1252'): string
+```
+
+#### Parameters ####
+
+***data*** - The input data string  
+***scopeName*** - The scope name (eg: text.html.php) of the grammar that's needed to highlight the input data  
+***encoding*** - The encoding of the input data string  
+
+#### Return Values ####
+
+Returns a string.
+
+
 ## Examples ##
 
-Here's an example of simply highlighting PHP code:
+Here's an example of highlighting PHP code:
 
 ```php
 $code = <<<CODE
@@ -74,7 +93,10 @@ echo "OOK!";
 CODE;
 
 $element = dW\Lit\Highlight::toElement($code, 'text.html.php');
-// Use PHP DOM's DOMDocument::saveHTML method to print the highlighted markup.
+$element->setAttribute('class', 'highlighted');
+
+// Use PHP DOM's DOMDocument::saveHTML method to print the highlighted markup
+// when finished with manipulating it.
 echo $element->ownerDocument->saveHTML($element);
 ```
 
@@ -86,15 +108,10 @@ This will produce:
 </span><span class="punctuation section embedded end php"><span class="source php">?</span>&gt;</span></span></code></pre>
 ```
 
-An existing `DOMDocument` may be used as the owner document of the returned `pre` element:
+An already existing `DOMDocument` may be used as the owner document of the returned `pre` element:
 
 ```php
-$code = <<<CODE
-<?php
-echo "OOK!";
-?>
-CODE;
-
+...
 $document = new DOMDocument();
 // $element will be owned by $document.
 $element = dW\Lit\Highlight::toElement($code, 'text.html.php', $document);
@@ -103,15 +120,17 @@ $element = dW\Lit\Highlight::toElement($code, 'text.html.php', $document);
 Other DOM libraries which inherit from PHP's DOM such as [`MensBeam\HTML`][d] may also be used:
 
 ```php
-$code = <<<CODE
-<?php
-echo "OOK!";
-?>
-CODE;
-
+...
 $document = new MensBeam\HTML\Document();
 // $element will be owned by $document.
 $element = dW\Lit\Highlight::toElement($code, 'text.html.php', $document);
 // MensBeam\HTML\Element can simply be cast to a string to serialize.
 $string = (string)$element;
 ```
+
+Of course Lit can simply output a string, too:
+
+```php
+...
+$string = dW\Lit\Highlight::toString($code, 'text.html.php');
+```
diff --git a/lib/GrammarRegistry.php b/lib/GrammarRegistry.php
index 25f46e0..5e9c08e 100644
--- a/lib/GrammarRegistry.php
+++ b/lib/GrammarRegistry.php
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ namespace dW\Lit;
 class GrammarRegistry {
     protected static array $storage = [];
 
+
+    /**
+     * Clears all grammars from the registry
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
     public static function clear(): bool {
         self::$storage = [];
         return true;
@@ -30,6 +36,7 @@ class GrammarRegistry {
             if (file_exists($filename)) {
                 $grammar = new Grammar();
                 $grammar->loadJSON($filename);
+                self::$storage[$scopeName] = $grammar;
                 return $grammar;
             }
         }
@@ -45,12 +52,7 @@ class GrammarRegistry {
      * @return bool
      */
     public static function set(string $scopeName, Grammar $grammar): bool {
-        try {
-            self::$storage[$scopeName] = $grammar;
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
+        self::$storage[$scopeName] = $grammar;
         return true;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Highlight.php b/lib/Highlight.php
index 6fd3c76..b864e50 100644
--- a/lib/Highlight.php
+++ b/lib/Highlight.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Highlight {
      * @param string $data - The input data string.
      * @param string $scopeName - The scope name (eg: text.html.php) of the grammar that's needed to highlight the input data.
      * @param ?\DOMDocument $document = null - An existing DOMDocument to use as the owner document of the returned DOMElement; if omitted one will be created instead.
-     * @param string $encoding = 'windows-1252' - If a document isn't provided an encoding may be provided for the new document; the HTML standard default windows-1252 is used if no encoding is provided.
+     * @param string $encoding = 'windows-1252' - The encoding of the input data string; only used if a document wasn't provided in the previous parameter, otherwise it uses the encoding of the existing DOMDocument
      * @return \DOMElement
      */
     public static function toElement(string $data, string $scopeName, ?\DOMDocument $document = null, string $encoding = 'windows-1252'): \DOMElement {
@@ -73,6 +73,19 @@ class Highlight {
         return $pre;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Highlights incoming string data and outputs a string containing serialized HTML.
+     *
+     * @param string $data - The input data string
+     * @param string $scopeName - The scope name (eg: text.html.php) of the grammar that's needed to highlight the input data
+     * @param string $encoding = 'windows-1252' - The encoding of the input data string
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function toString(string $data, string $scopeName, string $encoding = 'windows-1252'): string {
+        $pre = self::toElement($data, $scopeName, null, $encoding);
+        return $pre->ownerDocument->saveHTML($pre);
+    }
+
 
     protected static function scopeNameToCSSClassList(string $scopeName): string {
         return implode(' ', array_unique(explode('.', $scopeName)));