diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 56667cc..252c0cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "minecraft-data-rs"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.4.3"
 authors = ["trivernis <trivernis@protonmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b96e5f3..9d8524a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,22 @@ This repository is a rust library to access minecraft data.
 The data itself hosted in the [minecraft-data](https://github.com/PrismarineJS/minecraft-data) repository
 and included into the library at compile time.
 
+## Usage
+
+```rust
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use minecraft_data_rs::Api;
+use minecraft_data_rs::models::food::Food;
+use minecraft_data_rs::models::version::Version;
+
+// create an api wrapper for the latest stable version
+let api = Api::latest().expect("failed to retrieve latest version");
+let food: Vec<Food> = api.foods.foods_array().unwrap();
+
+for food in food {
+    println!("When eating {} you gain {} food points", food.name, food.food_points);
+}
+```
 
 # License
 
diff --git a/src/api/mod.rs b/src/api/mod.rs
index f5490e6..5bc230c 100644
--- a/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ use crate::api::foods::Foods;
 use crate::api::items::Items;
 use crate::api::loot::Loot;
 use crate::api::recipes::Recipes;
+use crate::api::versions::latest_stable;
 use crate::models::version::Version;
+use crate::DataResult;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ pub mod loot;
 pub mod recipes;
 pub mod versions;
 
+/// A type wrapping access to all the metadata
+/// about the selected minecraft version
 pub struct Api {
     pub version: Arc<Version>,
     pub items: Items,
@@ -35,6 +39,12 @@ pub struct Api {
 }
 
 impl Api {
+    /// Creates a new API wrapper for the latest version
+    pub fn latest() -> DataResult<Self> {
+        Ok(Self::new(latest_stable()?))
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new API wrapper for the provided version
     pub fn new(version: Version) -> Self {
         let version = Arc::new(version);
         Self {
diff --git a/src/api/tests/versions.rs b/src/api/tests/versions.rs
index 023f753..75365ed 100644
--- a/src/api/tests/versions.rs
+++ b/src/api/tests/versions.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::api::versions::{latest_stable, versions, versions_by_minecraft_version};
+use crate::Api;
 
 #[test]
 fn test_versions() {
@@ -16,5 +17,6 @@ fn test_versions_by_minecraft_version() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_latest_stable_version() {
-    assert!(latest_stable().is_ok())
+    assert!(latest_stable().is_ok());
+    assert!(Api::latest().is_ok());
 }
diff --git a/src/api/versions.rs b/src/api/versions.rs
index 66fcc29..756b28b 100644
--- a/src/api/versions.rs
+++ b/src/api/versions.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::data::{get_common_file, PROTOCOL_VERSIONS_FILE, VERSIONS_FILE};
 use crate::models::version::Version;
 use crate::{DataError, DataResult};
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::iter::FromIterator;
 
@@ -25,10 +26,27 @@ pub fn versions_by_minecraft_version() -> DataResult<HashMap<String, Version>> {
 
 /// Returns the latest stable version (hardcoded at the moment)
 pub fn latest_stable() -> DataResult<Version> {
-    versions_by_minecraft_version()?
-        .get("1.18.1")
-        .cloned()
-        .ok_or(DataError::NotFoundError("1.18.1".to_string()))
+    let latest = versions()?
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|v| {
+            let version_string = v.minecraft_version.clone();
+            let mut parts = version_string.split(".");
+
+            Some((
+                v,
+                parts.next()?.parse::<u32>().ok()?,
+                parts.next()?.parse::<u32>().ok()?,
+                parts.next().and_then(|p| p.parse::<u32>().ok()),
+            ))
+        })
+        .sorted_by_key(|(_, maj, min, patch)| {
+            format!("{:#05}.{:#05}.{:#05}", maj, min, patch.unwrap_or(0))
+        })
+        .map(|(v, _, _, _)| v)
+        .rev()
+        .next();
+
+    latest.ok_or_else(|| DataError::NotFoundError(String::from("latest version")))
 }
 
 /// Returns a list of available version information
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 88ed9b4..c0948d0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+//! This crate is a wrapper for accessing information from [minecraft-data)(https://github.com/PrismarineJS/minecraft-data).
+//!
+//! Usage:
+//! ```
+//! use std::collections::HashMap;
+//! use minecraft_data_rs::Api;
+//! use minecraft_data_rs::models::food::Food;
+//! use minecraft_data_rs::models::version::Version;
+//!
+//! // create an api wrapper for the latest stable version
+//! let api = Api::latest().expect("failed to retrieve latest version");
+//! let food: Vec<Food> = api.foods.foods_array().unwrap();
+//!
+//! for food in food {
+//!     println!("When eating {} you gain {} food points", food.name, food.food_points);
+//! }
+//! ```
+//!
+
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate serde_derive;
 
@@ -6,5 +25,6 @@ pub(crate) mod data;
 pub mod models;
 pub(crate) mod utils;
 
+pub use api::Api;
 pub use utils::error::DataError;
 pub use utils::error::DataResult;