diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f39dc286..6f7ee3c6d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ If you do not wish to use a boilerplate, you may continue reading.
 Here's a minimal example to get started with:
 
 ```typescript
-import { Intents, startBot } from "https://deno.land/x/discordeno@10.0.1/mod.ts";
+import { startBot } from "https://deno.land/x/discordeno/mod.ts";
 
 startBot({
   token: "BOT TOKEN",
-  intents: [Intents.GUILDS, Intents.GUILD_MESSAGES],
+  intents: ["GUILDS", "GUILD_MESSAGES"],
   eventHandlers: {
     ready() {
       console.log("Successfully connected to gateway");
diff --git a/src/bot.ts b/src/bot.ts
index b59c69113..017d0c722 100644
--- a/src/bot.ts
+++ b/src/bot.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   BotConfig,
   DiscordBotGatewayData,
   EventHandlers,
+  Intents,
 } from "./types/mod.ts";
 import { baseEndpoints, endpoints, GATEWAY_VERSION } from "./util/constants.ts";
 import { spawnShards } from "./ws/shard_manager.ts";
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ export async function startBot(config: BotConfig) {
   proxyWSURL = botGatewayData.url;
   identifyPayload.token = config.token;
   identifyPayload.intents = config.intents.reduce(
-    (bits, next) => (bits |= next),
+    (bits, next) => (bits |= typeof next === "string" ? Intents[next] : next),
     0,
   );
   identifyPayload.shard = [0, botGatewayData.shards];
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ export async function startBigBrainBot(data: BigBrainBotConfig) {
   }
 
   identifyPayload.intents = data.intents.reduce(
-    (bits, next) => (bits |= next),
+    (bits, next) => (bits |= typeof next === "string" ? Intents[next] : next),
     0,
   );
 
diff --git a/src/types/options.ts b/src/types/options.ts
index 962c178db..2ec6fd099 100644
--- a/src/types/options.ts
+++ b/src/types/options.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
 export interface BotConfig {
   token: string;
   compress?: boolean;
-  intents: Intents[];
+  intents: (Intents | keyof typeof Intents)[];
   eventHandlers?: EventHandlers;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/mod.test.ts b/test/mod.test.ts
index a82632bf5..866fad30f 100644
--- a/test/mod.test.ts
+++ b/test/mod.test.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import {
   getMessage,
   getPins,
   Guild,
-  Intents,
   OverwriteType,
   pin,
   removeReaction,
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ if (!token) throw new Error("Token is not provided");
 
 startBot({
   token,
-  intents: [Intents.GUILD_MESSAGES, Intents.GUILDS],
+  intents: ["GUILD_MESSAGES", "GUILDS"],
 });
 
 // Default options for tests