diff --git a/control/cmd_misc.go b/control/cmd_misc.go
index ff20e44..bc94ba2 100644
--- a/control/cmd_misc.go
+++ b/control/cmd_misc.go
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ func (c *Conn) GetInfo(keys ...string) ([]*KeyVal, error) {
 	for _, val := range resp.Data {
 		infoVal := &KeyVal{}
 		infoVal.Key, infoVal.Val, _ = util.PartitionString(val, '=')
+		if infoVal.Val, err = util.UnescapeSimpleQuotedStringIfNeeded(infoVal.Val); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		ret = append(ret, infoVal)
 	}
 	return ret, nil
diff --git a/examples/simpleclient/main.go b/examples/simpleclient/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d345d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/simpleclient/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/cretz/bine/tor"
+	"golang.org/x/net/html"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	if err := run(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func run() error {
+	// Start tor with default config (can set start conf's DebugWriter to os.Stdout for debug logs)
+	fmt.Println("Starting tor and fetching title of https://check.torproject.org, please wait a few seconds...")
+	t, err := tor.Start(nil, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer t.Close()
+	// Wait at most a minute to start network and get
+	dialCtx, dialCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
+	defer dialCancel()
+	// Make connection
+	dialer, err := t.Dialer(dialCtx, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	httpClient := &http.Client{Transport: &http.Transport{DialContext: dialer.DialContext}}
+	// Get /
+	resp, err := httpClient.Get("https://check.torproject.org")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	// Grab the <title>
+	parsed, err := html.Parse(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("Title: %v\n", getTitle(parsed))
+	return nil
+}
+
+func getTitle(n *html.Node) string {
+	if n.Type == html.ElementNode && n.Data == "title" {
+		var title bytes.Buffer
+		if err := html.Render(&title, n.FirstChild); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		return strings.TrimSpace(title.String())
+	}
+	for c := n.FirstChild; c != nil; c = c.NextSibling {
+		if title := getTitle(c); title != "" {
+			return title
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/tor/dialer.go b/tor/dialer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..038bc95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tor/dialer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+package tor
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"strings"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/proxy"
+)
+
+// Dialer is a wrapper around a proxy.Dialer for dialing connections.
+type Dialer struct {
+	proxy.Dialer
+}
+
+// DialConf is the configuration used for Dialer.
+type DialConf struct {
+	// ProxyAddress is the address for the SOCKS5 proxy. If empty, it is looked
+	// up.
+	ProxyAddress string
+
+	// ProxyNetwork is the network for the SOCKS5 proxy. If ProxyAddress is
+	// empty, this value is ignored and overridden by what is looked up. If this
+	// is empty and ProxyAddress is not empty, it defaults to "tcp".
+	ProxyNetwork string
+
+	// ProxyAuth is the auth for the proxy. An empty auth means no auth, a nil
+	// auth means it is looked up.
+	ProxyAuth *proxy.Auth
+
+	// SkipEnableNetwork, if true, will skip the enable network step in Dialer.
+	SkipEnableNetwork bool
+
+	// Forward is the dialer to forward to. If nil, just uses normal net dialer.
+	Forward proxy.Dialer
+}
+
+// Dialer creates a new Dialer for the given configuration. Context can be nil.
+// If conf is nil, a default is used.
+func (t *Tor) Dialer(ctx context.Context, conf *DialConf) (*Dialer, error) {
+	if ctx == nil {
+		ctx = context.Background()
+	}
+	if conf == nil {
+		conf = &DialConf{}
+	}
+	// Enable the network if requested
+	if !conf.SkipEnableNetwork {
+		if err := t.EnableNetwork(ctx, true); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	// Lookup proxy address as needed
+	proxyNetwork := conf.ProxyNetwork
+	proxyAddress := conf.ProxyAddress
+	if proxyAddress == "" {
+		info, err := t.Control.GetInfo("net/listeners/socks")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if len(info) != 1 || info[0].Key != "net/listeners/socks" {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to get socks proxy address")
+		}
+		proxyAddress = info[0].Val
+		if strings.HasPrefix(proxyAddress, "unix:") {
+			proxyAddress = proxyAddress[5:]
+			proxyNetwork = "unix"
+		} else {
+			proxyNetwork = "tcp"
+		}
+	} else if proxyNetwork == "" {
+		proxyNetwork = "tcp"
+	}
+	// Lookup proxy auth as needed
+	proxyAuth := conf.ProxyAuth
+	if proxyAuth == nil {
+		info, err := t.Control.GetConf("Socks5ProxyUsername", "Socks5ProxyPassword")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if len(info) != 2 || info[0].Key != "Socks5ProxyUsername" || info[1].Key != "Socks5ProxyPassword" {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to get proxy auth")
+		}
+		proxyAuth = &proxy.Auth{User: info[0].Val, Password: info[1].Val}
+	}
+	if proxyAuth.User == "" && proxyAuth.Password == "" {
+		proxyAuth = nil
+	}
+
+	dialer, err := proxy.SOCKS5(proxyNetwork, proxyAddress, proxyAuth, conf.Forward)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &Dialer{dialer}, nil
+}
+
+// DialContext is the equivalent of net.DialContext.
+//
+// TODO: Remove when https://github.com/golang/go/issues/17759 is released.
+func (d *Dialer) DialContext(ctx context.Context, network string, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
+	errCh := make(chan error, 1)
+	connCh := make(chan net.Conn, 1)
+	go func() {
+		if conn, err := d.Dial(network, addr); err != nil {
+			errCh <- err
+		} else if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			conn.Close()
+		} else {
+			connCh <- conn
+		}
+	}()
+	select {
+	case err := <-errCh:
+		return nil, err
+	case conn := <-connCh:
+		return conn, nil
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return nil, ctx.Err()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tor/doc.go b/tor/doc.go
index 63312d1..a58086a 100644
--- a/tor/doc.go
+++ b/tor/doc.go
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 // Package tor is the high-level client for Tor.
+//
+// The Tor type is a combination of a Tor instance and a connection to it.
+// Use Start to create Tor. Then Dialer or Listener can be used.
+//
+// Some of this code is lifted from https://github.com/yawning/bulb with thanks.
 package tor
diff --git a/tor/tor.go b/tor/tor.go
index 255aa34..aa8b100 100644
--- a/tor/tor.go
+++ b/tor/tor.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/textproto"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -98,6 +99,9 @@ type StartConf struct {
 	// DebugWriter is the writer to use for debug logs, or nil for no debug
 	// logs.
 	DebugWriter io.Writer
+
+	// NoHush if true does not set --hush. By default --hush is set.
+	NoHush bool
 }
 
 // Start a Tor instance and connect to it. If ctx is nil, context.Background()
@@ -110,13 +114,16 @@ func Start(ctx context.Context, conf *StartConf) (*Tor, error) {
 		conf = &StartConf{}
 	}
 	tor := &Tor{DataDir: conf.DataDir, DebugWriter: conf.DebugWriter, StopProcessOnClose: true}
-	// Create the data dir
+	// Create the data dir and make it absolute
 	if tor.DataDir == "" {
 		tempBase := conf.TempDataDirBase
 		if tempBase == "" {
 			tempBase = "."
 		}
 		var err error
+		if tempBase, err = filepath.Abs(tempBase); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		if tor.DataDir, err = ioutil.TempDir(tempBase, "data-dir-"); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to create temp data dir: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -165,6 +172,9 @@ func (t *Tor) startProcess(ctx context.Context, conf *StartConf) error {
 	if !conf.EnableNetwork {
 		args = append(args, "--DisableNetwork", "1")
 	}
+	if !conf.NoHush {
+		args = append(args, "--hush")
+	}
 	// If there is no Torrc file, create a blank temp one
 	torrcFileName := conf.TorrcFile
 	if torrcFileName == "" {