diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a17d40..eeab018 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ $('.counter').counterUp();
 ```
 $('.counter').counterUp({
     delay: 10,
-    time: 1000
+    time: 1000,
+    beginAt: 0
 });
 ```
 
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ $('.counter').counterUp({
 
 `time` - The total duration of the count up animation
 
+`beginAt` - Where you want the number to begin moving up from
+
 Social Stuff
 ============
 
diff --git a/demo/demo.html b/demo/demo.html
index dc32556..dc0ad40 100644
--- a/demo/demo.html
+++ b/demo/demo.html
@@ -157,4 +157,4 @@ <h3>(Scroll down)</h3>
     <script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/waypoints/2.0.3/waypoints.min.js"></script>
     <script src="../jquery.counterup.min.js"></script>
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/jquery.counterup.js b/jquery.counterup.js
index bc7871f..3128b65 100644
--- a/jquery.counterup.js
+++ b/jquery.counterup.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
     // Defaults
     var settings = $.extend({
         'time': 400,
-        'delay': 10
+        'delay': 10,
+        'beginAt': 0
     }, options);
 
     return this.each(function(){
@@ -32,10 +33,10 @@
             var isInt = /^[0-9]+$/.test(num);
             var isFloat = /^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/.test(num);
             var decimalPlaces = isFloat ? (num.split('.')[1] || []).length : 0;
+            if ($settings.beginAt > num) $settings.beginAt = num
 
             // Generate list of incremental numbers to display
-            for (var i = divisions; i >= 1; i--) {
-
+            for (var i = divisions; i >= $settings.beginAt / num * divisions; i--) {
                 // Preserve as int if input was int
                 var newNum = parseInt(num / divisions * i);
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
             }
 
             $this.data('counterup-nums', nums);
-            $this.text('0');
+            $this.text($settings.beginAt);
 
             // Updates the number until we're done
             var f = function() {
@@ -80,4 +81,4 @@
 
   };
 
-})( jQuery );
\ No newline at end of file
+})( jQuery );
diff --git a/jquery.counterup.min.js b/jquery.counterup.min.js
index cddf5a1..a3a842f 100644
--- a/jquery.counterup.min.js
+++ b/jquery.counterup.min.js
@@ -5,4 +5,16 @@
 * Released under the GPL v2 License
 *
 * Date: Nov 26, 2013
-*/(function(e){"use strict";e.fn.counterUp=function(t){var n=e.extend({time:400,delay:10},t);return this.each(function(){var t=e(this),r=n,i=function(){var e=[],n=r.time/r.delay,i=t.text(),s=/[0-9]+,[0-9]+/.test(i);i=i.replace(/,/g,"");var o=/^[0-9]+$/.test(i),u=/^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/.test(i),a=u?(i.split(".")[1]||[]).length:0;for(var f=n;f>=1;f--){var l=parseInt(i/n*f);u&&(l=parseFloat(i/n*f).toFixed(a));if(s)while(/(\d+)(\d{3})/.test(l.toString()))l=l.toString().replace(/(\d+)(\d{3})/,"$1,$2");e.unshift(l)}t.data("counterup-nums",e);t.text("0");var c=function(){t.text(t.data("counterup-nums").shift());if(t.data("counterup-nums").length)setTimeout(t.data("counterup-func"),r.delay);else{delete t.data("counterup-nums");t.data("counterup-nums",null);t.data("counterup-func",null)}};t.data("counterup-func",c);setTimeout(t.data("counterup-func"),r.delay)};t.waypoint(i,{offset:"100%",triggerOnce:!0})})}})(jQuery);
\ No newline at end of file
+*/
+!function(t){"use strict"
+t.fn.counterUp=function(e){var n=t.extend({time:400,delay:10,beginAt:0},e)
+return this.each(function(){var e=t(this),u=n,a=function(){var t=[],n=u.time/u.delay,a=e.text(),r=/[0-9]+,[0-9]+/.test(a)
+a=a.replace(/,/g,"")
+var i=(/^[0-9]+$/.test(a),/^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/.test(a)),o=i?(a.split(".")[1]||[]).length:0
+u.beginAt>a&&(u.beginAt=a)
+for(var c=n;c>=u.beginAt/a*n;c--){var s=parseInt(a/n*c)
+if(i&&(s=parseFloat(a/n*c).toFixed(o)),r)for(;/(\d+)(\d{3})/.test(s.toString());)s=s.toString().replace(/(\d+)(\d{3})/,"$1,$2")
+t.unshift(s)}e.data("counterup-nums",t),e.text(u.beginAt)
+var d=function(){e.text(e.data("counterup-nums").shift()),e.data("counterup-nums").length?setTimeout(e.data("counterup-func"),u.delay):(delete e.data("counterup-nums"),e.data("counterup-nums",null),e.data("counterup-func",null))}
+e.data("counterup-func",d),setTimeout(e.data("counterup-func"),u.delay)}
+e.waypoint(a,{offset:"100%",triggerOnce:!0})})}}(jQuery)