diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 36dc6b3..619a177 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-# typedoc-plugin-pages
+# typedoc-plugin-loopingz-pages
+
+The project is a fork of [typedoc-plugin-pages](https://github.com/mipatterson/typedoc-plugin-pages)
+The original author seems to be busy, so creating the fork
 
 > A TypeDoc plugin that lets you integrate your own pages into the documentation output
 
diff --git a/docs-source/configuration/configuration-file.md b/docs-source/configuration/configuration-file.md
index da78a9f..f9b84a1 100644
--- a/docs-source/configuration/configuration-file.md
+++ b/docs-source/configuration/configuration-file.md
@@ -18,11 +18,16 @@ If you are configuring TypeDoc via the `typedoc.json` configuration file, you ca
 	"theme": "pages-plugin",
 	"pages": {
 		"groups": [],
-		"output": "pages"
+		"output": "pages",
+		"autoDetectPageTitle": true
 	}
 }
 ```
 
+```
+autoDetectPageTitle: boolean // Use title from first line of Markdown files
+```
+
 ## 2. Use a dedicated `pagesconfig.json` file
 
 If you are not using a `typedoc.json` configuration file, or if you would like to separate your plugin configuration from the TypeDoc configuration, you can define your plugin configuration in a `pagesconfig.json` file in the directory where TypeDoc will be executed from:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b5629fa..9fc5eb4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "name": "typedoc-plugin-pages",
+  "name": "typedoc-plugin-loopingz-pages",
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "description": "A TypeDoc plugin that lets you integrate your own pages into the documentation output",
   "main": "dist/plugin/index.js",
diff --git a/src/options/models/child-page-definition.ts b/src/options/models/child-page-definition.ts
index 6699f34..285fdea 100644
--- a/src/options/models/child-page-definition.ts
+++ b/src/options/models/child-page-definition.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 export interface ChildPageDefinition {
 	output?: string;
 	source: string;
-	title: string;
+	title?: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/options/models/plugin-options.ts b/src/options/models/plugin-options.ts
index a8ad3a8..851826d 100644
--- a/src/options/models/plugin-options.ts
+++ b/src/options/models/plugin-options.ts
@@ -70,10 +70,18 @@ export interface PluginOptions {
 	 */
 	replaceGlobalsPage?: boolean;
 
+	/**
+	 * Use first line title '# Title' if markdown starts with '# '
+	 * 
+	 * This defaults to false
+	 */
+	autoDetectPageTitle?: boolean;
+
 	/**
 	 * Root directory where all page source files live
 	 * 
 	 * By default this will point to the directory that TypeDoc is run from.
 	 */
 	source?: string;
+
 }
diff --git a/src/options/option-validator.ts b/src/options/option-validator.ts
index d2d40f5..8d464c1 100644
--- a/src/options/option-validator.ts
+++ b/src/options/option-validator.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { ChildPageDefinition, PageDefinition, PageGroupDefinition, PluginOptions
 import { defaultOptionAndValidateIsArray, defaultOptionAndValidateIsBoolean, defaultOptionAndValidateIsString,
 		validateOptionIsArray, validateOptionIsString } from "./validation-utilities";
 import * as Constants from "../constants";
-import { join } from "path";
+import { basename, join } from "path";
 import { ensurePathHasExtension, getFilename } from "../utilities/path-utilities";
 
 /**
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ export class OptionValidator {
 
 	private _validatePage(definition: PageDefinition|ChildPageDefinition, sourcePrefix: string, isChild: boolean): void {
 		try {
-			validateOptionIsString(definition, "title");
 			validateOptionIsString(definition, "source");
+			defaultOptionAndValidateIsString(definition, "title", basename(definition.source));
 			defaultOptionAndValidateIsString(definition, "output", getFilename(definition.source, true)); // Use source file name as default output file name
 
 
diff --git a/src/pages/models/base-item.ts b/src/pages/models/base-item.ts
index ffb5ef7..d198b45 100644
--- a/src/pages/models/base-item.ts
+++ b/src/pages/models/base-item.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @module Models
  */
 
-import { join } from "path";
+import { basename, join } from "path";
 import { ChildPageDefinition, PageDefinition, PageGroupDefinition, PageSectionDefinition } from "../../options/models/";
 
 // TODO: Document this
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export abstract class BaseItem {
 	protected _url: string;
 
 	constructor(definition: PageDefinition|ChildPageDefinition|PageSectionDefinition|PageGroupDefinition, urlPrefix: string) {
-		this._title = definition.title;
+		this._title = definition.title || basename(definition.source);
 		this._url = join(urlPrefix, definition.output);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/pages/models/page-base.ts b/src/pages/models/page-base.ts
index b2f80da..f04a444 100644
--- a/src/pages/models/page-base.ts
+++ b/src/pages/models/page-base.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ export abstract class PageBase extends BaseItem {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public computeTitle(): void {
+		const content = this.contents;
+		if (content.startsWith("# ")) {
+			this._title = content.substr(2, content.indexOf("\n")-2);
+			this._contents = content.substr(content.indexOf("\n")+1);
+		}
+	}
+
 	public abstract get parent(): Page|PageGroup;
 
 	public get source(): string {
diff --git a/src/pages/page-dictionary-factory.ts b/src/pages/page-dictionary-factory.ts
index fb6bd77..e488b19 100644
--- a/src/pages/page-dictionary-factory.ts
+++ b/src/pages/page-dictionary-factory.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ import { getFilename } from "../utilities/path-utilities";
 import { ChildPage, Page, PageDictionary, PageGroup, PageSection } from "./models/";
 
 // TODO: document this
-export class PageDictionaryFactory {
+export class PageDictionaryFactory {	
+	private options: PluginOptions;
+
 	public buildDictionary(options: PluginOptions): PageDictionary {
+		this.options = options;
 		const groups: PageGroup[] = [];
 
 		for (const group of options.groups) {
@@ -50,7 +53,10 @@ export class PageDictionaryFactory {
 
 	private _parsePage(definition: PageDefinition, parent: PageGroup): void {
 		const page = new Page(definition, parent);
-	
+		if (this.options.autoDetectPageTitle) {
+			page.computeTitle();
+		}
+
 		// Get directory name for any child pages or sub-sections
 		const subDirectory = join(parent.url, getFilename(definition.output, true));
 	
@@ -70,6 +76,9 @@ export class PageDictionaryFactory {
 	}
 
 	private _parseChildPage(definition: ChildPageDefinition, urlPrefix: string, parent: Page): void {
-		new ChildPage(definition, urlPrefix, parent);
+		const page = new ChildPage(definition, urlPrefix, parent);
+		if (this.options.autoDetectPageTitle) {
+			page.computeTitle();
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/models/page.test.ts b/test/unit/models/page.test.ts
index ccd02de..568bcb3 100644
--- a/test/unit/models/page.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/models/page.test.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,18 @@ describe("Page", () => {
 
 			expect(() => sut.contents).toThrow();
 		})
+				
+		test("returns the contents of the file with title substitution", () => {
+			const readFileSyncMock = jest.fn();
+			readFileSyncMock.mockReturnValue("# Title\nfile contents");
+			(fs as any).readFileSync = readFileSyncMock;
+
+			sut.computeTitle();
+			expect(sut.contents).toBe("file contents");
+			console.log(sut.title);
+			expect(sut.title).toBe("Title");
+			expect(readFileSyncMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(definition.source, "utf8");
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe("url", () => {