diff --git a/config_provider.py b/config_provider.py
index 10df542e7645ef858ef9e44ef640876390fbd4f0..698fa3b6492b64d2c5fdcb280e97fddc5e6705e2 100644
--- a/config_provider.py
+++ b/config_provider.py
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
 class ConfigProvider:
 
   _instance = None
+  _configs = {}
 
   @classmethod
-  def getInstance(cls):
-    return ConfigProvider._instance
+  def getInstance(cls, name = None):
+    if name is None:
+      return ConfigProvider._instance
+    else:
+      return ConfigProvider._configs.get(name)
 
-  def __init__(self, load_function):
+  def __init__(self, load_function, name = None):
     self._conf_dict = load_function['function'](
-      *load_function.get('args'), **load_function.get('kwargs'))
+      *load_function.get('args', []), **load_function.get('kwargs',{}))
     self._load_function = load_function
-    ConfigProvider._instance = self
+    if name is None:
+      ConfigProvider._instance = self
+    else:
+      ConfigProvider._configs[name] = self
 
   @property
   def dict(self):
diff --git a/test/test_config_provider.py b/test/test_config_provider.py
index 3d5493b977a5383e24320e09380709dcd6af9cba..0a23988263849d792decadcb354fdf57f01dca54 100644
--- a/test/test_config_provider.py
+++ b/test/test_config_provider.py
@@ -47,4 +47,14 @@ class TestConfigProvider(unittest.TestCase):
         old_dict, self.config.dict, 'old_dict musst not equal self.config.dict')
 
   def test_get_instance(self):
+    self.assertEqual(config_provider.ConfigProvider.getInstance(), self.config)
+
+  def test_multiple_instances(self):
+    def get_constant_dict():
+      return {'foo': 'bar'}
+    config_provider.ConfigProvider(
+      load_function = {'function': get_constant_dict}, name = 'constant')
+    self.assertNotEqual(
+      config_provider.ConfigProvider.getInstance(),
+      config_provider.ConfigProvider.getInstance(name = 'constant'))
     self.assertEqual(config_provider.ConfigProvider.getInstance(), self.config)
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diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 75977e6f4181a04517451d1fdb63b6b847c1a7bf..6df8ed024cfa39bb34d916712eb82ea576a226a4 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.0.0'
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+__version__ = '1.1.0'
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