diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index a9fca546..20ccb8df 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ void syslog_example();
 #include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
 #include <spdlog/sinks/stdout_color_sinks.h>
 #include <spdlog/cfg/env.h>
-#include <spdlog/cfg/argv_loader.h>
+#include <spdlog/cfg/argv.h>
 
 int main(int args, char *argv[])
 {
-    // spdlog::cfg::init_from_env();
-    spdlog::cfg::init_from_argv(args, argv);
+
+
+    //spdlog::cfg::env::load_levels();
+    spdlog::cfg::argv::load_levels(args, argv);
     spdlog::info("HELLO INFO");
 
     auto l1 = spdlog::stderr_color_st("l1");
diff --git a/include/spdlog/cfg/argv_loader.h b/include/spdlog/cfg/argv.h
similarity index 66%
rename from include/spdlog/cfg/argv_loader.h
rename to include/spdlog/cfg/argv.h
index 45872673..b690032c 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/cfg/argv_loader.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/cfg/argv.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 
 #pragma once
-#include <spdlog/cfg/text_loader.h>
+#include <spdlog/cfg/helpers.h>
 #include <spdlog/details/os.h>
 
 //
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 
 namespace spdlog {
 namespace cfg {
+namespace argv {
 // search for SPDLOG_LEVEL= in the args and use it to init the levels
-void init_from_argv(int args, char *argv[])
+void load_levels(int args, char *argv[])
 {
     const std::string spdlog_level_prefix = "SPDLOG_LEVEL=";
     for (int i = 1; i < args; i++)
@@ -20,11 +21,12 @@ void init_from_argv(int args, char *argv[])
         std::string arg = argv[i];
         if (arg.find(spdlog_level_prefix) == 0)
         {
-            auto cfg_string = arg.substr(spdlog_level_prefix.size());
-            auto levels = text_loader::load_levels(cfg_string);
-            spdlog::details::registry::instance().set_levels(levels);
+            auto levels_string = arg.substr(spdlog_level_prefix.size());
+            auto levels = helpers::extract_levels(levels_string);
+            details::registry::instance().update_levels(std::move(levels));
         }
     }
 }
+} // namespace argv
 } // namespace cfg
 } // namespace spdlog
diff --git a/include/spdlog/cfg/env.h b/include/spdlog/cfg/env.h
index 5ef86f99..3700eeb7 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/cfg/env.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/cfg/env.h
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 // Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 
 #pragma once
-#include <spdlog/cfg/text_loader.h>
+#include <spdlog/cfg/helpers.h>
+#include <spdlog/details/registry.h>
 #include <spdlog/details/os.h>
 
 //
@@ -23,11 +24,14 @@
 
 namespace spdlog {
 namespace cfg {
-void init_from_env()
+namespace env {
+void load_levels()
 {
-    auto cfg = details::os::getenv("SPDLOG_LEVEL");
-    auto levels = text_loader::load_levels(cfg);
-    spdlog::details::registry::instance().set_levels(levels);
+    auto env_val = details::os::getenv("SPDLOG_LEVEL");
+    auto levels = helpers::extract_levels(env_val);
+    details::registry::instance().update_levels(std::move(levels));
 }
+} // namespace env
+
 } // namespace cfg
 } // namespace spdlog
diff --git a/include/spdlog/cfg/text_loader-inl.h b/include/spdlog/cfg/helpers-inl.h
similarity index 87%
rename from include/spdlog/cfg/text_loader-inl.h
rename to include/spdlog/cfg/helpers-inl.h
index d1a52bfa..87c270e3 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/cfg/text_loader-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/cfg/helpers-inl.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #ifndef SPDLOG_HEADER_ONLY
-#include <spdlog/cfg/text_loader.h>
+#include <spdlog/cfg/helpers.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 
 namespace spdlog {
 namespace cfg {
-namespace text_loader {
+namespace helpers {
 
 using name_val_pair = std::pair<std::string, std::string>;
 
-// inplace convert  to lowercase
+// inplace convert to lowercase
 inline std::string &to_lower_(std::string &str)
 {
     std::transform(
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ inline name_val_pair extract_kv_(char sep, const std::string &str)
 
 // return vector of key/value pairs from sequence of "K1=V1,K2=V2,.."
 // "a=AAA,b=BBB,c=CCC,.." => {("a","AAA"),("b","BBB"),("c", "CCC"),...}
-SPDLOG_INLINE std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> extract_key_vals_(const std::string &str)
+inline std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> extract_key_vals_(const std::string &str)
 {
     std::string token;
     std::istringstream token_stream(str);
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> extract_key_vals_(con
     return rv;
 }
 
-inline log_levels extract_levels_(const std::string &input)
+SPDLOG_INLINE log_levels extract_levels(const std::string &input)
 {
     auto key_vals = extract_key_vals_(input);
     log_levels rv;
@@ -99,11 +99,6 @@ inline log_levels extract_levels_(const std::string &input)
     return rv;
 }
 
-SPDLOG_INLINE log_levels load_levels(const std::string &txt)
-{
-    return extract_levels_(txt);
-}
-
 } // namespace text_loader
 } // namespace cfg
 } // namespace spdlog
diff --git a/include/spdlog/cfg/helpers.h b/include/spdlog/cfg/helpers.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9738770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/spdlog/cfg/helpers.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright(c) 2015-present, Gabi Melman & spdlog contributors.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <spdlog/cfg/log_levels.h>
+#include <spdlog/common.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+//
+// Init levels from given string
+//
+
+namespace spdlog {
+namespace cfg {
+namespace helpers {
+log_levels extract_levels(const std::string &txt);
+}
+
+} // namespace cfg
+} // namespace spdlog
+
+#ifdef SPDLOG_HEADER_ONLY
+#include "helpers-inl.h"
+#endif // SPDLOG_HEADER_ONLY
diff --git a/include/spdlog/cfg/cfg.h b/include/spdlog/cfg/log_levels.h
similarity index 93%
rename from include/spdlog/cfg/cfg.h
rename to include/spdlog/cfg/log_levels.h
index d7a90445..db7a958d 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/cfg/cfg.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/cfg/log_levels.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public:
     }
 
 private:
-    std::unordered_map<std::string, spdlog::level::level_enum> levels_;
+    levels_map levels_;
     spdlog::level::level_enum default_level_ = level::info;
 };
 } // namespace cfg
diff --git a/include/spdlog/cfg/text_loader.h b/include/spdlog/cfg/text_loader.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a0c8cd3f..00000000
--- a/include/spdlog/cfg/text_loader.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright(c) 2015-present, Gabi Melman & spdlog contributors.
-// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <spdlog/cfg/cfg.h>
-#include <spdlog/common.h>
-#include <string>
-#include <unordered_map>
-
-//
-// Init levels and patterns from env variables SPDLOG_LEVEL
-// Inspired from Rust's "env_logger" crate (https://crates.io/crates/env_logger).
-// Note - fallback to "info" level on unrecognized levels
-//
-// Examples:
-//
-// set global level to debug:
-// export SPDLOG_LEVEL=debug
-//
-// turn off all logging except for logger1:
-// export SPDLOG_LEVEL="off,logger1=debug"
-//
-// turn off all logging except for logger1 and logger2:
-// export SPDLOG_LEVEL="off,logger1=debug,logger2=info"
-
-namespace spdlog {
-namespace cfg {
-namespace text_loader {
-log_levels load_levels(const std::string &txt);
-}
-
-} // namespace cfg
-} // namespace spdlog
-
-#ifdef SPDLOG_HEADER_ONLY
-#include "text_loader-inl.h"
-#endif // SPDLOG_HEADER_ONLY
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h b/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
index 21827279..2202b4cc 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void registry::set_automatic_registration(bool automatic_registrat
     automatic_registration_ = automatic_registration;
 }
 
-SPDLOG_INLINE void registry::set_levels(cfg::log_levels levels)
+SPDLOG_INLINE void registry::update_levels(cfg::log_levels levels)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(logger_map_mutex_);
     levels_ = std::move(levels);
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/registry.h b/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
index 612a2412..e7adb541 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // This class is thread safe
 
 #include <spdlog/common.h>
-#include <spdlog/cfg/cfg.h>
+#include <spdlog/cfg/log_levels.h>
 
 #include <chrono>
 #include <functional>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public:
 
     void set_automatic_registration(bool automatic_registration);
 
-    void set_levels(cfg::log_levels levels);
+    void update_levels(cfg::log_levels levels);
 
     static registry &instance();
 
diff --git a/src/spdlog.cpp b/src/spdlog.cpp
index 9882768c..bd47ea8c 100644
--- a/src/spdlog.cpp
+++ b/src/spdlog.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "spdlog/sinks/sink-inl.h"
 #include "spdlog/sinks/base_sink-inl.h"
 #include "spdlog/details/null_mutex.h"
-#include "spdlog/cfg/text_loader-inl.h"
+#include "spdlog/cfg/helpers-inl.h"
 
 #include <mutex>