diff --git a/src/FPGroups.jl b/src/FPGroups.jl
index 47e4e70..8d90af1 100644
--- a/src/FPGroups.jl
+++ b/src/FPGroups.jl
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ type FPGroup <: Group
    end
 end
 
-# FPSymbol(x::String, G::Group) = FPSymbol(x,1,G)
-# FPSymbol(s::GSymbol, G::Group) = FPSymbol(s.gen, s.pow, G)
 
 
+FPSymbol(s::String) = FPSymbol(s,1)
+
+FPGroup(a::Vector{String}) = FPGroup([FPSymbol(i) for i in a], FPGroupElem[])
+
 end
 
 FPGroup() = FPGroup(Vector{FPSymbol}(), Vector{GWord{FPSymbol}}())