diff --git a/json/json.go b/json/json.go
index 0d78cf5..8129a8a 100644
--- a/json/json.go
+++ b/json/json.go
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func Unmarshal(input string) (interface{}, error) {
-	return Run(_value, input)
+	return Run(_value, input, ASCIIWhitespace)
 }
diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index 7c3f866..12bb858 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -76,26 +76,14 @@ func ParsifyAll(parsers ...Parserish) []Parser {
 	return ret
 }
 
-// WS will consume whitespace, it should only be needed when AutoWS is turned off
-func WS() Parser {
-	return NewParser("AutoWS", func(ps *State) Result {
-		ps.WS(ps)
-		return Result{}
-	})
-}
-
-// Cut prevents backtracking beyond this point. Usually used after keywords when you
-// are sure this is the correct path. Improves performance and error reporting.
-func Cut(ps *State) Result {
-	ps.Cut = ps.Pos
-	return Result{}
-}
-
 // Run applies some input to a parser and returns the result, failing if the input isnt fully consumed.
 // It is a convenience method for the most common way to invoke a parser.
-func Run(parser Parserish, input string) (result interface{}, err error) {
+func Run(parser Parserish, input string, ws ...VoidParser) (result interface{}, err error) {
 	p := Parsify(parser)
 	ps := NewState(input)
+	if len(ws) > 0 {
+		ps.WS = ws[0]
+	}
 
 	ret := p(ps)
 	ps.AutoWS()
@@ -111,6 +99,21 @@ func Run(parser Parserish, input string) (result interface{}, err error) {
 	return ret.Result, nil
 }
 
+// WS will consume whitespace, it should only be needed when AutoWS is turned off
+func WS() Parser {
+	return NewParser("AutoWS", func(ps *State) Result {
+		ps.WS(ps)
+		return Result{}
+	})
+}
+
+// Cut prevents backtracking beyond this point. Usually used after keywords when you
+// are sure this is the correct path. Improves performance and error reporting.
+func Cut(ps *State) Result {
+	ps.Cut = ps.Pos
+	return Result{}
+}
+
 // Regex returns a match if the regex successfully matches
 func Regex(pattern string) Parser {
 	re := regexp.MustCompile("^" + pattern)
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 1da05ed..5d8e78b 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ goparsify [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/Vektah/goparsify/tree/master.svg?
 
 A parser-combinator library for building easy to test, read and maintain parsers using functional composition.
 
+Everything should be unicode safe by default, but you can opt out of unicode whitespace for a decent ~%20 performance boost.
+```go
+Run(parser, input, ASCIIWhitespace)
+```
+
 ### benchmarks
 I dont have many benchmarks set up yet, but the json parser is very promising. Nearly keeping up with the stdlib for raw speed:
 ```
diff --git a/state.go b/state.go
index 64737dc..8aab3e2 100644
--- a/state.go
+++ b/state.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func UnicodeWhitespace(s *State) {
 func NewState(input string) *State {
 	return &State{
 		Input: input,
-		WS:    ASCIIWhitespace,
+		WS:    UnicodeWhitespace,
 	}
 }