diff --git a/Tone/component/Panner.js b/Tone/component/Panner.js
index 90830cf3..dd77f0f2 100644
--- a/Tone/component/Panner.js
+++ b/Tone/component/Panner.js
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ import "../core/AudioNode";
  *  //pan the input signal hard right.
  *  var panner = new Tone.Panner(1);
  */
-Tone.Panner = function(initialPan){
+Tone.Panner = function(){
 
+	var options = Tone.defaults(arguments, ["pan"], Tone.Panner);
 	Tone.AudioNode.call(this);
 	/**
 	*  the panner node
@@ -37,12 +38,22 @@ Tone.Panner = function(initialPan){
 	this.pan = this._panner.pan;
 
 	//initial value
-	this.pan.value = Tone.defaultArg(initialPan, 0);
+	this.pan.value = options.pan;
 	this._readOnly("pan");
 };
 
 Tone.extend(Tone.Panner, Tone.AudioNode);
 
+/**
+ *  Defaults
+ *  @type  {Object}
+ *  @const
+ *  @static
+ */
+Tone.Panner.defaults = {
+	"pan" : 0
+};
+
 /**
  *  Clean up.
  *  @returns {Tone.Panner} this
diff --git a/test/component/Panner.js b/test/component/Panner.js
index 9cfc0c9e..44046aa5 100644
--- a/test/component/Panner.js
+++ b/test/component/Panner.js
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ describe("Panner", function(){
 			panner.dispose();
 		});
 
+		it("can be constructed with an options object", function(){
+			var panner = new Panner({
+				"pan" : 0.5
+			});
+			expect(panner.pan.value).to.be.closeTo(0.5, 0.001);
+			panner.dispose();
+		});
+
 		it("passes the incoming signal through", function(){
 			return PassAudio(function(input){
 				var panner = new Panner().toMaster();