diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1d0047f..01c863b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ The following configuration options exist for the plugin class:
 * **keyword**: The keyword argument name that triggers the plugin (default: 'db').
 * **autocommit**: Whether or not to commit outstanding transactions at the end of the request cycle (default: True).
 * **dictrows**: Whether or not to support dict-like access to row objects (default: True).
+* **text_factory**: The text_factory for the connection (default: unicode).
 
 You can override each of these values on a per-route basis:: 
 
diff --git a/bottle_sqlite.py b/bottle_sqlite.py
index c4014a9..62cb826 100755
--- a/bottle_sqlite.py
+++ b/bottle_sqlite.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class SQLitePlugin(object):
         autocommit = g('autocommit', self.autocommit)
         dictrows = g('dictrows', self.dictrows)
         keyword = g('keyword', self.keyword)
-        text_factory = g('keyword', self.text_factory)
+        text_factory = g('text_factory', self.text_factory)
 
         # Test if the original callback accepts a 'db' keyword.
         # Ignore it if it does not need a database handle.