diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9e5df8f..1f562e14 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ int main(int, char* [])
         console->debug("This message shold not be displayed!");
         console->set_level(spd::level::debug); // Set specific logger's log level
         console->debug("Now it should..");
+        
+        //
+        // Create a basic file logger (multithreaded, use "file_logger_st" for single threaded logger)
+        //
+        auto simple_logger = spd::file_logger_mt("basic_logger", "logs/simple.txt");
+        simple_logger->info("Some log message");
+
 
         //
         // Create a file rotating logger with 5mb size max and 3 rotated files
diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index b3d6c439..fa34254f 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ int main(int, char*[])
         console->set_level(spd::level::debug); // Set specific logger's log level
         console->debug("This message shold be displayed..");
 
+        // Create basic file logger (not rotated)
+        auto simple_logger = spd::basic_logger_mt("basic_logger", "logs/simple.txt");
+        simple_logger->info("Some log message");
+
+
         // Create a file rotating logger with 5mb size max and 3 rotated files
         auto file_logger = spd::rotating_logger_mt("file_logger", "logs/mylogfile", 1048576 * 5, 3);
         for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
diff --git a/example/example.vcxproj b/example/example.vcxproj
index b7988fc9..3356baa3 100644
--- a/example/example.vcxproj
+++ b/example/example.vcxproj
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
-    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/spdlog_impl.h b/include/spdlog/details/spdlog_impl.h
index bfc56717..59227e9b 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/spdlog_impl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/spdlog_impl.h
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ inline void spdlog::drop(const std::string &name)
     details::registry::instance().drop(name);
 }
 
+// Create multi/single threaded simple file logger
+inline std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::basic_logger_mt(const std::string& logger_name, const filename_t& filename, bool force_flush)
+{
+    return create<spdlog::sinks::simple_file_sink_mt>(logger_name, filename, force_flush);
+}
+
+inline std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::basic_logger_st(const std::string& logger_name, const filename_t& filename, bool force_flush)
+{
+    return create<spdlog::sinks::simple_file_sink_st>(logger_name, filename, force_flush);
+}
+
 // Create multi/single threaded rotating file logger
 inline std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> spdlog::rotating_logger_mt(const std::string& logger_name, const filename_t& filename, size_t max_file_size, size_t max_files, bool force_flush)
 {
diff --git a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
index 62c81b56..dc2f4181 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ void set_async_mode(size_t queue_size, const async_overflow_policy overflow_poli
 // Turn off async mode
 void set_sync_mode();
 
+
+//
+// Create and register multi/single basic file logger
+//
+std::shared_ptr<logger> basic_logger_mt(const std::string& logger_name, const filename_t& filename,bool force_flush = false);
+std::shared_ptr<logger> basic_logger_st(const std::string& logger_name, const filename_t& filename, bool force_flush = false);
+
 //
 // Create and register multi/single threaded rotating file logger
 //