diff --git a/lib/sequel-geocoder/class_methods.rb b/lib/sequel-geocoder/class_methods.rb
index b586b84..8298d76 100644
--- a/lib/sequel-geocoder/class_methods.rb
+++ b/lib/sequel-geocoder/class_methods.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ def distance_from_sql(location, *args)
 
     private
     def geocoder_init(options)
-      dataset.geocoder_options = options
+      dataset.geocoder_options ||= {}
+      dataset.geocoder_options.merge! options
     end
   end
 end