diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7da18e5..0a43431 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ In your trigger handler, to add logic to any of the trigger contexts, you only n
 
 ```java
 public class OpportunityTriggerHandler extends TriggerHandler {
+
+  /* Optional Constructor - better performance */
+  public OpportunityTriggerHandler(){
+    super('OpportunityTriggerHandler');
+  }
   
   public override void beforeUpdate() {
     for(Opportunity o : (List<Opportunity>) Trigger.new) {
@@ -49,7 +54,12 @@ public class OpportunityTriggerHandler extends TriggerHandler {
 
 ```java
 public class OpportunityTriggerHandler extends TriggerHandler {
-
+  
+  /* Optional Constructor - better performance */
+  public OpportunityTriggerHandler(){
+    super('OpportunityTriggerHandler');
+  }
+  
   private Map<Id, Opportunity> newOppMap;
 
   public OpportunityTriggerHandler() {
@@ -79,7 +89,12 @@ To prevent recursion, you can set a max loop count for Trigger Handler. If this
 
 ```java
 public class OpportunityTriggerHandler extends TriggerHandler {
-
+  
+  /* Optional Constructor - better performance */
+  public OpportunityTriggerHandler(){
+    super('OpportunityTriggerHandler');
+  }
+  
   public OpportunityTriggerHandler() {
     this.setMaxLoopCount(1);
   }
@@ -99,6 +114,11 @@ What if you want to tell other trigger handlers to halt execution? That's easy w
 ```java
 public class OpportunityTriggerHandler extends TriggerHandler {
   
+  /* Optional Constructor - better performance */
+  public OpportunityTriggerHandler(){
+    super('OpportunityTriggerHandler');
+  }
+  
   public override void afterUpdate() {
     List<Opportunity> opps = [SELECT Id, AccountId FROM Opportunity WHERE Id IN :Trigger.newMap.keySet()];
     
diff --git a/src/classes/TriggerHandler.cls b/src/classes/TriggerHandler.cls
index 8fa9b4b..a4104de 100644
--- a/src/classes/TriggerHandler.cls
+++ b/src/classes/TriggerHandler.cls
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ public virtual class TriggerHandler {
   public TriggerHandler() {
     this.setTriggerContext();
   }
-
+  public TriggerHandler(String handlerName) {
+    this.handlerName = handlerName;
+    this.setTriggerContext();
+  }
   /***************************************
    * public instance methods
    ***************************************/
@@ -155,8 +158,12 @@ public virtual class TriggerHandler {
 
   @TestVisible
   private String getHandlerName() {
-    return String.valueOf(this).substring(0,String.valueOf(this).indexOf(':'));
+    if(String.isBlank(this.handlerName)) {
+      this.handlerName = String.valueOf(this).substring(0,String.valueOf(this).indexOf(':'));
+    }
+    return handlerName;
   }
+  private String handlerName {get; set;}
 
   /***************************************
    * context methods