diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ec94640..fdde76d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ And set your bots::
             'BOTS' : [
                 {
                    'TOKEN': '123456:ABC-DEF1234ghIkl-zyx57W2v1u123ew11', #Your bot token.
+                   
+                   #'CONTEXT': True,  # Use context based handler functions
 
                    #'ALLOWED_UPDATES':(Optional[list[str]]), # List the types of
         						   #updates you want your bot to receive. For example, specify
diff --git a/django_telegrambot/apps.py b/django_telegrambot/apps.py
index 653ce91..357620e 100644
--- a/django_telegrambot/apps.py
+++ b/django_telegrambot/apps.py
@@ -162,15 +162,16 @@ def ready(self):
 
         for b in bots_list:
             token = b.get('TOKEN', None)
+            context = b.get('CONTEXT', False)
             if not token:
                 break
 
             allowed_updates = b.get('ALLOWED_UPDATES', None)
             timeout = b.get('TIMEOUT', None)
             proxy = b.get('PROXY', None)
-            
+
             if self.mode == WEBHOOK_MODE:
-                try:              
+                try:
                     if b.get('MESSAGEQUEUE_ENABLED',False):
                         q = mq.MessageQueue(all_burst_limit=b.get('MESSAGEQUEUE_ALL_BURST_LIMIT',29),
                         all_time_limit_ms=b.get('MESSAGEQUEUE_ALL_TIME_LIMIT_MS',1024))
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ def ready(self):
                         if proxy:
                             request = Request(proxy_url=proxy['proxy_url'], urllib3_proxy_kwargs=proxy['urllib3_proxy_kwargs'])
                         bot = telegram.Bot(token=token, request=request)
-                        
+
                     DjangoTelegramBot.dispatchers.append(Dispatcher(bot, None, workers=0))
                     hookurl = '{}/{}/{}/'.format(webhook_site, webhook_base, token)
                     max_connections = b.get('WEBHOOK_MAX_CONNECTIONS', 40)
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ def ready(self):
 
             else:
                 try:
-                    updater = Updater(token=token, request_kwargs=proxy)
+                    updater = Updater(token=token, request_kwargs=proxy, use_context=context)
                     bot = updater.bot
                     bot.delete_webhook()
                     DjangoTelegramBot.updaters.append(updater)