diff --git a/lib/settingslogic.rb b/lib/settingslogic.rb
index ce9adff..8437574 100644
--- a/lib/settingslogic.rb
+++ b/lib/settingslogic.rb
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ class Settingslogic < Hash
     create_accessor_for(key, val)
   end
 
+  # Returns an instance of a Hash object
+  def to_hash
+    Hash[self]
+  end
+
   # This handles naming collisions with Sinatra/Vlad/Capistrano. Since these use a set()
   # helper that defines methods in Object, ANY method_missing ANYWHERE picks up the Vlad/Sinatra
   # settings!  So settings.deploy_to title actually calls Object.deploy_to (from set :deploy_to, "host"),
diff --git a/spec/settingslogic_spec.rb b/spec/settingslogic_spec.rb
index e37ce29..e0e660c 100644
--- a/spec/settingslogic_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/settingslogic_spec.rb
@@ -162,5 +162,13 @@ describe "Settingslogic" do
   it "should be a hash" do
     Settings.send(:instance).should be_is_a(Hash)
   end
-  
-end
+
+  describe "#to_hash" do
+    it "should return a new instance of a Hash object" do
+      Settings.to_hash.should be_kind_of(Hash)
+      Settings.to_hash.class.name.should == "Hash"
+      Settings.to_hash.object_id.should_not == Settings.object_id
+    end
+  end
+
+end
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