diff --git a/cfwarray.c b/cfwarray.c
index 547df0d..869559f 100644
--- a/cfwarray.c
+++ b/cfwarray.c
@@ -35,13 +35,20 @@ struct CFWArray {
 	size_t size;
 };
 
-static void
-ctor(void *ptr)
+static bool
+ctor(void *ptr, va_list args)
 {
 	CFWArray *array = ptr;
+	void *obj;
 
 	array->data = NULL;
 	array->size = 0;
+
+	while ((obj = va_arg(args, void*)) != NULL)
+		if (!cfw_array_push(array, obj))
+			return false;
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/cfwclass.h b/cfwclass.h
index afe154f..95a56f4 100644
--- a/cfwclass.h
+++ b/cfwclass.h
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
 
 typedef struct CFWClass {
 	const char *name;
 	size_t size;
-	void (*ctor)(void*);
+	bool (*ctor)(void*, va_list args);
 	void (*dtor)(void*);
 	bool (*equal)(void*, void*);
 	void* (*copy)(void*);
diff --git a/cfwobject.c b/cfwobject.c
index 9c98859..d18df57 100644
--- a/cfwobject.c
+++ b/cfwobject.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "cfwobject.h"
 
 void*
-cfw_new(CFWClass *class)
+cfw_new(CFWClass *class, ...)
 {
 	CFWObject *obj;
 
@@ -39,8 +39,17 @@ cfw_new(CFWClass *class)
 	obj->clsptr = class;
 	obj->ref_cnt = 1;
 
-	if (class->ctor != NULL)
-		class->ctor(obj);
+	if (class->ctor != NULL) {
+		va_list args;
+		va_start(args, class);
+
+		if (!class->ctor(obj, args)) {
+			cfw_unref(obj);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		va_end(args);
+	}
 
 	return obj;
 }
diff --git a/cfwobject.h b/cfwobject.h
index 0b7e7de..58054d8 100644
--- a/cfwobject.h
+++ b/cfwobject.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ typedef struct CFWObject {
 } CFWObject;
 
 extern CFWClass *cfw_object;
-extern void* cfw_new(CFWClass*);
+extern void* cfw_new(CFWClass*, ...);
 extern void* cfw_ref(void*);
 extern void cfw_unref(void*);
 extern void cfw_free(void*);
diff --git a/cfwstring.c b/cfwstring.c
index a64244d..bbfb8fd 100644
--- a/cfwstring.c
+++ b/cfwstring.c
@@ -36,13 +36,23 @@ struct CFWString {
 	size_t len;
 };
 
-static void
-ctor(void *ptr)
+static bool
+ctor(void *ptr, va_list args)
 {
 	CFWString *str = ptr;
+	const char *cstr = va_arg(args, const char*);
 
-	str->cstr = NULL;
-	str->len = 0;
+	if (cstr != NULL) {
+		if ((str->cstr = strdup(cstr)) == NULL)
+			return false;
+
+		str->len = strlen(cstr);
+	} else {
+		str->cstr = NULL;
+		str->len = 0;
+	}
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/test.c b/test.c
index 33c4034..efcb511 100644
--- a/test.c
+++ b/test.c
@@ -33,30 +33,15 @@
 int
 main()
 {
+	CFWString *s[3];
 	CFWArray *a;
-	CFWString *s;
 	size_t i;
 
-	a = cfw_new(cfw_array);
+	s[0] = cfw_new(cfw_string, "Hallo");
+	s[1] = cfw_new(cfw_string, "Welt");
+	s[2] = cfw_new(cfw_string, "!");
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-		s = cfw_new(cfw_string);
-
-		switch (i) {
-		case 0:
-			cfw_string_set(s, "Hello");
-			break;
-		case 1:
-			cfw_string_set(s, "World");
-			break;
-		case 2:
-			cfw_string_set(s, "!");
-			break;
-		}
-
-		cfw_array_push(a, s);
-		cfw_unref(s);
-	}
+	a = cfw_new(cfw_array, s[0], s[1], s[2], NULL);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < cfw_array_size(a); i++)
 		puts(cfw_string_c(cfw_array_get(a, i)));