diff --git a/CoreStore/Convenience Helpers/NSFetchedResultsController+Convenience.swift b/CoreStore/Convenience Helpers/NSFetchedResultsController+Convenience.swift
index ef0d0d6..6dd1452 100644
--- a/CoreStore/Convenience Helpers/NSFetchedResultsController+Convenience.swift	
+++ b/CoreStore/Convenience Helpers/NSFetchedResultsController+Convenience.swift	
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public extension NSFetchedResultsController {
     /**
      Utility for creating an `NSFetchedResultsController` from a `DataStack`. This is useful to partially support Objective-C classes by passing an `NSFetchedResultsController` instance instead of a `ListMonitor`.
      */
-    public func createForStack<T: NSManagedObject>(dataStack: DataStack, fetchRequest: NSFetchRequest, from: From<T>? = nil, sectionBy: SectionBy? = nil, fetchClauses: [FetchClause]) -> NSFetchedResultsController {
+    public static func createForStack<T: NSManagedObject>(dataStack: DataStack, fetchRequest: NSFetchRequest, from: From<T>? = nil, sectionBy: SectionBy? = nil, fetchClauses: [FetchClause]) -> NSFetchedResultsController {
         
         return CoreStoreFetchedResultsController<T>(
             context: dataStack.mainContext,
@@ -45,10 +45,41 @@ public extension NSFetchedResultsController {
         )
     }
     
+    @available(*, deprecated=1.5.2, message="Use NSFetchedResultsController.createForStack(_:fetchRequest:from:sectionBy:fetchClauses:) to create NSFetchedResultsControllers directly")
+    public convenience init<T: NSManagedObject>(dataStack: DataStack, fetchRequest: NSFetchRequest, from: From<T>? = nil, sectionBy: SectionBy? = nil, fetchClauses: [FetchClause]) {
+        
+        let context = dataStack.mainContext
+        from?.applyToFetchRequest(fetchRequest, context: context, applyAffectedStores: false)
+        for clause in fetchClauses {
+            
+            clause.applyToFetchRequest(fetchRequest)
+        }
+        
+        if let from = from {
+            
+            from.applyAffectedStoresForFetchedRequest(fetchRequest, context: context)
+        }
+        else {
+            
+            guard let from = (fetchRequest.entity.flatMap { $0.managedObjectClassName }).flatMap(NSClassFromString).flatMap(From.init) else {
+                
+                fatalError("Attempted to create an \(typeName(NSFetchedResultsController)) without a  From clause or an NSEntityDescription.")
+            }
+            from.applyAffectedStoresForFetchedRequest(fetchRequest, context: context)
+        }
+        
+        self.init(
+            fetchRequest: fetchRequest,
+            managedObjectContext: context,
+            sectionNameKeyPath: sectionBy?.sectionKeyPath,
+            cacheName: nil
+        )
+    }
+    
     
     // MARK: Internal
     
-    internal func createFromContext<T: NSManagedObject>(context: NSManagedObjectContext, fetchRequest: NSFetchRequest, from: From<T>? = nil, sectionBy: SectionBy? = nil, fetchClauses: [FetchClause]) -> NSFetchedResultsController {
+    internal static func createFromContext<T: NSManagedObject>(context: NSManagedObjectContext, fetchRequest: NSFetchRequest, from: From<T>? = nil, sectionBy: SectionBy? = nil, fetchClauses: [FetchClause]) -> NSFetchedResultsController {
         
         return CoreStoreFetchedResultsController<T>(
             context: context,
diff --git a/CoreStore/Saving and Processing/SynchronousDataTransaction.swift b/CoreStore/Saving and Processing/SynchronousDataTransaction.swift
index bb6404e..2f61bed 100644
--- a/CoreStore/Saving and Processing/SynchronousDataTransaction.swift	
+++ b/CoreStore/Saving and Processing/SynchronousDataTransaction.swift	
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ public final class SynchronousDataTransaction: BaseDataTransaction {
     
     /**
      Saves the transaction changes and waits for completion synchronously. This method should not be used after the `commit()` method was already called once.
+     
+     - returns: a `SaveResult` containing the success or failure information
      */
-    public func commit() {
+    public func commitAndWait() -> SaveResult {
         
         CoreStore.assert(
             self.transactionQueue.isCurrentExecutionContext(),
@@ -52,7 +54,10 @@ public final class SynchronousDataTransaction: BaseDataTransaction {
         )
         
         self.isCommitted = true
-        self.result = self.context.saveSynchronously()
+        
+        let result = self.context.saveSynchronously()
+        self.result = result
+        return result
     }
     
     /**
@@ -197,6 +202,12 @@ public final class SynchronousDataTransaction: BaseDataTransaction {
         self.context.reset()
     }
     
+    @available(*, deprecated=1.5.2, renamed="commitAndWait")
+    public func commit() {
+        
+        self.commitAndWait()
+    }
+    
     
     // MARK: Internal
     
diff --git a/CoreStore/Saving and Processing/UnsafeDataTransaction.swift b/CoreStore/Saving and Processing/UnsafeDataTransaction.swift
index 26224c7..f18bad9 100644
--- a/CoreStore/Saving and Processing/UnsafeDataTransaction.swift	
+++ b/CoreStore/Saving and Processing/UnsafeDataTransaction.swift	
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@ public final class UnsafeDataTransaction: BaseDataTransaction {
         }
     }
     
+    /**
+     Saves the transaction changes and waits for completion synchronously. For a `UnsafeDataTransaction`, multiple commits are allowed, although it is the developer's responsibility to ensure a reasonable leeway to prevent blocking the main thread.
+     
+     - returns: a `SaveResult` containing the success or failure information
+     */
+    public func commitAndWait() -> SaveResult {
+        
+        let result = self.context.saveSynchronously()
+        self.result = result
+        return result
+    }
+    
     /**
      Rolls back the transaction.
      */
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b23449e..baa2624 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -260,9 +260,9 @@ do {
         completion: { (result) -> Void in
             switch result {
             case .Success(let persistentStore):
-                print("Successfully added sqlite store: \(persistentStore)"
+                print("Successfully added sqlite store: \(persistentStore)")
             case .Failure(let error):
-                print("Failed adding sqlite store with error: \(error)"
+                print("Failed adding sqlite store with error: \(error)")
             }
         }
     )