diff --git a/src/milla/app.py b/src/milla/app.py
index 740057f..3250a90 100644
--- a/src/milla/app.py
+++ b/src/milla/app.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Please give me a docstring!
 from milla.controllers import FaviconController
 from milla.util import asbool
 from webob.exc import HTTPNotFound, WSGIHTTPException, HTTPMethodNotAllowed
-import milla.dispatch
+import milla.dispatch.traversal
 import webob
 
 __all__ = ['Application']
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ class Application(object):
     alternatively, a root object that will be passed to a new
     :py:class:`milla.dispatch.traversal.Traverser`.
 
-    :param root: A root object, passed to a traverser, which is
-       automatically created if a root is given
-    :param dispatcher: An object implementing the dispatcher protocol
+    :param obj: An object implementing the dispatcher protocol, or an
+       object to be used as the root for a Traverser
 
     ``Application`` instances are WSGI applications.
 
@@ -50,8 +49,11 @@ class Application(object):
 
     DEFAULT_ALLOWED_METHODS = ['GET', 'HEAD']
 
-    def __init__(self, dispatcher):
-        self.dispatcher = dispatcher
+    def __init__(self, obj):
+        if not hasattr(obj, 'resolve'):
+            # Object is not a dispatcher, but the root object for traversal
+            obj = milla.dispatch.traversal.Traverser(obj)
+        self.dispatcher = obj
         self.config = {'milla.favicon': True}
 
     def __call__(self, environ, start_response):