diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d5139bd..d2757ac 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(name='py-stl',
-      version='0.11',
+      version='0.2',
       description='TODO',
       url='http://github.com/mvcisback/py-stl',
       author='Marcell Vazquez-Chanlatte',
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ setup(name='py-stl',
           'lenses',
           'sympy',
           'bitarray',
+          'traces'
       ],
       extras_require = {
-          'robustness': ['numpy', 'pandas']
+          'robustness': ['pandas']
       },
       packages=find_packages(),
 )
diff --git a/stl/load.py b/stl/load.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e43a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stl/load.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from traces import TimeSeries, Domain
+
+def from_pandas(df, compact=True):
+    '''TODO'''
+    domain = Domain(df.index[0], df.index[-1])
+    data = {col: TimeSeries(df[col].T, domain=domain) for col in df.columns}
+    if compact:
+        for val in data.values():
+            val.compact()
+    return data