diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index a403025..aa8d4a7 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+ 2.50
+	- fixed rt.cpan.org#63487 documentation error.
+
+	- fixed rt.cpan.org#61302, now croak if the config file
+	  parameter is a directory and directory include is not
+	  turned on.
+
+	- fixed rt.cpan.org#60429 META.yml typo
+
+	- added new option -AllowSingleQuoteInterpolation, which
+	  turns on interpolation for variables inside single quotes.
+
+	- added test case for the new option
+
+
  2.49
 	- fixed rt.cpan.org#56532, '#' missed during fix for
 	  56370 in 2.45.
diff --git a/General.pm b/General.pm
index 896d06a..c3077a6 100644
--- a/General.pm
+++ b/General.pm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use Carp::Heavy;
 use Carp;
 use Exporter;
 
-$Config::General::VERSION = 2.49;
+$Config::General::VERSION = "2.50";
 
 use vars  qw(@ISA @EXPORT_OK);
 use base qw(Exporter);
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ sub new {
 	      files                 => {},      # which files we have read, if any
 	      UTF8                  => 0,
 	      SaveSorted            => 0,
-              ForceArray            => 0        # force single value array if value enclosed in []
+              ForceArray            => 0,       # force single value array if value enclosed in []
+              AllowSingleQuoteInterpolation => 0
 	     };
 
   # create the class instance
@@ -495,6 +496,9 @@ sub _open {
       }
     }
   }
+  elsif (-d $configfile) {
+    croak "Config::General: config file argument is a directory, expecting a file!\n";
+  }
   elsif (-e _) {
     if (exists $this->{files}->{$configfile} and not $this->{IncludeAgain}) {
       # do not read the same file twice, just return
@@ -1742,6 +1746,11 @@ configs.
 
 This implies B<-InterPolateVars>.
 
+=item B<-AllowSingleQuoteInterpolation>
+
+By default variables inside single quotes will not be interpolated. If
+you turn on this option, they will be interpolated as well.
+
 =item B<-ExtendedAccess>
 
 If set to a true value, you can use object oriented (extended) methods to
@@ -1835,7 +1844,7 @@ you will get such an error message from the parser:
 This is caused by the fact that the config chunk below will be
 internally converted to:
 
- <Directory><Directory />
+ <Directory></Directory>
    Index index.awk
  </Directory>
 
@@ -2532,7 +2541,7 @@ Thomas Linden <tlinden |AT| cpan.org>
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-2.49
+2.50
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/General/Interpolated.pm b/General/Interpolated.pm
index aaef6b7..e259964 100644
--- a/General/Interpolated.pm
+++ b/General/Interpolated.pm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 
 package Config::General::Interpolated;
-$Config::General::Interpolated::VERSION = "2.13";
+$Config::General::Interpolated::VERSION = "2.14";
 
 use strict;
 use Carp;
@@ -72,11 +72,14 @@ sub _interpolate  {
   # which will be replaced after interpolation with the original quotes
   # fixes bug rt#35766
   my %quotes;
-  $value =~ s/(\'[^\']+?\')/
-    my $key = "QUOTE" . ($quote_counter++) . "QUOTE";
-    $quotes{ $key } = $1;
-    $key;
-  /gex;
+
+  if(! $this->{AllowSingleQuoteInterpolation} ) {
+    $value =~ s/(\'[^\']+?\')/
+      my $key = "QUOTE" . ($quote_counter++) . "QUOTE";
+      $quotes{ $key } = $1;
+      $key;
+    /gex;
+  }
 
   $value =~ s{$this->{regex}}{
     my $con = $1;
@@ -347,7 +350,7 @@ See L<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-2.13
+2.14
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index 5fd4b45..08c5190 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:         Config-General
-version:      2.45
+version:      2.50
 version_from: General.pm
 installdirs:  site
 requires:
diff --git a/README b/README
index 291077b..ea5354a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -104,4 +104,4 @@ AUTHOR
 
 
 VERSION
-	2.45
+	2.50
diff --git a/t/run.t b/t/run.t
index 1d04f88..0217d81 100644
--- a/t/run.t
+++ b/t/run.t
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 use Data::Dumper;
-use Test::More tests => 67;
+use Test::More tests => 68;
 #use Test::More qw(no_plan);
 
 # ahem, we deliver the test code with a local copy of
@@ -723,5 +723,12 @@ $cfg52 = new Config::General( -ConfigFile => "t/cfg.52.out", -ForceArray => 1);
 my %hash52new = $cfg52->getall();
 is_deeply(\%hash52new, \%hash52, "check -ForceArray single value arrays during save()");
 
+my $cfg53 = new Config::General(-AllowSingleQuoteInterpolation => 1, -String => "got = 1\nhave = '\$got'", -InterPolateVars => 1 );
+my %hash53 = $cfg53->getall();
+is($hash53{have}, "'1'", "check -AllowSingleQuoteInterpolation");
+
+
 # Make sure no warnings were seen during the test.
 ok( !@WARNINGS_FOUND, "No unexpected warnings seen" );
+
+