diff --git a/src/monger/operators.clj b/src/monger/operators.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad94a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/monger/operators.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+(ns monger.operators)
+
+(defmacro defoperator
+  [operator]
+  (let [op#     (str operator)
+        op-sym# (symbol op#)]
+    `(def ~op-sym# (str ~op#))))
+
+(defoperator $gt)
+(defoperator $inc)
+(defoperator $set)
+(defoperator $unset)
+
+(defoperator $lt)
+(defoperator $lte)
+(defoperator $all)
+(defoperator $in)
+(defoperator $set)
+(defoperator $unset)
+(defoperator $inc)
+(defoperator $push)
+(defoperator $pushAll)
+(defoperator $addToSet)
+(defoperator $pop)
+(defoperator $pull)
+(defoperator $pullAll)
+(defoperator $rename)
diff --git a/test/monger/test/atomic_modifiers.clj b/test/monger/test/atomic_modifiers.clj
index f4a3e7a..95e5ebb 100644
--- a/test/monger/test/atomic_modifiers.clj
+++ b/test/monger/test/atomic_modifiers.clj
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
 (ns monger.test.atomic-modifiers
   (:import  [com.mongodb WriteResult WriteConcern DBCursor DBObject CommandResult$CommandFailure]
             [org.bson.types ObjectId]
-            [java.util Date])
+            [java.util Date]
+
+            )
   (:require [monger core util]
             [monger.collection :as mgcol]
             [monger.result     :as mgres])
   (:use [clojure.test]
+        [monger.operators]
         [monger.test.fixtures]))
 
-
 (defn purge-scores-collection
   [f]
   (purge-collection "scores" f))
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@
   (let [coll "scores"
         oid  (ObjectId.)]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :username "l33r0y" :score 100 })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$inc" { :score 20 } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $inc { :score 20 } })
     (is (= 120 (:score (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid))))))
 
 
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@
   (let [coll "scores"
         oid  (ObjectId.)]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :username "l33r0y" })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$inc" { :score 30 } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $inc { :score 30 } })
     (is (= 30 (:score (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid))))))
 
 
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@
   (let [coll "scores"
         oid  (ObjectId.)]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :username "l33r0y" :score 100 :bonus 0 })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$inc" { :score 20 :bonus 10 } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } {$inc { :score 20 :bonus 10 } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :score 120 :bonus 10 :username "l33r0y" } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@
   (let [coll "scores"
         oid  (ObjectId.)]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :username "l33r0y" :score 100 })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$inc" { :score 20 :bonus 10 } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $inc { :score 20 :bonus 10 } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :score 120 :bonus 10 :username "l33r0y" } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -66,21 +68,21 @@
   (let [coll "things"
         oid  (ObjectId.)]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :weight 10.0 })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$set" { :weight 20.5 } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $set { :weight 20.5 } })
     (is (= 20.5 (:weight (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid [:weight]))))))
 
 (deftest set-a-single-non-existing-field-using-$set-modifier
   (let [coll "things"
         oid  (ObjectId.)]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :weight 10.0 })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$set" { :height 17.2 } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $set { :height 17.2 } })
     (is (= 17.2 (:height (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid [:height]))))))
 
 (deftest update-multiple-existing-fields-using-$set-modifier
   (let [coll "things"
         oid  (ObjectId.)]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :weight 10.0 :height 15.2 })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$set" { :weight 20.5 :height 25.6 } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $set { :weight 20.5 :height 25.6 } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :weight 20.5 :height 25.6 } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid [:weight])))))
 
 
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@
   (let [coll "things"
         oid  (ObjectId.)]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :weight 10.0 })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$set" { :weight 20.5 :height 25.6 } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } {$set { :weight 20.5 :height 25.6 } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :weight 20.5 :height 25.6 } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid [:weight])))))
 
 
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@
   (let [coll "docs"
         oid  (ObjectId.)]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title "Document 1" :published true })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$unset" { :published 1 } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $unset { :published 1 } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title "Document 1" } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@
   (let [coll "docs"
         oid  (ObjectId.)]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title "Document 1" :published true :featured true })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$unset" { :published 1 :featured true } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $unset { :published 1 :featured true } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title "Document 1" } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@
   (let [coll "docs"
         oid  (ObjectId.)]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title "Document 1" :published true })
-    (is (mgres/ok? (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$unset" { :published 1 :featured true } })))
+    (is (mgres/ok? (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $unset { :published 1 :featured true } })))
     (is (= { :_id oid :title "Document 1" } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@
         oid   (ObjectId.)
         title "$push modifier appends value to field"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$push" { :tags "modifiers" } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $push { :tags "modifiers" } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :tags ["modifiers"] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 (deftest add-value-to-an-existing-array-using-$push-modifier
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@
         oid   (ObjectId.)
         title "$push modifier appends value to field"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb"] })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$push" { :tags "modifiers" } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $push { :tags "modifiers" } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb" "modifiers"] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@
         oid   (ObjectId.)
         title "$push modifier appends value to field"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb"] })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$push" { :tags ["modifiers"] } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $push { :tags ["modifiers"] } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb" ["modifiers"]] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -158,8 +160,8 @@
         oid   (ObjectId.)
         title "$push modifier appends value to field"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb"] })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$push" { :tags "modifiers" } })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$push" { :tags "modifiers" } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $push { :tags "modifiers" } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $push { :tags "modifiers" } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb" "modifiers" "modifiers"] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@
         oid   (ObjectId.)
         title "$pushAll modifier appends multiple values to field"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$pushAll" { :tags ["mongodb" "docs"] } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $pushAll { :tags ["mongodb" "docs"] } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb" "docs"] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 (deftest add-value-to-an-existing-array-using-$pushAll-modifier
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@
         oid   (ObjectId.)
         title "$pushAll modifier appends multiple values to field"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb"] })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$pushAll" { :tags ["modifiers" "docs"] } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $pushAll { :tags ["modifiers" "docs"] } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb" "modifiers" "docs"] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@
         oid   (ObjectId.)
         title "$pushAll modifier appends multiple values to field"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb" "docs"] })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$pushAll" { :tags ["modifiers" "docs"] } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $pushAll { :tags ["modifiers" "docs"] } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb" "docs" "modifiers" "docs"] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -202,7 +204,7 @@
         oid   (ObjectId.)
         title "$addToSet modifier appends value to field unless it is already there"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$addToSet" { :tags "modifiers" } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $addToSet { :tags "modifiers" } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :tags ["modifiers"] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 (deftest add-value-to-an-existing-array-using-$addToSet-modifier
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@
         oid   (ObjectId.)
         title "$addToSet modifier appends value to field unless it is already there"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb"] })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$addToSet" { :tags "modifiers" } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $addToSet { :tags "modifiers" } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb" "modifiers"] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -219,8 +221,8 @@
         oid   (ObjectId.)
         title "$addToSet modifier appends value to field unless it is already there"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb"] })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$addToSet" { :tags "modifiers" } })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$addToSet" { :tags "modifiers" } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $addToSet { :tags "modifiers" } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $addToSet { :tags "modifiers" } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :tags ["mongodb" "modifiers"] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -233,7 +235,7 @@
         oid    (ObjectId.)
         title "$pop modifier removes last or first value in the array"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title :tags ["products" "apple" "reviews"] })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$pop" { :tags 1 } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $pop { :tags 1 } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :tags ["products" "apple"] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 (deftest unshift-first-value-in-the-array-using-$pop-modifier
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@
         oid    (ObjectId.)
         title "$pop modifier removes last or first value in the array"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title :tags ["products" "apple" "reviews"] })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$pop" { :tags -1 } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $pop { :tags -1 } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :tags ["apple" "reviews"] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 (deftest pop-last-values-from-multiple-arrays-using-$pop-modifier
@@ -249,7 +251,7 @@
         oid    (ObjectId.)
         title "$pop modifier removes last or first value in the array"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title :tags ["products" "apple" "reviews"] :categories ["apple" "reviews" "drafts"] })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$pop" { :tags 1 :categories 1 } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $pop { :tags 1 :categories 1 } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :tags ["products" "apple"] :categories ["apple" "reviews"] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -262,7 +264,7 @@
         oid    (ObjectId.)
         title "$pull modifier removes all value entries in the array"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title :measurements [1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.0] })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$pull" { :measurements 1.2 } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $pull { :measurements 1.2 } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :measurements [1.0 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.0] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@
         oid    (ObjectId.)
         title "$pullAll modifier removes entries of multiple values in the array"]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title :measurements [1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.0] })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$pullAll" { :measurements [1.0 1.1 1.2] } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $pullAll { :measurements [1.0 1.1 1.2] } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :measurements [1.3] } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))
 
 
@@ -289,5 +291,5 @@
         title "$rename renames fields"
         v     [1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.0]]
     (mgcol/insert coll { :_id oid :title title :measurements v })
-    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { "$rename" { :measurements "results" } })
+    (mgcol/update coll { :_id oid } { $rename { :measurements "results" } })
     (is (= { :_id oid :title title :results v } (mgcol/find-map-by-id coll oid)))))