diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8bb0db0..a3adc75 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- In addition to `schemaPath()` it's now possible to override the `schema()` method. This can be useful if your GraphQL schema needs to be fetched from some other source than a file on disk. [#33](https://github.com/glesys/butler-graphql/pull/33)
+
 
 ## [3.4.0] - 2020-10-06
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9182bd0..dbdd9b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ php artisan vendor:publish
 - `BUTLER_GRAPHQL_SCHEMA` – Defaults to `app_path('Http/Graphql/schema.graphql')`.
 - `BUTLER_GRAPHQL_NAMESPACE` – Defaults to `'App\\Http\\Graphql\\'`.
 
+*NOTE:* If you don't want to load the schema from file, you can override the `schema()` method of `HandlesGraphqlRequests` to return the content of the schema anyway you'd like.
+
 ### Debugging
 
 - `BUTLER_GRAPHQL_INCLUDE_DEBUG_MESSAGE` – Set to `true` to include the real error message in error responses. Defaults to `false`.
diff --git a/src/Concerns/HandlesGraphqlRequests.php b/src/Concerns/HandlesGraphqlRequests.php
index 3a177c7..e2c586a 100644
--- a/src/Concerns/HandlesGraphqlRequests.php
+++ b/src/Concerns/HandlesGraphqlRequests.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ trait HandlesGraphqlRequests
     public function __invoke(Request $request)
     {
         $loader = app(DataLoader::class);
-        $schema = BuildSchema::build(file_get_contents($this->schemaPath()), [$this, 'decorateTypeConfig']);
+        $schema = BuildSchema::build($this->schema(), [$this, 'decorateTypeConfig']);
         $result = null;
 
         GraphQL::useExperimentalExecutor();
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ public function reportException(Exception $exception)
         app(ExceptionHandler::class)->report($exception);
     }
 
+    public function schema()
+    {
+        return file_get_contents($this->schemaPath());
+    }
+
     public function schemaPath()
     {
         return config('butler.graphql.schema');
diff --git a/tests/HandlesGraphqlRequestsTest.php b/tests/HandlesGraphqlRequestsTest.php
index 22c5460..494bef7 100644
--- a/tests/HandlesGraphqlRequestsTest.php
+++ b/tests/HandlesGraphqlRequestsTest.php
@@ -607,4 +607,21 @@ public function test_nested_collections()
             $data
         );
     }
+
+    public function test_custom_schema()
+    {
+        $controller = $this->app->make(GraphqlControllerWithCustomSchema::class);
+        $data = $controller(Request::create('/', 'POST', [
+            'query' => 'query { foo }'
+        ]));
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            [
+                'data' => [
+                    'foo' => 'bar',
+                ],
+            ],
+            $data
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/stubs/GraphqlControllerWithCustomSchema.php b/tests/stubs/GraphqlControllerWithCustomSchema.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..247a0bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/stubs/GraphqlControllerWithCustomSchema.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Butler\Graphql\Tests;
+
+use Butler\Graphql\Concerns\HandlesGraphqlRequests;
+
+class GraphqlControllerWithCustomSchema
+{
+    use HandlesGraphqlRequests;
+
+    public function schema()
+    {
+        return 'type Query { foo: String! }';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/stubs/Queries/Foo.php b/tests/stubs/Queries/Foo.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97641dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/stubs/Queries/Foo.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Butler\Graphql\Tests\Queries;
+
+class Foo
+{
+    public function __invoke($root, $args, $context)
+    {
+        return 'bar';
+    }
+}