diff --git a/src/KmlParser.php b/src/KmlParser.php
index aced1e4..1061449 100755
--- a/src/KmlParser.php
+++ b/src/KmlParser.php
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@
 use PlinCode\KmlParser\Enums\GeometryType;
 use PlinCode\KmlParser\Exceptions\KmlParserException;
 use PlinCode\KmlParser\Traits\ParsesCoordinates;
+use PlinCode\KmlParser\Traits\ReadsPackageConfig;
 use PlinCode\KmlParser\Validators\KmlValidator;
 use SimpleXMLElement;
 
 class KmlParser
 {
     use ParsesCoordinates;
+    use ReadsPackageConfig;
 
     protected ?SimpleXMLElement $xml = null;
 
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ class KmlParser
 
     public function __construct()
     {
-        $this->namespace = config('kml-parser.namespace', $this->namespace);
+        $this->namespace = $this->packageConfig('kml-parser.namespace', $this->namespace);
         $this->validator = new KmlValidator($this->supportedNamespaces());
     }
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ public function __construct()
      */
     protected function supportedNamespaces(): array
     {
-        $supported = config('kml-parser.supported_namespaces', KmlValidator::DEFAULT_NAMESPACES);
+        $supported = $this->packageConfig('kml-parser.supported_namespaces', KmlValidator::DEFAULT_NAMESPACES);
 
         return array_values(array_unique(array_merge([$this->namespace], (array) $supported)));
     }
diff --git a/src/Traits/ReadsPackageConfig.php b/src/Traits/ReadsPackageConfig.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2110513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Traits/ReadsPackageConfig.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PlinCode\KmlParser\Traits;
+
+trait ReadsPackageConfig
+{
+    /**
+     * Read a package config value, falling back when there is no application.
+     *
+     * The parser and the extractor are both useful outside a booted Laravel
+     * application: a console script, a plain PHPUnit test, a queue bootstrap
+     * that has not resolved the config repository yet. The config() helper
+     * does not degrade there, it throws BindingResolutionException, so the
+     * container is only consulted once something is actually bound to it.
+     */
+    protected function packageConfig(string $key, mixed $default): mixed
+    {
+        if (! function_exists('config') || ! function_exists('app') || ! app()->bound('config')) {
+            return $default;
+        }
+
+        return config($key, $default);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/StandaloneUsageTest.php b/tests/StandaloneUsageTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fb60d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/StandaloneUsageTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Container\Container;
+use PlinCode\KmlParser\KmlParser;
+
+function withoutBoundConfig(callable $callback): mixed
+{
+    $application = Container::getInstance();
+
+    Container::setInstance(new Container);
+
+    try {
+        return $callback();
+    } finally {
+        Container::setInstance($application);
+    }
+}
+
+$kml = <<<'XML'
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2">
+    <Document>
+        <name>Standalone</name>
+        <Placemark>
+            <name>Lago Blu</name>
+            <Point>
+                <coordinates>7.7300965,45.8635629,0</coordinates>
+            </Point>
+        </Placemark>
+    </Document>
+</kml>
+XML;
+
+it('can be constructed with no config repository bound', function () {
+    expect(withoutBoundConfig(fn () => new KmlParser))->toBeInstanceOf(KmlParser::class);
+});
+
+it('parses with no config repository bound', function () use ($kml) {
+    $placemarks = withoutBoundConfig(fn () => (new KmlParser)->loadFromString($kml)->getPlacemarks());
+
+    expect($placemarks)->toHaveCount(1)
+        ->and($placemarks[0]['name'])->toBe('Lago Blu');
+});
+
+it('falls back to the default namespaces with no config repository bound', function () {
+    $legacy = <<<'XML'
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1">
+    <Document>
+        <Placemark>
+            <Point>
+                <coordinates>7.7,45.8,0</coordinates>
+            </Point>
+        </Placemark>
+    </Document>
+</kml>
+XML;
+
+    $placemarks = withoutBoundConfig(fn () => (new KmlParser)->loadFromString($legacy)->getPlacemarks());
+
+    expect($placemarks)->toHaveCount(1);
+});
+
+it('still reads the config when the application provides one', function () {
+    config()->set('kml-parser.supported_namespaces', ['http://example.test/kml']);
+
+    $kml = str_replace('http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2', 'http://example.test/kml', <<<'XML'
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2">
+    <Document>
+        <Placemark>
+            <Point>
+                <coordinates>7.7,45.8,0</coordinates>
+            </Point>
+        </Placemark>
+    </Document>
+</kml>
+XML);
+
+    expect((new KmlParser)->loadFromString($kml)->getPlacemarks())->toHaveCount(1);
+});