diff --git a/ini.go b/ini.go
index 4c952bb..9c27833 100644
--- a/ini.go
+++ b/ini.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const (
 
 	// Maximum allowed depth when recursively substituing variable names.
 	_DEPTH_VALUES = 99
-	_VERSION      = "1.9.1"
+	_VERSION      = "1.10.0"
 )
 
 // Version returns current package version literal.
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ type File struct {
 	// To keep data in order.
 	sectionList []string
 
-	// whether the parser should check for files existence first
+	// Whether the parser should ignore nonexistent files or return error.
 	looseMode bool
 
 	NameMapper
@@ -151,19 +151,6 @@ func parseDataSource(source interface{}) (dataSource, error) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Load loads and parses from INI data sources.
-// Arguments can be mixed of file name with string type, or raw data in []byte.
-func Load(source interface{}, others ...interface{}) (_ *File, err error) {
-	return loadSources(false, source, others...)
-}
-
-// Load loads and parses from INI data sources and ignores errors.
-// Arguments can be mixed of file name with string type, or raw data in []byte.
-// If a file listed in data sources cannot be opened, that file will be ignored.
-func LooseLoad(source interface{}, others ...interface{}) (_ *File, err error) {
-	return loadSources(true, source, others...)
-}
-
 func loadSources(looseMode bool, source interface{}, others ...interface{}) (_ *File, err error) {
 	sources := make([]dataSource, len(others)+1)
 	sources[0], err = parseDataSource(source)
@@ -183,6 +170,19 @@ func loadSources(looseMode bool, source interface{}, others ...interface{}) (_ *
 	return f, nil
 }
 
+// Load loads and parses from INI data sources.
+// Arguments can be mixed of file name with string type, or raw data in []byte.
+// It will return error if list contains nonexistent files.
+func Load(source interface{}, others ...interface{}) (*File, error) {
+	return loadSources(false, source, others...)
+}
+
+// LooseLoad has exactly same functionality as Load function
+// except it ignores nonexistent files instead of returning error.
+func LooseLoad(source interface{}, others ...interface{}) (*File, error) {
+	return loadSources(true, source, others...)
+}
+
 // Empty returns an empty file object.
 func Empty() *File {
 	// Ignore error here, we sure our data is good.
@@ -299,7 +299,10 @@ func (f *File) reload(s dataSource) error {
 // Reload reloads and parses all data sources.
 func (f *File) Reload() (err error) {
 	for _, s := range f.dataSources {
-		if err = f.reload(s); err != nil && !f.looseMode {
+		if err = f.reload(s); err != nil {
+			if os.IsNotExist(err) && f.looseMode {
+				continue
+			}
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/ini_test.go b/ini_test.go
index 8bea4dc..6ab2d95 100644
--- a/ini_test.go
+++ b/ini_test.go
@@ -173,27 +173,15 @@ func Test_Load(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func Test_LooseLoad(t *testing.T) {
-	Convey("LooseLoad from data sources", t, func() {
-
-		Convey("LooseLoad from invalid data sources", func() {
-			_, err := LooseLoad(_CONF_DATA)
-			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
-
-			f, err := LooseLoad("testdata/404.ini")
-			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
-			So(f, ShouldNotBeNil)
-
-			_, err = LooseLoad(1)
-			So(err, ShouldNotBeNil)
-
-			_, err = LooseLoad([]byte(""), 1)
-			So(err, ShouldNotBeNil)
-		})
-
-		Convey("LooseLoad with multiple data sources", func() {
-			cfg, err := LooseLoad([]byte(_CONF_DATA), "testdata/404.ini")
+	Convey("Loose load from data sources", t, func() {
+		Convey("Loose load mixed with nonexistent file", func() {
+			cfg, err := LooseLoad("testdata/404.ini")
 			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
 			So(cfg, ShouldNotBeNil)
+
+			cfg, err = LooseLoad([]byte("name=Unknwon"), "testdata/404.ini")
+			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+			So(cfg.Section("").Key("name").String(), ShouldEqual, "Unknwon")
 		})
 	})