diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 96958e0..4b3f03a 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -710,6 +710,21 @@ There are also 0-arity versions of the above, in which `Date` is assumed to be
 "right now". For example, calling `qdate:beginning_month()` would return
 midnight on the first day of the current month.
 
+### Beginning of Week
+
+qdate can also do a special "beginning" case, particularly the "beginning of
+the week" calculation.  This has two forms, specifically:
+
+   + `beginning_week(Date)` - Assumes the beginning of the week is Monday
+     (chosen because Erlang's calendar:day_of_the_week uses 1=Monday and
+     7=Sunday).
+   + `beginning_week(DayOfWeek, Date)` - Calculates the beginning of the week
+     based on the provided `DayOfWeek`. Valid values for DayOfWeek are 1-7,
+     where 1=Monday, and 7=Sunday.
+
+These all return 12am on the day that is the first day of the week of the
+provided date.
+
 ## Date Arithmetic
 
 The current implementation of qdate's date arithmetic returns Unixtimes.
diff --git a/src/qdate.erl b/src/qdate.erl
index 6e93230..767b1c0 100644
--- a/src/qdate.erl
+++ b/src/qdate.erl
@@ -400,7 +400,10 @@ beginning_year(Date) ->
 beginning_week(Date) ->
     beginning_week(1, Date).
 
-beginning_week(BeginningDayOfWeek, Date0) ->
+beginning_week(BeginningDayOfWeek, Date0) when
+        BeginningDayOfWeek >= 1,
+        BeginningDayOfWeek =< 7,
+        is_integer(BeginningDayOfWeek) ->
     {DateOnly, _} = Date = to_date(Date0),
     CurDOW = calendar:day_of_the_week(DateOnly),
     if