diff --git a/src/input.rs b/src/input.rs
index 6d1d4455..bdce2d19 100644
--- a/src/input.rs
+++ b/src/input.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::runtime::QueryDescriptorSet;
 use crate::runtime::Revision;
 use crate::CycleDetected;
+use crate::MutQueryStorageOps;
 use crate::Query;
 use crate::QueryContext;
 use crate::QueryDescriptor;
@@ -116,6 +117,27 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<QC, Q> MutQueryStorageOps<QC, Q> for InputStorage<QC, Q>
+where
+    Q: Query<QC>,
+    QC: QueryContext,
+    Q::Value: Default,
+{
+    fn set(&self, query: &QC, key: &Q::Key, value: Q::Value) {
+        let key = key.clone();
+
+        let mut map_write = self.map.write();
+
+        // Do this *after* we acquire the lock, so that we are not
+        // racing with somebody else to modify this same cell.
+        // (Otherwise, someone else might write a *newer* revision
+        // into the same cell while we block on the lock.)
+        let changed_at = query.salsa_runtime().increment_revision();
+
+        map_write.insert(key, StampedValue { value, changed_at });
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 struct StampedValue<V> {
     value: V,
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 78abf5ee..edaafa4f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -147,11 +147,20 @@ where
             })
     }
 
+    /// Equivalent to `of(DefaultKey::default_key())`
+    pub fn read(&self) -> Q::Value
+    where
+        Q::Key: DefaultKey,
+    {
+        self.of(DefaultKey::default_key())
+    }
+
+    /// Assign a value to an "input queries". Must be used outside of
+    /// an active query computation.
     pub fn set(&self, key: Q::Key, value: Q::Value)
     where
         Q::Storage: MutQueryStorageOps<QC, Q>,
     {
-        self.query.salsa_runtime().next_revision();
         self.storage.set(self.query, &key, value);
     }
 
@@ -160,6 +169,20 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// A variant of the `Default` trait used for query keys that are
+/// either singletons (e.g., `()`) or have some overwhelming default.
+/// In this case, you can write `query.my_query().read()` as a
+/// convenient shorthand.
+pub trait DefaultKey {
+    fn default_key() -> Self;
+}
+
+impl DefaultKey for () {
+    fn default_key() -> Self {
+        ()
+    }
+}
+
 /// A macro that helps in defining the "context trait" of a given
 /// module.  This is a trait that defines everything that a block of
 /// queries need to execute, as well as defining the queries
@@ -360,7 +383,7 @@ macro_rules! query_definition {
     (
         @storage_ty[$QC:ident, $Self:ident, input]
     ) => {
-        $crate::volatile::InputStorage<$QC, $Self>
+        $crate::input::InputStorage<$QC, $Self>
     };
 
     // Various legal start states:
diff --git a/tests/incremental/implementation.rs b/tests/incremental/implementation.rs
index 41ea5be0..10cbc0bd 100644
--- a/tests/incremental/implementation.rs
+++ b/tests/incremental/implementation.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::counter::Counter;
 use crate::log::Log;
+use crate::memoized_inputs;
 use crate::memoized_volatile;
 
 crate trait TestContext: salsa::QueryContext {
@@ -46,6 +47,12 @@ salsa::query_context_storage! {
             fn memoized1() for memoized_volatile::Memoized1;
             fn volatile() for memoized_volatile::Volatile;
         }
+
+        impl memoized_inputs::MemoizedInputsContext {
+            fn max() for memoized_inputs::Max;
+            fn input1() for memoized_inputs::Input1;
+            fn input2() for memoized_inputs::Input2;
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/incremental/main.rs b/tests/incremental/main.rs
index 27092b9f..25b9a967 100644
--- a/tests/incremental/main.rs
+++ b/tests/incremental/main.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 mod counter;
 mod implementation;
 mod log;
+mod memoized_inputs;
 mod memoized_volatile;
 
 fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/incremental/memoized_inputs.rs b/tests/incremental/memoized_inputs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dce500ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/incremental/memoized_inputs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+use crate::implementation::{TestContext, TestContextImpl};
+
+crate trait MemoizedInputsContext: TestContext {
+    salsa::query_prototype! {
+        fn max() for Max;
+        fn input1() for Input1;
+        fn input2() for Input2;
+    }
+}
+
+salsa::query_definition! {
+    crate Max(query: &impl MemoizedInputsContext, (): ()) -> usize {
+        query.log().add("Max invoked");
+        std::cmp::max(
+            query.input1().read(),
+            query.input2().read(),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+salsa::query_definition! {
+    #[storage(input)]
+    crate Input1(_query: &impl MemoizedInputsContext, _value: ()) -> usize {
+        panic!("silly")
+    }
+}
+
+salsa::query_definition! {
+    #[storage(input)]
+    crate Input2(_query: &impl MemoizedInputsContext, _value: ()) -> usize {
+        panic!("silly")
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn revalidate() {
+    let query = TestContextImpl::default();
+
+    let v = query.max().of(());
+    assert_eq!(v, 0);
+    query.assert_log(&["Max invoked"]);
+
+    let v = query.max().of(());
+    assert_eq!(v, 0);
+    query.assert_log(&[]);
+
+    query.input1().set((), 44);
+    query.assert_log(&[]);
+
+    let v = query.max().of(());
+    assert_eq!(v, 44);
+    query.assert_log(&["Max invoked"]);
+
+    let v = query.max().of(());
+    assert_eq!(v, 44);
+    query.assert_log(&[]);
+
+    query.input1().set((), 44);
+    query.assert_log(&[]);
+    query.input2().set((), 66);
+    query.assert_log(&[]);
+    query.input1().set((), 64);
+    query.assert_log(&[]);
+
+    let v = query.max().of(());
+    assert_eq!(v, 66);
+    query.assert_log(&["Max invoked"]);
+
+    let v = query.max().of(());
+    assert_eq!(v, 66);
+    query.assert_log(&[]);
+}
diff --git a/tests/incremental/memoized_volatile.rs b/tests/incremental/memoized_volatile.rs
index cddd4a17..14c113ca 100644
--- a/tests/incremental/memoized_volatile.rs
+++ b/tests/incremental/memoized_volatile.rs
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ fn volatile_x2() {
 /// - On the first run of R2, we recompute everything (since Memoized1 result *did* change).
 #[test]
 fn revalidate() {
-    env_logger::init();
-
     let query = TestContextImpl::default();
 
     query.memoized2().of(());